February, 2007

Flat Spin #1

I have a Wacom tablet now, so I figure I may as well do something with it.

In the spirit of this week’s discussion on the Sakai dev list, I give you the first installment of something I’m tentatively calling “Flat Spin.”

In the Black

I just deposited my first check made payable to Aeroplane Software LLC. Guess what? We’re cashflow positive! I would be super proud, except it was stupid easy.

Here’s how much I spent to bootstrap this little runt:

LLC filing fee: $308.10 Hays County Professional name certificate: $16.00 Domain name registration: $18.40 Credit [...]

Say No to Sheepwalking

Seth Godin has just produced an eloquent summary of why I wanted to go into business for myself. Say no to sheepwalking!

I was at a Google conference last month, and I spent some time in a room filled with (pretty newly minuted) Google salesreps. I talked to a few of them for a [...]

Week Zero

I’m finishing up my zeroth week among the self-employed.

Things are good. I have a client, so I don’t have to worry (yet) whether I can continue to put food on the table. On the other hand, all of the basic things you have to take care of to run a business are pretty overwhelming. I’m [...]