5 Things to buy before you quit that cushy job

Entrepreneurial dreams take time – both to conceive and to achieve the goal. A typical path chosen by a lot of entrepreneurs is working in a well-paying job for a few years and taking that jump. Some of them take that jump pretty early (1-2 years of experience) and this post is mostly targeted at them.
PS: This is not a serious sounding post, take whatever applies.

There are a few things we get at our workplace which we take for granted and only after quitting that job we realize how essential they are. I am listing down 5 things that I wish I had bought before I left that amazing job!

• iPhone
  Are you donning the marketing cap in your startup ? this would be such a time saver! Be it replying to e-mails on the go, reading blogs & books (Kindle app is just too good!) on the travel, jotting down notes / ideas that come into your head, appointments syncing – okay, why am I marketing iPhone here ? This is seriously a great way to stay connected especially for someone who travels and in the selling mode.

 

• Vehicle – Car / Bike
  Okay, now that you travel a lot, the mode of travel becomes a concern. I primarily commute by bus and it kills my time! It almost takes twice as much time as I would if I had driven a car / bike. It’s not only the time that’s wasted,you are tired coming back home after a long bus travel resulting in lesser productivity at night.

 

• Laptop
  My netbook works well, but still when I spend weeks travelling, I am guilty of not writing code and it’s very difficult to code on a netbook. In fact, I came out of my office space only because I couldn’t code well on a netbook.
   

• US Visa
  Sometimes I feel like taking a flight and landing at the valley to sell my product. We are pretty seriously working towards getting customers from the US and if you get an opportunity to be there ( TC Disrupt, YCombinator selects you, for sales,etc. ) the last thing you don’t want to happen is not being able to get a VISA. Usually the MNC you work for provides a VISA that’s valid for 10 years!
   

• Credit Card
  Where’s the money in bank account ? After a certain point, all transactions happen via credit cards. Like an idiot, I refused credit card when I was working at Amazon thinking it would have very little use.

If you had noticed, all the above are pretty essential but come ‘free’ when we work at a MNC. It’s only when you jump into your startup, their worth is felt. So, when you have the money, buy them – I find all of them pretty essential for a startupper!