Need full-time job until we raise $, how do I hide startup from corporate world?

This is terrible advice. LinkedIn is an incredible resource you can leverage while building a startup.

When I worked in corporate, my Linked In profile was a corporate employee profile. When I created my startup, I changed it. And this new revision gave me some credibility in startup world but at the same time was much less appealing for a corporate HR manager. You must definitely choose who you are. You can't have two different faces. If you think you can both hunt for corporate job and create a startup at the same time, you are a fraud. Or a crook. Or maybe worse.

My advice is really terrible: be honest. You can be a startup founder and need to find a job. Everyone can understand that. But you can't pretend looking for a career in a corporate and engage for years, and have this kind of Linked-In profile. You can search part time jobs with no long time engagement. If you are not clear and honest, you can be sure it will backfire one day or another.

OP here: I agree.

OP here..Sorry, my reply was not for that comment. I cant seem to reply to the thread... it keeps going on the wrong comment.

Strongly disagree. If you are indeed building your own startup, Linkedin is kinda pointless. You shouldn't be 'networking', you should work heads-down on the product, along with any if all users. Linkedin is just a distraction in the mean time. (Speaking from personal observations)

linkedin is a great resource for advisors and beta customers. Ignore LinkedIn at your loss

I strongly disagree to your strong disagreement :o) I'm a Startup CEO, and I created my Linked-In profile a few months before creating my startup. Before that, I was corporate employee, and I didn't have a LI profile. Just because as you pointed it, it's mostly a distraction. And as a startup founder and CEO, why should I need a LI profile ? It's useless for networking, but I think it is mandatory just to prove you are transparent. Founding a startup and hiding yourself can be seen as strange. It's like being politician and refuse to see your name and picture in newspapers. That's why I'm on Linked In. The other interest comes from the news. Some of them are valuable.

OP here: Thanks for all the quick responses people.

I am not a young college kid living rent free with no obligations. I have a young family, but still have a dream too. I have tried to hang in there with some consulting and part time but that is starting to dry up and family is running out of funds. I can't put family at risk.

So for the sake of my family's wellbeing, if that means I have to take a corporate stable job for 3-5 months and then quit I would do it. With a family it has to overrule my corporate ethics. If you had a young family you would understand.

Can't you get a full time consulting gig? That way you get the best of both worlds and you can write off expenses as well.

What is your area of expertise? I have been recently in your position - and been consulting. If you need work - you can contact a recruiter to be a lead gen for you. Also look into remote work.

There should be enough work for you.

OP here - Im a branding, digital strategy, web project manager dude

With those skills, you can most definitely freelance / consult. I was in your same situation last year... Made a choice to be founder and took whatever consulting gigs I could find.

Luckily, my friends understood my situation and generated a lot of referrals for me. It's not easy with a young family, for sure. But doable. Best of luck.