I found this excellent Business 2.0 article via Lifehacker during my morning reading. I don't normally like to link articles like this, but this one is truly exceptional. If you're wavering on starting a company, check out the stories in the article after the jump.
5 ways to start a company (without quitting your day job) via Lifehacker
Mike Hostetler is an inventor, entrepreneur, programmer and proud father. Having worked with web technologies since the mid 1990's, Mike has had extensive experience developing web applications with PHP and JavaScript. Currently, Mike works as the CEO of appendTo, LLC, The Company Dedicated to jQuery, based in Denver, Colorado. Heavily involved in Open Source, Mike is a former member of the jQuery Core team, leads the QCubed PHP5 Framework project, and participates in the Drupal project. When not in front of a computer, Mike enjoys hiking, fly-fishing, snowboarding and spending time with his family.
