I talk in earlier posts about purposes. I identify the original purpose, and still the central purpose, of this blog, as ... related to ... teaching myself to compute.

Really, that's making it possible for me to learn to compute, or, as a tool towards that end. (I wrote that creating a tool for people in general to learn computing is a way to make it possible for me to learn computing.)

I also write about having other purposes, and being able to make places for them in this blog.

Here's another of my purposes: learning how to start a business ... and teaching it.

I have lots of ideas for businesses. I have ideas about how to run them, too. Actually, what I'm fuzzy about is how to start them!

Here's a business I just got to thinking about, again ... I think about it often: custom wood. You describe the part you want, the kind of wood you want it made from, and, if you like, the exact way you want it made. We have tools and wood (you can browse our inventory when preparing your specifications), and we make the part, as you describe it to us, and then deliver it. (An issue, here: what if you are prototyping something you want to patent, or otherwise retain rights to, as a design or concept? Can we offer you some kind of assurances in that regard?)

I go a little farther, and think in terms of creating a chain of shops, and I mean lots of them ... franchising the concept, I guess I'm saying.

So, if readers have suggestions ... I'm thinking in the form of a series of steps to take toward creating this product and organization ... or, too, series of generalized steps people can take to start businesses along lines that might be similar ... as per the standard plan for the blog, you are invited to post such thoughts in the comment section for this post. This last is a process I think might benefit from some kind of formalization. For the moment, though, it seems like a useful way to build a resource, as it stands.