I enjoyed some of the perks of working this way:
- Took a morning walk to Starbucks
- Read the morning news via Twitter
- Edited a video of my morning walk while laying in my front yard
- Fixed lunch on a gas range in my own kitchen
- Used my own bathroom (I hate to even mention this perk, but it matters because corporate bathrooms suck.)
- Worked standing up
Bootstrap accomplishments today:
- Set up new checking account for the company (Chase gave me a coupon for $125 for opening a checking account. That's more then the $50 coupon I have from Wells Fargo.) I seed funded the company with $125 myself. So, that's $250 of capital.
- Set up time tracking with toggl
- I produced something (a video of my morning)
- Set up this blog
- Started documenting the principles/practices I would like to build this company upon
Conspicuously missing from my day is any programming. My goal is to be productive every day. But, that won't always mean coding. That said, I can't lay groundwork forever.
I'm still thinking of what will be a good first project. Here are my criteria:
- Adds value to my life (Being my own first customer is a perfect example of bootstrapping)
- Is a web application (either client or server side)
- Has extremely tight scope (can be finished in a few days)
I am glad to be the first person to comment on your first blog of your new endeavor. As I've said to Marie many times, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind how this is going to play out for you. It's just a matter of time. I enjoyed reading about the humble beginnings.
ReplyDeleteThat leap from laying groundwork to actually doing something is the the hardest part, at least in my experience of writing papers and starting projects. Creating a company is a new one for me.