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<title>Garrity Software - About</title>
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<meta name="author" content="pfm" />
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<meta name="description" content="Garrity Software Homepage" />
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<h1>garrity software</h1>
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<li><a href="index.html">about</a></li>
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<li><a href="products.html">products</a></li>
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<li><a href="oss.html">open source</a></li>
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<li><a href="donate.html">donate</a></li>
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<li><a href="contact.html">contact</a></li>
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<section id="short-description">
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<p><em>Garrity Software</em> (GS) is a
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<a href="#sustainable-organization">sustainable organization</a> devoted to
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producing high quality, robust software. GS is also committed to contributing
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open source work and releasing as much software for free as possible. GS is
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currently <a href="#roadmap"><em>Bootstrapping</em></a>, does not have income,
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and is primarily producing <a href="oss.html">open source libraries</a>.</p></section>
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<section id="mission">
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<h1>Mission</h1>
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<p>Garrity Software aims to produce high quality software to solve a variety of
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problems. At the same time, it aims to remain small in size and provide a stable
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living for a small number of people, enabling them to work less, spend time with
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their families, and pursue their own interests. Finally, GS aims to provide open
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source software and to financially support open source development.</p>
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<h2 id="donations">Donations</h2>
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<p>If you want to support the GS mission or open source work, please consider
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<a href="donate.html">donating</a> to the founder.</p>
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<h2 id="roadmap">Roadmap and Progress</h2>
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<p>The GS vision is non-trivial to achieve. Quality open source projects are a
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starting point, but supporting employees and open source projects requires
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products and income. GS has a coarse-grained roadmap towards the mission.</p>
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<p>Current Status: <strong>Bootstrapping</strong></p>
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<p>Current Estimate: <strong>Behind!</strong></p>
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<p>Development continues, but limited time means limited progress. Likely will
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need to adjust schedule to spend more time on baseline development.</p>
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<dl>
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<dt>Bootstrapping (2024)</dt>
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<dd>Establish open source libraries and build the first product. Establish
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Garrity Software as an LLC.</dd>
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<dt>Initial Sales (By June 2025)</dt>
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<dd>Start attempting to sell software.</dd>
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<dt>Independence (By 2030)</dt>
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<dd>Founder achieves ability to stop working for other companies. Requires
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income from all sources to be sufficient to support family.</dd>
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<dt>First External Hire</dt>
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<dd>Another person is hired. That person is fully compensated.</dd>
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<dt>Hire to Five</dt>
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<dd>Bring in additional people until the arbitrary threshold of five
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employees is met.</dd>
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<dt>Sustain</dt>
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<dd>Hit a balance point that supports year-to-year stability in line with
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the GS mission.</dd>
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</dl>
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</section>
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<section id="sustainable-organization">
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<h1>Sustainable Organization</h1>
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<h2>Sustainability</h2>
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<p>Garrity Software is based on the premise of sustainability. This is measured
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in terms of employee needs and company performance. The goal is a balance where
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GS earns enough to support a small number of employees that do not need to work
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a full week. To achieve this goal, GS needs to earn enough money and have stable
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enough products. At the same time, GS needs to resist unbounded growth and
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becoming too large. The steady state should have employees that can both
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maintain current products and pursue new work without needing to put in extra
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time.</p>
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<h2>Execution</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Establish strong core products that produce reliable income.</li>
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<li>Never allow the organization to become beholden to external investors.</li>
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<li>Do not spend money that GS does not have.</li>
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<li>Limit staff to five total employees.</li>
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<li>Establish four day work weeks starting with the first hire.</li>
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<li>Ensure that hiring only starts when enough income exists to support a comfortable living wage (including things like health care) for any hired person.</li>
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<li>Establish a fund to donate to, or otherwise support, open source development.</li>
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</ul>
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</section>
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<section id="team">
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<h1>Team</h1>
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<h2>Pat Garrity (pfm)</h2>
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<p>Founder and visionary of Garrity Software.</p>
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</section>
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Content Copyright © Patrick Garrity
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