James GreenGeneral Partner, DQventures · 🚀 Helping still-employed professionals launch their own business (without quitting first) | GP @

She couldn't afford to quit her job - so she didn't.

25 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this clip, the speaker explains that many Australian startup incubator programs demand participants to quit their full‑time jobs and commit 100% of their time. He outlines his personal situation—steady employment, three children, a mortgage, and other responsibilities—that makes such a commitment impossible. He expresses relief upon hearing that it is possible to start a business without leaving his current job, seeing this as a solution that aligns with his financial and family constraints.

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So then I was looking at a few incubator programs. There are a bunch sort of around in Australia, but all of them mean that you need to quit your job. They would need you to be 100%, um, all in. And at this point, really all I had was an idea, and I have got quite a good job, and I've got the 3 kids and responsibilities and, you know, mortgage and stuff. So I was going, well, I can't really just— I don't think I can sign up to an incubator really and quit my job, um, at this point in life. The main thing was that you said you can start a business without quitting your job, and I was like, great. basically exactly what I need because I can't afford to quit my job.