Nat

Customers can smell it when there's zero passion, and it hinders going the 110% required to make a stand-out business. You can probably get away with it and still make yourself enough time/money for it to be worth it, but it's risky and unlikely to create a lasting brand. I would agree with many where -- passion for the problem / market is often more important than the product itself as a...

I would say it can pique my interest. I may click-through, but I would need to do a ton more research before purchase because I've heard a lot of horror stories of folk who buy just from social media ads (particularly around clothes on IG, but others as well).

I try to turn my analytic brain off, since that isn't getting traction -- meditate, talk long walks, exercise, or listening to a podcast (perhaps in something somewhat related) that shifts my perspective. Often that helps.

Yes, recently, but no on regrets. For me, I set clear timelines / milestones, set up some consulting contracts, and mulled on it for a long time before taking the jump, which was helpful structure since leaving a job leaves you with a lot of ambiguity. I wouldn't call this a regret, but in hindsight, I would do more to expand my community with other founders and self-employed folks in...

To develop: Make it a habit to write 400+ words everyday. The more time between, the harder it is to keep up. To drop: Overthinking while trying to run experiments.