<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:13:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[You’re not badass and neither is your company]]></title><description><![CDATA[I didn’t start looking at looking at programmer job ads until 2006 or so. Or maybe earlier, but then that could’ve been in the era where adults still ran businesses. Anyway, whether or not it was sooner]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/you-re-not-badass-and-neither-is-your-company</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/you-re-not-badass-and-neither-is-your-company</guid><category><![CDATA[startup]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwilikers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:22:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop forcing good out of time wasters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here’s something that can help the union of my two audiences. The hardest lesson I ever learned was to say "no" to something (a client, an employer) that wasn’t a good fit for me. In the idealized]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/stop-forcing-good-out-of-time-wasters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/stop-forcing-good-out-of-time-wasters</guid><category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwilikers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:17:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["I have to turn business away" isn’t impressive.]]></title><description><![CDATA[No image macros, here. A staple of my experience as a professional is meeting a business owner is regularly meeting someone who says People are so excited about what we’re doing. We’ve had to turn business]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/i-have-to-turn-business-away-isn-t-impressive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/i-have-to-turn-business-away-isn-t-impressive</guid><category><![CDATA[startup]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwilikers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:42:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYNB39mpTHXWoXAaz3WV7ZUuyQSU6euL2TNxc8hkK7WZXGA1SCaQ8WUrSi66yUZXUBs6rhUmXpz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can anyone ever answer the lead gen question?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stop me if you've heard this one. You're starting a business. You did the research, figured out your target, you know the messaging and everything to get started. You don't have a big budget—in fact, bonus]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/can-anyone-ever-answer-the-lead-gen-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dwilikers/can-anyone-ever-answer-the-lead-gen-question</guid><category><![CDATA[sales]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwilikers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:33:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K62qoBH5ftzPFBv5v6YTZvLmRPbV9vfUW6fxk9RyqBEqCLfr5dKte9hK1B3cTNk4aKfZM7PA18pL1bgZicrS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>