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Peter Askew
Domain name obsessed [developer]
savannah, georgia
// I sometimes forget how I got here //
Countless layoffs will do that to you. The fourth or fifth one scrambled my brain, and lead me down this peculiar path.I wasn't prepared to be an entrepreneur ; I had no other option. So I began building, with no real direction, all self-funded. I shuffled forward, and felt inspired serving small business.While I understood the importance of revenue, profit wound up taking a backseat to my meandering pursuit of some unattainable purpose. Blue-chip .com domain names became my gatling gun as I wandered forward. Into [dude ranching]. Into [ranch employment]. Then ultimately into [agriculture & the Vidalia onion industry].When I can, I sometimes write. Poorly? meh. I wrote an essay about onions that folks on Hacker News liked, so I got that going for me.And as always ~ I'm an Ole Miss Rebel, I'll pet cats if I see them, and small town + simple living is the life for me.π¦ β½ π π½οΈ π₯οΈ π β«com π€ πΌ π§ π π§ π¦ π§ β² π€
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'Why Not' projects:
You don't really need a business idea. All you really need is a great domain name. The domain can be your business inspiration.
— Peter Askew (@searchbound) December 2, 2017
me in an article: π°
The Dot-Com Don: Meet the Domain Prospector Turning Stray URLs Into Real Businessesme on a podcast: ποΈ
How I Sold 64,000 Pounds of Onions Online - Side Hustle Show #424Building web businesses with Peter Askew β DNW Podcast #163
" I am like an idiot, my mind is so empty. " - Lao Tzu ιεΎ·ηΆ
Rich people need it. Poor people have it. If you eat it, you die. And when you die, you take it with you. What is it? π«
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It's a mystery to meWe have a greed, with which we have agreed
And you think you have to want more than you need
Until you have it all, you won't be "free"Society, you're a crazy breed
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... the great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences
Pete Holmes Explains why he hates Waze⦠pic.twitter.com/cjk87koOwW
— The Adam Carolla Show (@AdamCarollaShow) November 15, 2023
" Our growth will always be contingent on our willingness to be uncomfortable "~ George Raveling
" There is also a peculiar noise,
a continuous sibilant whisper,
an urgent sort of rustling of
the submerging marsh, with
occasionally a roar from a
breaking bank, or the sudden
plunging of the flood through
a high spillway. "~ Archibald Rutledge, 1937
h/t @DylanoA4
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