Have you read Rob Walling's "Start Small, Stay Small"?
It's the best book of practical advice I've read on the subject in a while.
n.b. I upvoted that recommendation and am quoted on the cover of the book as saying something like "This is the book I wish I had when I started my business."
Dude, disclose affiliate links on HN please.
Dude, I certainly don't participate here to get rich off of affiliate links, and am not going to foist crap off on people to make a quick buck (my reputation is more important than that), but I'm certainly not going to disdain a few dollars for more books to read.
If you don't believe in making money, perhaps this isn't the site for you.
I make plenty of money from affiliate marketing, but this isn't the place to use them without disclosure.
Just go ahead and downvote it instead of whining. Either the link was to something useful and relevant or it wasn't.
The fact that there's an affiliate link has no bearing on that.
If someone's spamming the site with affiliate links, they ought to be banned. If someone posts a link with one from time to time, I see absolutely no harm in it. I think it's pretty clear what's what.
I'm not whining, it's just in bad taste. I actually up voted your post because it was useful, and I DID buy that book this morning (just not through your affiliate link).
This isn't the place to be using undisclosed affiliate links. Had you disclosed it, I would have happily bought it through your link as it would be a legitimate referral.
I am uncomfortable using those two accounts to sign in.
If I could sign in, the question I would ask patio11 is this: What advise would you give to someone who wants to run a solo software business so he/she can live anywhere and travel anytime?