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Re:How To Know Your Side Project Is Ready To Be A Startup by noodle on Thursday February 03, 2011 @02:30PM (#2176352)
how to know your side project is ready to be a startup:

  * you have employees
  * you have investors
edit: note that this is a tongue-in-cheek response to the article that implies that you might somehow be considering something a "side project" when having employees and investors to answer to.
Re:How To Know Your Side Project Is Ready To Be A Startup by axod on Thursday February 03, 2011 @02:54PM (#2176469)
Neither of those are necessary.

  * users
  * profit (Or a clear path to getting there)
Re:How To Know Your Side Project Is Ready To Be A Startup by krisrak on Thursday February 03, 2011 @02:47PM (#2176444)
* you have customers using it
Re:How To Know Your Side Project Is Ready To Be A Startup by joelrunyon on Thursday February 03, 2011 @02:50PM (#2176455)
*you make money
Re:How To Know Your Side Project Is Ready To Be A Startup by kmfrk on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:51PM (#2176741)
It's that a stealth start-up? :p
Re:How To Know Your Side Project Is Ready To Be A Startup by vortex30 on Thursday February 03, 2011 @10:21PM (#2178203)
when your app is stable and your friends are using it constantly