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Not sure if I can stress that enough.  I talk to lots of entrepreneurs, or wannabe entrepreneurs, and they’re all waiting for something.”I just need to work for a few more months before I launch my great idea”"I don’t have enough experience to be my own boss”Boo hoo.  Cry me a river.  Keep stalling.  Who’s it hurting?  YOU.  If you have an idea for a business, it’s never too early to get started.  You may not have the resources available to you all the time to do what you want to do, but you can certainly plan until the resources become available.A good general rule is: do everything you can until you can’t do anything more. So what does that mean?  If you want to start a restaurant but don’t have the capital to get going, it doesn’t mean you should just sit and wait for the money to show up.  That’d be outright foolish.  Do whatever you can!  Start writing the business plan, talk to local banks, interview other restaurant owners and keep going until quite literally the only thing in your way is capital.  Just because there’s one blockade, doesn’t mean you have to completely stop the operation.In my latest venture, andStartup, I review startup companies around the world and I’m constantly amazed at the courage of some of these entrepreneurs.  Many of these companies are’t even.. companies.  Some are just websites with no idea how to monetize and even though their business concepts may be poor, they get an A for effort.Inertia is a very powerful concept.  Inertia + comfortability = failure.  If you’re comfortable doing what you’re doing, then you have NO reason to change.  Being comfortable in your 9-5 job will not help you start a company, so jolt yourself into action!