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If you could audit any company, which one would you pick and why?

If reddit had fees, how much would you realistically be willing to pay before going elsewhere?

I have the utmost respect for programmers (and all technical professions), but am currently working on a project that is way over my head. I am coding it myself, and learning to code at the same time. Just wondering - are there any startups that were able to scale after starting with a website builder or as a simple WordPress site with plug-ins?

Does anyone know the reasoning behind this?

Some background: I am bootstrapping a startup by working part-time at a few jobs. This isn't going as quickly as I would like, but it is what it is. (I have obligations that I'm unable to blow-off to launch it full-time.) I haven't even told that many people about it - just those that ask what I'm doing in my "free" time - and am not advertising it.

The problem is that everyone is offering their help (literally every. single. person. who finds out about it). I don't talk about it anymore, and won't until it's ready. I would actually like to keep my personal life separate from my business life as much as I can. In three different instances, I have witnessed businesses (and money) destroy lives in my own family, so this hits home. Also, and I'm not sure how to put this tactfully, even though I think the people offering to help feel like they would be doing me a favor (and this is definitely true in some regard), I am not a fan of their work ethic, among other things. They may have an inkling as to how obsessive I am, but working together would be a problem.

Has anyone else had this conflict? And if so, what did you decide and what happened? Am I being short-sighted by ignoring help?

Thanks!

What has metaphorically lit a fire underneath you that made you do something?

For example: learn to code, start a company, start/quit a job, start/quit school, move out, move in, start a healthy lifestyle, eat poorly, maintain an exercise regimen, date, get married, start a family, end a friendship, etc.

This is a loaded question, and it’s Friday – so thanks for any answers.

If you have burned bridges with people, either intentionally or not, what was the outcome? This question is in regards to a work or professional setting, but personal stories are welcome.