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Use wage earnings to support an idea.

Not to support a trading, or self-registered, business.

Make the clarification distinct.

True. It would probably kill to do full time job and work on side business as well.

I thought it quite normal on here to work a full time job while we work on getting our side stuff off the ground, and I'm doing that same thing.

There are plenty of people outside the startup world working multiple jobs to make ends meet and take care of their families. It's a matter of life requirements and prioritization.

Plenty of people work full-time and also work on a side business. I'm doing it right now, myself. Yeah, it's tough, but you do what you have to do.

According to the US BLS, almost 5% of the employed workforce has more than one job. Of course, the vast majority of those aren't working a white collar job while pursuing their start-up dream on the side...

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