Want to start your own business but don’t know how? Read this
Do you know anyone like this? 👇
I hate my job / boss / life. I’d love to start my own company, but it feels like such a big risk. Instead I’ll grit my teeth and keep doing the day job, knowing that one day I can retire and start living the life I want.
The problem is, most people don’t want a career like that.
They dream of taking control of their own lives, pursuing something they’re passionate about and finding meaning in the work they do every day.
If you’re approaching your mid-40s like me (ok, you got me… late-40s), you probably still have ~20 years of work left in you. If you don’t enjoy what you do (which, let’s be honest, is most people), I expect there’s a nagging part of you that resents being a cog in someone else’s wheel.
So what can you do about it?
We’re looking for 4 – 6 more senior professionals, who have a startup idea burning a hole in their head, but who don’t know how to start.
We’ll help them launch a “minimum viable business” over the course of 6-to-12 months, without them needing to quit their job.
What’s the catch?
Every founder we work with has to contribute $20,000 towards the cost of their startup. DQventures will launch their business alongside them, while they continue working full time, in exchange for a 20% stake (which costs us a further ~$50,000). Our goal is to get each founder to the point where they feel comfortable leaving their job and becoming the full-time CEO of their own company, usually thanks to closing their first customers and/or funding round.
It’s a big risk to leave a well-paid job to launch your own business, but even more so if you’re in your late thirties, forties or fifties, with bills to pay and dependents to support.
We started DQ to help senior professionals de-risk their startup journeys, and avoid the pitfalls that can turn entrepreneurial dreams into real-life nightmares.
Please help us spread the word to the people who need us by liking this post. Or perhaps share it privately with people you believe would make incredible entrepreneurs, if only they could get some help.
P.S. If this sounds like you, drop me a DM.
P.P.S. If you don’t recognise the guy in the image, you’re probably not in our target demographic!
