During my dance trying to do The WordPress Helpers, Ryan was one of the folks with the biggest issues over my attempts at "encroachment".

Now I see why.

Interestingly, through all the vitriol, neither Ryan nor anyone else ever asked what it is I do for a living. The answer was and is "take all the stuff passionate founders find out they need to do in order to run a business off their plates". Ryan and other members of the community sure are passionate.

What's funny is that the underlying message these folks miss—and by 'these folks' I mean similar percentages of my WordPress Community detractors and target clients who trip over my company—is that there are people better suited to back-room minutae than they are just as there are people like them who do creative stuff better than I do.

Starting a business is hard work. Running a business is hard work. The first step to bridging those facts is understanding that you need to, and having a passion for both sides. Even if your passion for one is knowing that someone else should do it.

Given the number of comments that most posts here attract and that after thirteen hours this looks to be only #3, I think the blind spot is pretty obvious.