I spent the first 30+ years consuming what others built. Then frustration became the catalyst. WordPress was bloated, so I built Genes. YouTube's algorithm failed parents, so I built Playtoob. Every product started the same: I had a problem, existing solutions were inadequate, I built something better.
None are unicorn startups. None raised venture capital. Most make modest revenue or none at all. But they exist. And existence is the first filter most ideas never pass.
Shipping beats perfection. Half the products I built started as rough prototypes. Distribution is harder than building. Ownership matters more than proximity. Not everything needs to scale.
