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These links will give you everything you need to know about what to do with the money.

http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-best-inv...

https://www.betterment.com/

https://www.adviceperiod.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street-ebook/dp/...

http://www.transparentinvesting.com/uploads/wholestory.pdf

What this should read is he awarded huge bloated crazy contracts to the private sector and he now has a job at one of those companies.

Take a look at when Chargify was started and if the market was crowded then

I find it hard to believe that everyone starting a side project is unhappy at work, I don't think the 2 are related. If you are unhappy at work you should leave.

I am all for doing stuff on the side so as not to get bored, to learn and 50 other things but then let's not call it a startup and a business. An entrepreneur takes calibrated risks and makes things happen when others can't or won't.

You are missing the point, I am not saying you should raise money. I bootstrapped my company and am very proud of it.

It is hard to argue that spending 40+ hours in a week on something other than you startup shows you are committed to your startup. You are committed to making money and then working on your startup.

I have personally invested in many employee's startups but that does not change the fact that trying to do both is a distraction that does not serve you or your job.

A very small sample and does not match actual real life experience. I don't think these findings are true or good. #fail