I’ve wanted to start a company for as long as I can remember, going back to middle school, high school, and college. In 2020, someone very successful told me that one of my biggest mistakes was joining larger corporations instead of building something myself.

In 2023, I worked at a fast-growing startup where I felt I delivered strong results. But after the company raised a large amount of capital, it became clear that the leadership team was trying to reduce my role and replace me behind the scenes. I eventually decided to leave. Since then, the company has struggled badly, burned through a huge amount of money, and even some of its own investors reached out to me directly. They later laid off the entire sales team and many engineers as well.

In 2025 and 2026, I spent an enormous amount of time trying to understand how companies really work. I went deep into business, strategy, finance, accounting, market structure, and more. For months, I was studying from early morning until late at night, often spending entire days in Starbucks just trying to build a real foundation for myself.

Now I’m finally starting to meet investors who seem genuinely interested in backing me. At the same time, I still get nervous. I’m 30 now, and I keep wondering: does this sound like the right moment to go all in and start my own company?