I'm in the UK and interested of hanging up my corporate hat for a start-up. Background is mechanical engineering but have 9 years experience in aerospace engineering, processes, operations and standards . Has anyone got any pointers to forums, sites or networks that I can use?

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I recently had a similar thought but could not go through with the idea. One of the books which I found useful was HBR Entrepreneur’s Handbook.

TC1 - would you mind sharing the reason why you couldn’t go through with it? I have been in consulting for 15 years. I am not young anymore. I have kids (aka financial obligations). Working on a start up idea and really moving forward with huge potential. Just can’t get myself to pull the trigger.

Hi … the two main factors were
1. My idea is already kind of there in the market, and I feel its close to saturation at this point.
2. I do not have a network who could support me with the work or share responsibilities. I was just a lone Dev building an app.

My next sets are really to learn about entrepreneurship and build a network.

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