My mentor (Art Mellor – scumpa.com) at Cayman Systems gave me two pieces of advice that have stayed with me to this day: • When you start your company, start i

My mentor (Art Mellor – scumpa.com) at Cayman Systems gave me two pieces of advice that have stayed with me to this day: • When you start your company, start it by doing consulting. (See, he already knew I’d caught the Bug.) Get paid to learn the space and develop for your customers, using their expertise and funding, and then turn all that into a product. • Learn LISP.