Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Presented by Michael Graham.
I wrote this talk for myself five years ago: an ambitious but stuck tech-opportunist. I expect people at this conference are generally quite good at working though technical challenges and questions that start with "how do I?". But most interesting questions are the ones Google & ChatGPT can’t answer for you:
"What should I be making & will people buy it?"
"How can I tell if the juice is worth the squeeze before diving in?"
"What’s the next right move?"
"What are my unknown-unknowns?"
For people like us the hard part of starting a maker business isn’t problem solving. It’s finding the right problems to solve, and then learning how to best use your limited 24 hours a day to solve them.
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2024/short-talk/starting-a-maker-business
Presented by Michael Graham.
I wrote this talk for myself five years ago: an ambitious but stuck tech-opportunist. I expect people at this conference are generally quite good at working though technical challenges and questions that start with "how do I?". But most interesting questions are the ones Google & ChatGPT can’t answer for you:
"What should I be making & will people buy it?"
"How can I tell if the juice is worth the squeeze before diving in?"
"What’s the next right move?"
"What are my unknown-unknowns?"
For people like us the hard part of starting a maker business isn’t problem solving. It’s finding the right problems to solve, and then learning how to best use your limited 24 hours a day to solve them.
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2024/short-talk/starting-a-maker-business
