Okay, I’m going to come out and just say it. I’m not a real entrepreneur. (It’s true.) Sure, I have a successful side project that’s a SaaS. And I’ve started a few revenue-generating projects before this too — hey, something that generates revenue is a business, right? I like to think I’m an entrepreneurially-minded person who has ideas and makes them happen. But I’m not a Real Entrepreneur, and here’s why:
June 25, 2014
14 things I’ve learned about launching side projects
Note: I wrote this in 2014, six months after launching Geocodio. Side projects are an alluring prospect for many developers: you can have total control over a project, try new things, and reap all of the profits. No pesky product managers or dealing with other people’s code. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Here are a few of the lessons we’ve learned since launching Geocodio in January: Take care of the the
September 1, 2010
Telegraph Clips
In 2010, I interned for The Telegraph‘s Washington bureau, writing about American politics for UK audiences. The big stories of the summer were the outing of the Russian spy ring and the BP Oil Spill. Articles with my byline (under my maiden name) or with credited contributions: Russian spy applied for jobs at think tanks with links to Obama General David Petraeus collapses during Senate hearing South Carolina breaks with