re: Folks who left their employment to pursue their own company/self employment .....

I did it back in 2002 at the age of 29. I was sales manager for a small company that was about to be bought out by a French company that specialized in a packaging component for wine. That wasn’t my background and I didn’t care very much for the guy that was buying us. So, I came home and told my wife I was going to give it a go on my own and if it didn’t work out, I could easily go get another job within my industry. 21 years and still going strong.