Don't Start a Business

Unless you have people willing to pay for your services

http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/B-School/-Don-t-Start-A-Business.html
Philip Anderson, professor of entrepreneurship at INSEAD

Its a great article and touched a nerve. A lot of my ventures have revolved around starting a business rather than figuring how its going to pay for itself. I've always thought that if i built a great service, the money would come. I suppose, in part, i've been led by services websites around me but that really hasnt happened. I may have gained some experience but i've also lost a whole lot more in terms of opportunity and time.

When i started the math website, i had the alternate opportunity to become a coder at a pay that was 50% better as opposed to what i am getting right now as a GA. And this is about 5years ago. If i had stuck to it, i would have been doing a whole lot better. Ass that i am, i "didnt want to code" and so preferred to stick it out with the math website. End result-- Peanut husks for all my efforts.

I was exploring setting up another services thingy when i read the above article. Given that i am in the middle of a job hunt and end of term, i've put that on hold. I was never sure how i'd make money off it anyways and my job is more important right now.

Lets see if i ever come back to it.

500+ Users!!!

My app on facebook currently has 614 users! That's a huge number! With about 60+ daily users. That's a small but steady stream. Should figure out a way to monetise them now :D

installing wordpress

For the .info domain that I have been working on, i had to install Wordpress on the various sub-domains. The problem is that i have a huge number of sub-domains. At last count it was some 70+. And for some reason Fantastico wasn't installing wordpress correctly. So i had to install them manually. Let me tell you what a huge pain it is! If you've ever tried installing WP on one domain, then you know how cumbersome the process can be. Imagine 70! I had to copy the installation files, manually create the databases and run the installation. Theming is still left. I gave up and focussed on my top 13 sub-domains. I have begun populating them via FireScribe so hoping that makes my job easy. Not sure though since FireScribe seems to be buggy. Or atleast 1 installation of wordpress is.

I also decided i need a mouse. However, given my past record of spending before making a dollar, i decided to not make a purchase till i get some money selling some text-books. Not sure if this is a good idea. On the one hand, if i do go ahead and buy the mouse, its pressure on me to make up that money. On the other, i have used a similar excuse and still not lived up to it. I need the mouse badly and i'm sure the inconvenience will only spur me to make the money faster.

Here's to people buying my text-books :D