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You should be a company. If you want to pay yourself and some employees, have an office and business equipment, and are developing something for a market, you should set up a company or partnership (depending on exactly where you are and what legal position you want to have).
What do you do now? Company contracts often forbid you from doing external 'real work' that competes with your primary job. If you're normally employed then you will probably have to talk to your employer about what you're allowed to do anyway.
How quick is 'fairly quick'? Perhaps you could get your employer or contractor-client to give you a few months away from work (with reasonable notice of course) to develop it under your own steam; if you had the day job to come back to then you would still have financial security and you shouldn't need financial investment (the risk you're taking would be 3-4 months salary and you probably have that available as liquid savings).
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I think the most successful start-ups come from blood, sweat, and personal investment. If someone else is funding it then you don't have a horse in the race. Every one has a lot of great ideas but very few are willing to work hard enough to make them succeed.
Plus, considering modern software development and technology, funding an office for a start-up for just developers is a little anachronistic. I converted one of my bedrooms to a private office in my home so I don't have to have special office space for projects, best investment I ever made. If you are an apartment dweller considering stepping up by one bedroom and doing the same. You may think it would be hard considering your lease but if you have a 1 bedroom most complexes will gladly let you step up to a two, the one bedrooms are very easy to rent, the two's not so much.
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How was she? 
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The video evidence would tend to suggest this 
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"I thought Christmas only came once a year."
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Your bad.
Don't sleep on flights and stay up to a normal bedtime when you arrive.
It is the only reliable way to get through jet lag quickly.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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The Dali museum at Montmartre is a must see, even if it is the only art you look at in Paris, it is a great experience.
If you like clubs check out Show Case on the bank of the Seine, a great night club.
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