It’s been a year since I left full-time employment to work for myself.

Here are some important things I realized since then.

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Here are some things I did to set up the business and how much they cost me. If I was on a tight budget I wouldn’t have done most of these things, or found cheaper alternatives. But nonetheless, I think this info can be useful to anyone going through the same process.

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Influencing behavior through coercion is not an example I want to pass to my kids.

Look at @automattic for a good example of sound OSS business execution. They have thousands of competitors using their own software, but is it harming them? It doesn’t look like it. I bet the competition helps them in the long term.