I remember listening to a guy talk to Jack Dorsey. This guy said "I'm working on 3 startup ideas." Jack said "that's two too many."
You might think that some people can pull it off: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey come to mind. But keep in mind: Elon Musk started two successful startups (Zip2, then X.com, x.com later merged with paypal) and he did both of those one-at-a-time. Only after he had lots of experience doing startups was he able to work on multiple startups at a time. Are you a veteran entrepreneur known for working 12 hour days and who has already started two successful startups? No? Then don't think you can do what Elon Musk is doing. Same for Jack Dorsey. He started Twitter, and only after getting forced out did he start Square. Later he returned to Twitter (under its new CEO, Dick Costolo).
Also note that Steve Jobs did not really do anything at Pixar while he was at Apple. His role was closer to that of an investor/advisor.
Running a startup requires focus and tremendous effort. Investing requires due diligence, sure, but after you sign that check you don't really need to do much work.
What you might be able to do is to work on several side projects; when one of them starts to get traction/users/attention, then you'll need to focus on that one product.
I remember listening to a guy talk to Jack Dorsey. This guy said "I'm working on 3 startup ideas." Jack said "that's two too many."
You might think that some people can pull it off: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey come to mind. But keep in mind: Elon Musk started two successful startups (Zip2, then X.com, x.com later merged with paypal) and he did both of those one-at-a-time. Only after he had lots of experience doing startups was he able to work on multiple startups at a time. Are you a veteran entrepreneur known for working 12 hour days and who has already started two successful startups? No? Then don't think you can do what Elon Musk is doing. Same for Jack Dorsey. He started Twitter, and only after getting forced out did he start Square. Later he returned to Twitter (under its new CEO, Dick Costolo).
Also note that Steve Jobs did not really do anything at Pixar while he was at Apple. His role was closer to that of an investor/advisor.
Running a startup requires focus and tremendous effort. Investing requires due diligence, sure, but after you sign that check you don't really need to do much work.
What you might be able to do is to work on several side projects; when one of them starts to get traction/users/attention, then you'll need to focus on that one product.