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Being a solopreneur has risks

Have you fully considered the risks of being self-employed? How can solo-founders eliminate financial hazards?

The financial risk of being a solopreneur

Have you fully considered the risks of being self-employed? How can solo-founders eliminate financial hazards?

Let's talk about startup costs

Let's not delude ourselves. Let's drop the bravado. Most of us need to stop following the crowd and be more honest about where we're at financially.

Why geeks should speak

Are you a developer, designer, technologist, or product person who wants to start speaking at tech conferences? This is your ticket!

How to make a podcast (and submit it to iTunes)

Here's a guide that will help you get started with podcasting: gear, hosting, submitting to Apple Podcasts.

I have a new website

After 10 years on WordPress, I'm making a big change.

Do you even want to be “a bootstrapper?”

I had most of today’s article written on Tuesday.

But in the evening, I started chatting with Adam Wathan. And that chat changed my plans.

It started when I said:

Is my #1 goal in life really to “build software?” To be a “bootstrapper?”

Adam replied:

Nah, it’s probably: “make awesome stuff people are happy you made, and get to do it without stressing about money.”

I like this. It’s easy to get consumed by what we’re doing and forget why we’re doing it. We lose sight of our purpose.

Most of us...

Where good work comes from

I had most of today’s article written on Tuesday.

But in the evening, I started chatting with Adam Wathan. And that chat changed my plans.

It started when I said:

Is my #1 goal in life really to “build software?” To be a “bootstrapper?”

Adam replied:

Nah, it’s probably: “make awesome stuff people are happy you made, and get to do it without stressing about money.”

I like this. It’s easy to get consumed by what we’re doing and forget why we’re doing it. We lose sight of our purpose.

Most of us...

Do you even want to be "a bootstrapper?"

Adam Wathan says "you probably want to make awesome stuff people are happy you made, and get to do it without stressing about money."

Two things that kill bootstrapped companies

There are two big risks founders face when starting something new:

Working on the wrong idea and burning out. Burning out while working on the right idea.

You could be working on something the market doesn’t want. Every day you work on it, you’re wasting your time. You’re investing in a product that’s never going to be viable.

On the flip-side, you might be on the right track. In which case, you’ll need the endurance to go the difference.

The challenge (of course!) is knowing if you’re on t...