My parents were small business owners for the first 20 years of my life; they’ve owned 3 restaurants in my lifetime. One was a Taiwanese steakhouse, second was a Taiwanese congee shop, and the last was an American-Japanese sushi restaurant located in lovely Princeton, NJ.

If my appetite for steak, congee and sushi says anything about the way my parents ran their joints, it is that we ate what we served.

My hardworking parents, not working very hard here.

If you don’t eat your own fish and enjoy it, then you probably shouldn’t serve it. We weren’t high-end fine dining, but eating the food we serve certainly kept our freshness and deliciousness under control. To prove that point, here’s an internet review circa 2003:

I’ve become a regular here, my once a week habit. The food, from sushi to cooked dishes, never disappoints. A terrific selection of both traditional sushi and creative, delicious, original dishes. I order quite a few things that are not on the menu (wink,wink). Among them, ask for the live scallop or the Princeton maki. All of the sushi is very fresh and good portions.

Tying it all together

This philosophy applies to all types of small businesses including ours, Onepager. In all honesty, I have a lot of fun using our application. I enjoy the interaction with the theme editor, being able to see the changes take effect in real-time, and the ability to finish building under 5 minutes - the max of my adult attention span. Yes, I am part of the team that built this product and I feel a great amount of pride in our work, but if I can’t even be my own customer, then I shouldn’t expect other people to want to pay for it.

And thank goodness there are actually other people that found use in our product and eventually became our customers. Otherwise, my point would be moot :(

Speaking of whom, I’d like to give a shout-out to all our customers and supporters. We feel your love!

♥ Yin