It's been about 3 weeks since I finished TMF and about 2 weeks since I started working on building my business full time. Unfortunately (but also fortunately), I'm still working at my day job bc mama's got bills to pay. I'm using this thread not only as an immortal diary, but as a method of accountability. I will do my absolute damn best to post something that I've done for my business at least once a day.
I've chosen a software system as my Fastlane business not only because I have domain knowledge, but because I believe that I've found a genuine need that must be addressed. Working as a software engineer on what is essentially a feature maintenance team where I primarily fix bugs and other peoples coding errors did not prepare me for going through both the product development lifecycle (PDLC) and the software development lifecycle (SDLC) at all, let alone on my own. I'm also self-taught, so I'm learning most of this nitty gritty shit on the fly as I didn't really need to know any of that to get my job. There are a couple of connections I made at a tech conference last year that I would like to bring on board, but I won't do that until I've validated the product and secured at least some grant (not VC) funding so that I can pay them because this is an extremely ambitious venture and will not be easy.
All that said, getting off my work machine after 5-6 hours to then get on my personal machine for another 6-8 hrs a day to research and apply to business grants is getting a teensy bit exhausting and can't possibly be good for my circadian rhythm. I'm hoping to figure out some sort of schedule to maintain balance so that I don't burn out. Right now, I'm writing 2 things on my business "to do" board per day. If I only achieve one of the two things, 1 > 0. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The cool thing is that I'm actually excited about this, so it doesn't feel totally awful to lose out on 1-3 hours of sleep.
I feel confident that this (entrepreneurship, not necessarily the product) was always my path. The more I learn about it, the more I see just how suited I am to it personality wise. My only regret is not being shaken out of my inertia sooner. TMF , Unscripted , and F.U Money by Dan Lok (excluding some of the more problematic sidewalky bits-- like getting a $2m mortgage just bc you can) were the books that helped me shed my misconceptions about entrepreneurs and made me realize that I had the capacity to become one.
So let's F*cking go.
I've chosen a software system as my Fastlane business not only because I have domain knowledge, but because I believe that I've found a genuine need that must be addressed. Working as a software engineer on what is essentially a feature maintenance team where I primarily fix bugs and other peoples coding errors did not prepare me for going through both the product development lifecycle (PDLC) and the software development lifecycle (SDLC) at all, let alone on my own. I'm also self-taught, so I'm learning most of this nitty gritty shit on the fly as I didn't really need to know any of that to get my job. There are a couple of connections I made at a tech conference last year that I would like to bring on board, but I won't do that until I've validated the product and secured at least some grant (not VC) funding so that I can pay them because this is an extremely ambitious venture and will not be easy.
All that said, getting off my work machine after 5-6 hours to then get on my personal machine for another 6-8 hrs a day to research and apply to business grants is getting a teensy bit exhausting and can't possibly be good for my circadian rhythm. I'm hoping to figure out some sort of schedule to maintain balance so that I don't burn out. Right now, I'm writing 2 things on my business "to do" board per day. If I only achieve one of the two things, 1 > 0. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The cool thing is that I'm actually excited about this, so it doesn't feel totally awful to lose out on 1-3 hours of sleep.
I feel confident that this (entrepreneurship, not necessarily the product) was always my path. The more I learn about it, the more I see just how suited I am to it personality wise. My only regret is not being shaken out of my inertia sooner. TMF , Unscripted , and F.U Money by Dan Lok (excluding some of the more problematic sidewalky bits-- like getting a $2m mortgage just bc you can) were the books that helped me shed my misconceptions about entrepreneurs and made me realize that I had the capacity to become one.
So let's F*cking go.
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