Gavin Yerxa

This is really exciting, congratulations @philipithomas! This is a much-needed product, and I could see it being the go-to platform for small communities like ours. Excited to see how it evolves!

DM me, I've been working with a few different decentralized identity products and happy to share some thoughts!

Being an entrepreneur is rewarding, but there are very real tradeoffs, and it's not for everyone. I think spending a few months as a freelancer is a low-risk way of seeing how you feel about being a founder. Freelancers are solopreneurs in every sense of the word. You need to do sales, marketing, operations, taxes, accounting, finance...plus the actual freelance work you're getting paid to do....

I'm supportive of a 4-day work week for those that want it, and feel that it maximizes their productivity. I think freelance workers have been experimenting with things like this for a long time. You see many freelancers who prefer to batch their work into just 3 or 4 days. Others prefer spreading it across 6 days, or even 7. We're all different, and what works for one person won't necessarily...

Be honest with yourself about whether you can envision spending the next 7+ years of your life working on your startup. As you grow, the nature of the challenges you face will change, but it doesn't become less 'difficult'. If you can't enjoy the process (or at least find it rewarding), you won't find the motivation to get out of bed in the morning.

I really liked your blog, particularly the structured approach that still allows for learning and exploration. My advice: have 10x more conversations with people than you think you should. Talk to people in areas you are curios about but unfamiliar with, and want to explore. Do cold outreach to people for advice. Approach those conversations with curiosity. When you talk to new people, share...

Radical ownership. For the first few team members, everyone must be a true owner, willing and able (more than that, hungry) to take projects from end-to-end. It's great to be a big thinker, but in startups everyone needs to be able to DO things too!

When I started Thirdwork (a freelance talent marketplace), two things helped: 1.) I've worked as a freelancer before, but also hired dozens of freelance writers, designers, developers, brand strategists, and marketers over the course of my career. That at least gave me some intuition around the pain points I should understand. 2.) We scheduled over 50 structured product feedback sessions with...

Awesome, congrats @giulia_camargo and team. Can't wait to get early access!

Congrats @denislav_jeliazkov, love what you're building! Such a huge need.