Ask HN: My startup is ramping up but I have no time. What next?

Investors won't want to invest in someone that isn't fully committed to their vision. Just imagine if someone asked you to invest your hard-earned money in them, but they didn't even believe in their idea enough to actually leave their day job. Would you be comfortable with placing that bet?

At this time I'm not financially ready to jump ship from my day job. If I had financial backing to allow me to work on it full time, of course I would. At this time it's not a viable option. I need my day job to pay my bills.

I think I have put a hell of a lot of effort into it considering I work 10-12 hour days at my normal job.

I believe some investors would see the growth patterns and understand that the future looks bright.

You could pay yourself a salary from the investor money. Happens all the time.

That is what he's saying with the "If I had financial backing" bit. He wants investor money in order to pay himself a salary and quit his day job, but hasn't been able to get the money yet.

Exactly. I'm building the site, holding a day job and trying to find the next step forward as far as investors go. No investments yet, but the future looks bright ;)

"I can't let it die, it's my passion. It's what I think about when I wake up, while I work and before I sleep."

Then why don't you make it your day job?

I need my day job to pay my bills. The site doesn't make enough on its own to do that yet. Once it does I'll be doing it 100%.

Would love to hear more about your startup. Could you provide a link as well? Thanks.

A little over a year ago I decided to take the plunge and pursue a life long dream of mine to be involved with the niche market of space exploration. I've always been interested in the topic but have never really done anything with it.

I started a blog and it kind of took off due to the Mars Curiosity landing. That was the first big step for me, it destroyed my servers. The traffic was too much to keep up with. After some hard work and determination I've gotten it to a place where it gets a steady stream of traffic.

I'm in contact with the folks at NASA, SpaceX, etc and am working on stories that other space outlets don't cover. I have tons of respect for the other blogs and news sites out there, but my take on it is a little different. I'm a normal guy that loves everything about the mystery that is space.

Here's a link to the site http://www.spaceindustrynews.com .

A lot of work has gone into the layout recently and I'm continuing to work on it on a daily basis, tweaking small things, optimizing code for load time, caching, minimizing, cdn-ing.

Thanks for your interest. If you have any feedback it would be greatly appreciated.

Others may disagree with this but have you considered getting a cofounder?

I have. I'm open to the idea. I have no problem sharing my dream with someone else because it is possible that it's their dream as well.

I've been reaching out for contributors as well, that may keep it afloat while I work at my day job.

I think, then, that may be your best route.

I will continue to reach out to the people in the industry that I know and hopefully someone will reply in kind. As of now those that I've talked with about helping run the project are almost as busy as myself.

A lot of people in my industry have a great passion for it but most of them want to get paid for the work, I have no money to invest in them. I do give them the option to have a direct say in the company as well as invest in its future which will benefit them.

I'm a generous man and I take care of those that help me out, just gotta find the right ones with enough passion and time to help.

Thank you so much for your replies.