Dr. Hax on Nostr: I find myself thinking about a college class I took over 20 years ago. It was about ...
I find myself thinking about a college class I took over 20 years ago. It was about starting a business. Just the basics like:
- sole proprietor vs LLC vs corporation
- competitive advantage
- building moats
- etc.
Another way to look at it is that is was teaching the fundamentals.
So here I am now, in my 40s thinking about this class and #sustainability.
Should I offer #dehydrated food or food #dehydration service? What is the value there? Is it my #skills or that I've invested in the equipment?
What about #CAD modeling, or #3DPrinting? Or maybe #meshtastic nodes? Or running #servers in some form or another?
What do I bring to the table that would cause someone to want to pay me instead of just doing these things themselves?
I think the answer is no. I don't want to offer any of these skills to the general public. I breathe #OpenSource #hardware and #software, which spits in the face of the idea of building moats.
I need to be growing and preserving enough food for me and my family before I'm going to be motivated to do so for others.
And as for modeling, printing or running servers, I don't want to do the salesperson thing. Trying to find people who want the products & services, crafting a message to convince them that I'm competent, that it's worth the money, and all the things that I'm neither good at nor enjoy. It's just not worth it to me.
So I'll be keeping my skills to myself for the time being. If I cross paths with some extrovert who likes what I'm doing and wants to partner with me so there can be more of it in the world, I'd consider it. But I'm not going to try to go find that person. Instead, I'm going to just keep on #building, rambling to strangers on the internet, and doing the things I want to do. ✌️🤙
- sole proprietor vs LLC vs corporation
- competitive advantage
- building moats
- etc.
Another way to look at it is that is was teaching the fundamentals.
So here I am now, in my 40s thinking about this class and #sustainability.
Should I offer #dehydrated food or food #dehydration service? What is the value there? Is it my #skills or that I've invested in the equipment?
What about #CAD modeling, or #3DPrinting? Or maybe #meshtastic nodes? Or running #servers in some form or another?
What do I bring to the table that would cause someone to want to pay me instead of just doing these things themselves?
I think the answer is no. I don't want to offer any of these skills to the general public. I breathe #OpenSource #hardware and #software, which spits in the face of the idea of building moats.
I need to be growing and preserving enough food for me and my family before I'm going to be motivated to do so for others.
And as for modeling, printing or running servers, I don't want to do the salesperson thing. Trying to find people who want the products & services, crafting a message to convince them that I'm competent, that it's worth the money, and all the things that I'm neither good at nor enjoy. It's just not worth it to me.
So I'll be keeping my skills to myself for the time being. If I cross paths with some extrovert who likes what I'm doing and wants to partner with me so there can be more of it in the world, I'd consider it. But I'm not going to try to go find that person. Instead, I'm going to just keep on #building, rambling to strangers on the internet, and doing the things I want to do. ✌️🤙