You Don't Need to Be A Founder to Be A Programmer

Thanks to Rob Rhyne—http://twitter.com/capttaco and Saul Mora—http://twitter.com/casademora for inspiring this section in their NSBrief interview.

As software developers, we live in a great time to start your own business. One person, working with a few freelancers and using some online services, can get an app out in a few months with very little outlay. Success stories abound of programmers who've quit working for "the man" to "go indie" – in other words, to start their own software company.

An aside on confirmation bias

One reason that there are so many success stories from small business founders is that the failures don't get invited to give talks. In fact, some people claim that 9 out of 10 new businesses fail within a year—http://www.gardnerbusiness.com/failures.htm, a number corroborated by my accountant. Because that's not news, and not interesting, it doesn't...