When I think of link bait, I think of sites that go after Digg and not really Hacker News. Hacker News is an awesome resource (better than digg imho), but if you get to the top I don't think you get too many links out of it.
"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
Motivational posters might work for some people -- I have a Ralph Steadman poster above my desk here ;) .
He's definitely right about having a nice space to work in where you can feel like you can breathe a bit. Comfortable chair, good solid desk, space to put up sticky notes or a whiteboard... Yes even a plant can help make it feel a bit more welcoming.
It doesn’t have to be an innovative business that solves a pain in the market place; it just has to be a business that can turn a healthy profit every year.
On the contrary, a business must solve a pain the market place, to become profitable and healthy.
But his example, a plumbing business, both solves a pain in the marketplace (people need their pipes fixed and plumbing installed) and is not at all innovative.
I think you have way more chances at being successful by copying something that already exist and being a competitor, than creating something totally new and trying to persuade people that it will fix their problems.
I also have a long term goal to be making $835/day. :)
I want to come up with an idea for a business that could be making $35/day reasonably quickly, but also have the potential to eventually scale up to $835/day.
I order to make $35/day, I need to create something that can do 7 sales of a $5/(month)/profit product every day.
