Adventure
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Why I'm doing this

I grew up on adventure and fantasy books. Somewhere along the way I realized there's nowhere left to explore. Every coast is on a map and nobody's finding lost cities anymore.

The closest thing left, for me, is going out on your own and starting a business.

I've spent time around venture-backed startups. The repeat founders I met seemed more interested in rubbing shoulders and lining up the next payout than in building something that worked. A lot of the money went to people who already had plenty.

I'd rather put my time into small businesses, the kind regular people run. They run into the same monsters over and over, like SEO, pricing and cold calls, and nobody hands them a parachute. I want to figure out how to beat those monsters and show how it goes, including the parts that don't work.