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Hey thanks for that, appreciate you'd bring it up.

Thanks for the shout! :D

I did this about 2.5 years ago: I was just totally drained I figured I knew enough to get something else started, I was pretty much prepared to sleep on a friend's or family member's couch until I could make money doing some online marketing. I had no money but I couldn't imagine another year in the office. When I walked in to quit my job my boss wasn't expecting it (tad different from your scenario) so started to drill down why I was leaving-- for me it amounted to not being able to have freedom of movement and work when I want etc. The office was killing me. We ended up hammering out a remote working arrangement that has served me well and allowed me to get a bunch of other projects off the ground. I wouldn't have predicted this opportunity to come up, so I guess I benefited from a classic case of "you need to close one door to open others..." Not sure if that's helpful, but I find when you are done emotionally in a job or project compromise can be a killer especially for people with the creative entrepreneurial spark.

Love this thread found some new podcasts I haven't heard of before. Ever since I started my own business podcasts have taken over completely from movies and tv as my primary source of entertainment. Here are my favorites:

1) The Adam Carolla Podcast - Its not heavy material (this is my daily candy entertainment) but I marvel at how well Adam communicates and improvs-- he's been doing radio for over 10 years and he's the most consistently funny improv guy I've ever heard-- he constructs some pretty complicated comic maneuvers in real time, like call-backs and alliterative rhymes and stuff... anyway the guy is a mench

2) This Week in Start-Ups - I think @jason 's podcast is the currently the best consistently produced business related entertainment on the web (second is now defunct UK version of Kitchen Nightmares by Gordon Ramsay, watch out you might get addicted) sometimes interview podcasts can frustrate you with their non-sequitor randomness but this show involves experienced high-level tech entrepreneurs in pitch reviews, business advice, and news commentary. There are also some pretty awesome narratives to the show, like Jason getting in random fights, confronting celebrities, calling out other entrepreneurs, and starting businesses on the show. GREAT stuff.

3)Fresh Air - The most entertaining and insightful interview podcast I've come across. Terry Gross interviews people who do interesting shaz and she asks really damn good questions.

4)Mixergy - Andrew Warners show is like entrepreneurial popcorn, its fun to hear what other folks are up to. Andrew pretty much seems like the nicest guy ever and is really good at pulling out interesting stories from his guests.

5)This American Life - Finds SUPER interesting stories, tells them awesomely, and from time to time if you are alone in your car you might pop out a tear or two. Very pro.

6)Internet Business Mastery - The content might be a little beginner level form many HN users, but if you are just getting started marketing an internet based business, these guys have some really professionally produced episodes (100 now) that walk you through every single aspect of setting up a blog based marketing type business. Not much start up or tech info, but lots of good mindset and basic business 101 stuff. This really helped me out when I was making the transition to quit my job.

hehe thanks for the shout out KrisofferR! Truth is our justification for charging for the first 30 episodes is to give show supporters an opportunity to help us pay for our audio editor's/virtual assistant fees which helps us produce new shows faster. Thanks for listening :)

Andrew-- a heartfelt thank you for being the most compelling conduit for entrepreneurial information on the web. I love the show and truly savor the times I can I can sneak away and watch a few episodes. I'm interested to see how your business model evolves.

I love following this guy, there is a huge community of digital nomads blogging/etc about how they pulled it off, a common term is "location independent professional." I've been on the road for 2 years now and I'm always trying to convince the constrained!

Nah, me too. I hit that donate button without even a double take. Bravo author.

Maverick - Ricardo Semler (For inspiration) The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemmingway(For enjoying the process)

I use odesk.com. Its especially useful if you have a lot of smaller tasks since you can develop relationships with freelancers via the project mgmt tool that tracks their time and manages payment.