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Christopher Nolan did his first movie while having a full time job

And it took him more than 50+ weeks to complete that

Here's a list of all the influential people who started building during nights & weekends.

Airbnb

Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk started Airbnb as a side project while they were working on other startups.

They created the platform to help make ends meet during a difficult financial period.

Airbnb went fulltime in 2008, & today it's a global leader in the market.

YouTube

Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim initially created YouTube in 2005 as a dating website before realizing its potential.

The three founders went full-time in 2006, and Google later acquired the company in 2006 for $1.6 billion.

Uber

Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp originally created the ridesharing platform as a side project while working on StumbleUpon, a social discovery network.

Uber's success led to both founders devoting their full attention to the company. With a market cap of over $60 billion.

Dropbox

Drew Houston  created Dropbox as side project while studying at MIT. It started as a simple solution to the problem of forgetting USB drives.

Houston realized potential of the platform and went fulltime in 2007 Dropbox is now leading cloud storage company, valued at $12B

Buffer

Joel Gascoigne started Buffer as a personal productivity tool to help manage his social media accounts.

It gained popularity, and Gascoigne quit his job in 2011 to focus on the company full-time. Buffer is now a globally renowned social media management platform.

The common thread among these success stories is the founders' unwavering belief in their ideas and their willingness to put in the hard work to bring them to life.

They started small, validated their concepts, and scaled up when the time was right.

If you have an idea you're passionate about, don't wait for the "perfect" moment to start. Begin building it on the side, even if you can only dedicate a few hours a week.

Who knows? Your nights-and-weekends project could be the next game-changer in your industry.