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The Next Chapter for 2CC Club

Okay, so — first things first: Two Common Cents Club will not continue in its current form past the end of 2024. In fact, I’m probably going to shut this down and refund subscribers (thanks for your support!) earlier than that. And you know what? I’m not even mad/

Building In Public

As an indie dev or creator, how much time do you spend making, vs talking about what you’re making?

The Excitement Backlog

How do you keep going when you're not excited about what you're working on anymore?

Do The Thing

Actually doing the thing is the most important part of shipping the thing.

The Leftovers

Business owners have to think about three money buckets: what's coming in, what's going out, and —most importantly— the leftovers.

Finding Focus

Success comes from focusing on your niche and your tribe, rather than getting distracted by shiny new projects.

How It’s Going

The hardest part about building something is having patience. The second hardest is changing course.

Building an Atelier

I like newsletters so much that I'm making an app to manage your newsletters, if I can find the time between writing newsletters.

Making Time For Making

The hardest part of making a go of a side business is making time.

Focus On Customers Before They're Customers

In which Angelo realizes it's better to start by building the thing his customers want to pay for.

Cash Flow Forecasting

Forecasting the cash flow needed for a new business or project gives you signal on when you need to course correct — and even when you need to quit.

Constraints

Choosing enough over growth is hard. It means making harder decisions and doing the hard work of questioning your values. It means choosing first to build constraints, and then building value within them.

Book Review: Company of One by Paul Jarvis

Slow growth, and a relentless focus on helping your customers succeed, is a sustainable way to build and run company of one.

Better late than worse

Not screwing up may the obvious solution, but hindsight is 20/20, and foresight is tinted by rose-coloured glasses—so it's not a useful solution.

Book Review: The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

The E-Myth Revisited is a call to rethink your business, a treasure trove of insights that can help you move from just working in your business to truly developing it. But there are also criticisms of the book that microbusiness owners should be aware of.

The Experiment: Can I Build a Million-Dollar Microbusiness?

It's January first, and I'm aiming to make 2024 the year that I built my side hustle into a thriving microbusiness.