This document discusses when it's time to quit your job and start a new venture. It provides advice on assembling a team, developing an idea, planning for sustenance, establishing culture, and balancing a startup with family commitments like marriage and children. The key takeaways are that it's important to avoid being a solo founder, cultivate good mentors, take risks but contextualize ideas for the local market, and have one year's cash flow saved before leaving a job to focus fully on a new startup.

1. Call Quit.
When to Quit the Job & Dive
Startup Saturday
14th of September 2013,

3. Show of Hands :Who Am I talking to ?

4. We will talk about ..
How I decided that It’s time to quit.
And How I feel about my decision .

5. Marriage, Kids & Startup
When it's time It's time

6. Marriage, Kids & Startup
When it's time It's time
And Answer depends upon What
Time you ask the Question .

7. Dramatic Story
Pragmatic Plan

15. mportance of Small Win

19. Promotion
Resignation

25. Act Now ?

26. Dramatic Story
Pragmatic Plan

27. Pragmatic Plan

28. Team
• Avoid being a solo Founder.
• Don’t get sidelined by Side projects
• Avoid purely Skill based Alliance.
• Travel & Living.
• Cultivate Good and Common Mentor .

29. IDEA
• “X” of India : To Copy or Not to Copy.
• Learn from everyone but contextualize.
• Avoid Cynics . Their advice is often their biography.
• Take Risk : Mediocrity Kills by thousand cuts.
• Would you love Failing at it ?

30. Sustenance
• One Year’s CASH flow.
• Half earning, Twice Expense , Thrice Time.
• Avoid Easy Money.

31. Culture
• Culture is not an After thought.
• Culture Vs Competence: Culture will always win.

32. One Good Advice
Which I don’t follow
But You Should

33. Marriage, Kids & Startup
Your contribution to their success will
be less than what you believe it is . But
It will be more than what everyone will
give you credit for.

35. Good Luck
May the Force Be with You