Every old barbecue joint started with one person and a fire. People are still lining up for their life’s work.

Things that look established were small and unpromising at the start. One person with a bad setup and a lot of patience is the real origin of most places people love. The long line outside is the delayed result of a decision made when nothing was guaranteed.

If you are waiting to start something until it looks respectable, build the first crude version this week instead. Scale is what time adds to something that already exists.