[davidw]

You should check out Rob Walling's "Start Small, Stay Small" if you haven't already:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YH9MMI/?tag=dedasys-20

It's a guide to "startups" for the rest of us, where "startup" is something small and bootstrapped that, however, makes money pretty early on, and probably will never grow that large.

For me, that book really hit a nerve: I too spent time at a Big Startup, and while I enjoyed the ride... I decided that it's not for me.

[kranner]

Hi rwalling, if you're reading this, have you got an update planned for this book?

[rwalling]

I was planning to let the book stand on its own. But the more time passes, the more requests I see for an updated edition. The book is approaching 11,000 copies sold to date, so it's obviously filled a need.

I'm booked through May with MicroConf and the launch of GetDrip.com...but I've added "Consider v2.0 of Start Small, Stay Small" to my task list. To be considered for the latter half of 2013!

[kranner]

Great to know, thanks for replying!

[thetrumanshow]

I wish the Beetlejuice thing worked here on HN like it seems to work on that-news-aggregator-that-shall-not-be-named. :)

rwalling, rwalling, rwalling!

[rwalling]

Rock and roll. I've seen that movie 20+ times.

[thetrumanshow]

And Rob Walling delivers.

Not only is his book awesome, not only is his podcast awesome, not only are his conference presentations awesome... He's also a apparently a really great guy. Thanks for being a good sport and showing up Rob! :)

[davidw]

He's pretty responsive via email.

[wiradikusuma]

hi man, thanks for your reference, i just purchased it from your link. i hope it has referral, at least as a means for me to say thanks.

[davidw]

It does - thank you! I reinvest the (little) money I get from those into... you guessed it. More books. I started reviewing them here:

http://davids-book-reviews.blogspot.com/

And where appropriate, like on this thread, I mention them here - but only the good ones, which certainly aren't all of them. So I think you do get a little bit back from your click - thanks!