Bootstrap’d The Misadventures of Starting a Company

Business Achievements – XBox Style16:32:24

I have always enjoyed the Achievements system in XBox games. They add a competitive twist to the games and encourage you to do things in the game that you may not have otherwise thought to do. Some players are so obsessed with earning every single achievement point in their games that there are entire websites, such as http://www.xbox360achievements.org/, devoted to helping people get every last point.

So, I have created my own list of Achievements (and corresponding points) to turn running a business into more of a game. It is the “Achievements” page for this blog. They are listed in no particular order, and I have assigned points according to my perceived complexity of completing each Achievement.

To date, I have earned the following Achievements:

Quit Your Day Job (5 pts)

Create a legal business entity with the state (5 pts)

Get an EIN from the IRS (5 pts)

Open a bank account (5 pts)

Get a business credit card (5 pts)

Expense a business lunch (5 pts)

So far I have 30 points out of 3145 possible points. Check out the rest on the Achievements page.

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