Ok maybe is not a secret at all as I believe it is common knowledge that all developer dreams of striking it big. To come up with the one technology, framework or product that changes the game. Yes, I am being over dramatic but I am sure if we poll 100 developers, 90 or more will tell you that they thought about it.

So why don’t we see more developers start their own business? I am not exactly sure but for me there was always they fear of failure. I did not want to take time and money away from my family just to get a concept or project to the point where I could see if I had something good or not.

Times have change. It is less risky today to give your dreams a try. Development is a lot easier with hundreds of open source tools and frameworks, infrastructure cost is a small fraction of what it use to be and new market opportunities (App Stores) have made it more attractive for developers to follow their dreams.

While I still flirt with the idea myself, my current interests and family situation are not aligned with my entrepreneur spirit. I can however, explore the feasibility of starting a venture in todays environment.

I am borrowing an idea from an old blog / article series by Eric Sink. Over the next few weeks I will post about my experiences and findings as I work on a new “venture” (no I am not leaving my day job. This is more a way to get some blog posts up for my day job ). Next step would be to define the project, select the tools and well start building.

At a very high level I anticipate writing about: Azure, MVC 3, API design, Windows Phone and BizSpark. I am sure other post will also come out of it. Please stay tune.