When I run my ideas by people, I like getting grilled. I want them to ask tough questions so I can refine and iterate quickly. Ideally, I’d like to continue doing this daily, especially at the start of building a business. As much as I think I know, there&
An update on this blog. Initially I wanted to keep this as a pseudo diary to keep track of my journey through entrepreneurship. So far, I have written 44 entries. That is pretty good. It hasn't been everyday but it's been about 5 times a week.
In the past I have fallen into bad habits where I don't follow up or respond in (what I think) is a timely manner. Sometimes it's hard to stay on top of things due to life's responsibilities that seem to pile on. Creating systems
As my entrepreneurial career begins in earnest I am starting to gain clarity on what it means to me. I like the idea of being a solopreneur, but am starting to realize the importance of having like-minded people to work with. In the past 48 hours I have had two
I've always had trouble asking for help. For most of my life—both in school and at work—I spent too much time not asking for help when I could have really used it. Recently, I've been working on changing my mindset around this. Instead of
Sales has always been an anomaly to me. The way it is depicted in media, television, and movies makes it seem like it involves the scummiest people and always ends up with a loser. The salesman is usually wearing a fancy suit, perfectly quaffed hair, and a bunch of material
It's a new month (I know we're 9 days in), so it's time to set a new audacious, yet achievable goal. Instead of building an application this month, I am going to explore creating a real business that makes money. Maybe trying to make
The pressure to make money is slowly mounting on my conscience. Since being laid off, I have not felt too much of it, but as the days and months go on the reality becomes much clearer. The tech industry and job market at the moment are not as strong as
Over the past few days I have struggled with motivating myself to keep working on this project. I have gotten some good feedback, but obviously nothing that makes it seem like I have a business on my hands. That's ok. The primary focus of this project was to
As of right now I am the least busy I will ever be. The entire set of possibilities is open to me. Over the past 3ish months I have been exploring almost every opportunity that I have come across. Everything from car washes and vending machines to software startups and
One of the weaknesses I am trying to work on is frontend styling. Nowadays there's so many frameworks and libraries to choose from that I have gotten by without really diving deep into styling and CSS. I could probably continue doing that for the rest of my "
Time for the next phase. I made my first goal of launching a project in to the world (see here). This week I want to dedicate some time to styling and making it look slightly more professional rather than a site you might see from the late 90s or early
With this project progressing well, I’ve reached a point where I can take pride in a small accomplishment: I finally have a successful side project. In the past, I might have stopped here, content with the achievement, and moved on with my life. I would probably have stopped working
As long as one person uses this game, I would call it a success. Today, we can indeed call it a success. Not only that, but I also received some useful feedback on simple updates I can make to improve the experience. By conducting a pseudo "user interview"
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives. The first launch, albeit soft, was made all the way to the interwebs. Right now, anyone anywhere in the world can play this game. Perhaps this is the start of something extraordinary. Maybe? Probably not, but it does feel
Things are getting exciting around here. Launch day is just around the corner. There's no more features I want to commit to building at the moment due to time constraints. I may even set it out into the wild before the launch date. However, September 1 is the