Recently, I finished reading Hackers & Painters by Paul Graham, so this is going to be blunt, but helpful. You are warned. 🙃 There is absolutely no surefire way to guarantee that your side-project will ever be anything more than a hobby that pays for itself. But there are some surefire ways to guarantee that you'll get to failure soone...

After I had run out of reading material as a child, my father recommended Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History by Fawn M. Brodie. This was a weighty read for a 12-year-old. After my father explained what a renaissance man was, I eagerly and earnestly devoured the book. Little did I know at the time what an impact this would have on my...