My philosophy is this: Be really great at a few things and don't suck at anything. That's a good list of competencies for an entrepreneur. Eighteen months ag

My philosophy is this: Be really great at a few things and don't suck at anything. That's a good list of competencies for an entrepreneur. Eighteen months ago I wanted to build a web application that I thought would help a lot of people in my industry. I knew next to nothing about programming and quickly realized outsourcing the core product wasn't going to cut it. So, I quit my banking job and took courses in discrete math, algorithms & data structures, and computer architecture. Along the way I taught myself python/django, HTML/CSS, and JQuery. Last week I launched a private beta and have received great feedback. I'm really great at financial analysis and product development. And now I don't suck at programming, among other things.