MicroISV. You (or with another developer) bootstrap your business while consulting or working for another company. You wear many hats and put in 60-hour weeks.

Side Project. You work on a small but persistent pain. You work on something cool but don’t have the desire to make it a full-fledged startup. Could be a starting point for another startup.

Open Source. You have no problem including “Software should be Free” and “We want to Make Money” on the same page of your business plan.

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