<i>I’m sharing everything with you. You’ll get to observe how much money I’m starting with, the things I have to buy, the documents I have to fill out-all that is involved in starting up. You’ll be the first to know when I biff it.</i><p>This concerns me.  If OP has enough time to "share everything", he's probably not spending enough time on the real work he has to do.  Worse, the "sharing project" can easily expand to consume most of OP's time without him even realizing it.<p>OP, I admire your initiative and look forward to hearing about your success.  But I'm willing to wait.  I'd rather have you focus 100% on the task at hand and share with us later.  I care less about the timeliness of your reports than the quality of your results.  Best wishes!