Adventure
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Why I'm doing this

I don't think I ever grew up. I just got older. I spent my childhood in adventure and fantasy books, and then I got a job. It was stable, smart, salaried. Safe. It was also stale. And eventually, suffocating.

I had to get out. Where were the new lands to discover? Where was my dragon? It dawned on me that there's still a place where you can struggle and the odds are against you: business.

I worked at one VC-backed startup, then another, figuring I'd be a founder myself one day. I saw the same story play out every time. Raising money doesn't buy you freedom. It's a job with higher stakes, and the board is your boss. The pull of the big payoff and changing the world was too strong, so everyone stayed focused on the outcome: the next raise, the exit. I realized what I wanted was freedom, and an adventure on the way there.

So that's the journey. The main quest is freedom: enough revenue to quit the day job. The side quests are small businesses along the way, each one solving a real problem for real people.

If you want to come along, join the party.