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If you’re reading this, chances are you’re thinking about starting your own business but aren’t quite ready to give up your day job just yet.

Here are four reasons to consider why starting a small business while holding on to your day job can be a good thing for you.

Learn Through Action

Before you walked, you had to crawl. Before you swam a lap around the pool, you had to wear floaties. Before you rode that ten speed mountain bike, you had to ride one with training wheels.

In the same sense, before you run your own company effectively, you have to learn the intricacies of business first. And what better way to learn the ropes than to launch and run a company on the side?

In the same way you’ll never learn how to ride a bike just by reading a book, you’ll never fully grasp the principles of running a business until you actually start one. You could read all the books about entrepreneurship that you want to, and that’s fine. But the longer you delay applying your knowledge, the bigger the chances that you won’t ever apply it.
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You’ve got that million-dollar business idea, and can’t wait to put it to action.

This idea probably came to you in less time than it takes to snap your fingers at first. But you’ve nurtured this concept, and over time its evolved from a vague idea to a full-grown brainchild.

You’ve taken down your notes, and whatever spare time you have are spent with visions of your new company up and running. Any book with “how to” and “start business” on its front cover probably catches your eye. You’re thinking about subscribing to Entrepreneur magazine (if you haven’t already done so) and follow a huge set of blogs about business.

And there’s only one thing stopping you from pulling off this plan of yours.

“I Can’t Let Go Of My 9-5.”

What you do doesn’t really matter here; the fact is, you spend a huge chunk of your time and energy on something other than a business of your own

Maybe you’re a student in college or high school, and find it hard enough to balance school and social life.

Maybe you work a full-time day job, and can’t afford to give up the security of a steady paycheck coming in every couple of weeks.

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After approximately 24 hours of work StartupSideline.com has gone from idea to launch, and is ready for public consumption.

StartupSideline.com is a blog dedicated to everybody who dream about starting their own companies but are too involved with their full-time occupations. If you’ve been wanting to launch a business from scratch but have always been held back by either work or school, then this blog is for you. To read more on StartupSideline.com and what it’s about, click here.

In the next couple of weeks, you’ll be seeing some great content on how you can start your own business on the side. You’ll get great ideas on businesses you can start ASAP with little start-up money. I’ll share tips on balancing work and “work.” Hopefully, StartupSideline.com will get you to take that first step and keep you in gear to not give up until your company has achieved its goals.

Those who have had experience launching a new project (whether it be a business, a freelance sideline, a blog, a website, etc.) would know that the launch period is probably the most romantic time between you and that project. I gained great momentum from this blog launch, and I hope to continue that moving forward.

Hope to see more of you in the future!