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But you have to quit your day job before starting the side business, or working on it at all. Otherwise your ex-employer still has a claim on your business.

The beauty of side projects is not having to make them pay the bills. As soon as you have to make them pay the rent, they stop being side projects.

But having an ex-employer sue you for lots of money because your side project is booming is a great problem to have ;)

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> is a great problem to have ;)

Your comment is inspiring. The question then becomes, how much of your project's worth, as a percentage, are they going to come after you for?

that becomes a question for lawyers at the appropriate time.

Put it like this:

not having a side project because you're afraid your employer will sue will get you exactly and definitely $0.

Having a successful side project will teach you a ton of useful stuff and probably earn you more than $0 even after the lawyers have finished arguing (depending on your definition of successful).

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