Tips on starting a tiny business?
matthodan: Congrats on taking the road less traveled.  I too started a business while I was in college to pay the bills-- turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life.  Looking back, the most important thing I had going for me was a great co-founder that complimented my interests and skill set.When we were starting out we thought about the following questions all of the time:- Do people want our product?- How are we differentiated?- What will this cost us?- How will we make money?- Who can we ask for advice?- What are we forgetting?Focus on making something people want-- this is paramount.  A good rule of thumb is that your product needs to be good enough that people willingly recommend it to others.  Make sure your product is differentiated-- people won't trust you at first (and they will trust an established competitor) so you need to offer something customers can't get elsewhere.  Charge for your product-- sounds obvious, but you can't make money without it and it's not as easy as it sounds.  Network, network, network-- too many founders forget to network with customers, vendors, business partners, future employees, etc. because they get too focused on developing the product.  Networking will be a great source of feedback and will open doors you may never have known existed.  Remember, you're creating a business not just creating a product.