watershawl

"If I could explore the world, if I could craft something and really learn how to build and how to build a vision of what I wanted to see in the world – I could do amazing things…always.

The most important thing for me to do is to see a picture of where I want to go – see a picture of what I want to do in the world – and then figure out how to work backwards from that.

William Gibson said, ‘The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.’ This is exactly how we run our companies as well…An idea that can change the course of the company can happen anywhere in the company. The future is already in all of your heads and your work, everything you have to do in your life is to distribute it.

Realizing that picture and making sure that I am distributing my idea, distributing my picture…is the most important thing – it’s to have that strong vision – to have that strong sense of what you want to do in the world – to be selfish to build something for yourself and be able to convince others to do the same. -Jack Dorsey"

According to the chart they'd have you make your first sale in Q3. Why would you wait that long to validate your business model? Incorporating and setting up a location should be one farther down the list.

Excel does give hints when formulas are out of pattern. It's called "Inconsistent Formula" and it's displayed with a little triangle on the box.

I've heard of both Joel and Fog Creek, but not Kiln. So, yes.

How about Layer, Ply, Stratum, Flag, Stage, Platter, Plate, Lamina, Pellicle, Film, Leaf, Slice, Shive, Rasher, Eschar, or Nest?

Hey Andrew, I didn't know you were on HN. I've been following your blog for a while now and I can vouch for you (for as much as that counts) to the community that you a) are very successful at what you do and b) are very helpful to others in the community.

This guy loves to share and I think it helps him succeed by knowing that he has to share what he's doing. It's a confidence-success loop.

And you're right about 'copycat' - just because you know the process doesn't mean you have the same niche or drive. That's like saying teaching MBAs is teaching a bunch of copycat to all run the same businesses.

Read up on how Reddit got started. They essentially made up a bunch of fake accounts and shared content to make it seem like they were bigger than what they were. That's how they got over the chicken and egg problem, but it might not work for this type of content.

A video might be a nice add to explain things and would add a nice content block to the home page.