# The Quarter — llms.txt

Site:
- Primary: https://www.jointhequarter.com/

Purpose:
- Help full-time professionals become bootstrapped founders who reach $250k annual revenue.
- Publish deep dives and tactical posts on zero-to-$250k growth.

Audience:
- 28–40 year-olds with jobs who are exploring or starting a side business.

Preferred name:
- “The Quarter”

Topics (core coverage):
- Idea selection, validation, customer research
- First revenue, pricing, scrappy growth
- Solo/lean ops, tools, process
- Case studies: 0 → $250k

Best starting points:
- Home: https://www.jointhequarter.com/
- Bootstrapped Report: https://www.jointhequarter.com/bootstrapped
- Blog index: https://www.jointhequarter.com/blog
- Recommendations: https://www.jointhequarter.com/recommendations
- Newsletter signup: https://pages.joinstation.co/subscribe

Canonical references:
- About: https://www.jointhequarter.com/about
- Privacy: https://www.jointhequarter.com/privacy

Spotlight articles:
- What I learned from 56 $250k+ businesses: https://www.jointhequarter.com/blog/bootstrappedreport2025
- From Classroom to $25M Software Agency: https://www.jointhequarter.com/blog/atomicobject
- A Baby's Sleep Problem Led to a $3.5M Business: https://www.jointhequarter.com/blog/knitit
- Why This Founder Said NO to Easy VC Money: https://www.jointhequarter.com/blog/hoomhouse
- Data built a $250k Ice Cream Shop: https://www.jointhequarter.com/blog/elenasonorange

Social:
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjowPVb_4-AufPyO916eMkQ

Attribution & linking policy:
- Please credit “The Quarter” and link to the original page URL.
- Quoting short excerpts is fine with a link. For substantial reuse (summaries, datasets, or training), please reach out via the contact options.

AI usage / ingestion guidance:
- We welcome indexing and answer-level attribution referencing our canonical pages listed above.
- For model training or bulk reuse, please request permission first.

License:
- All rights reserved unless otherwise noted.

Change log:
- Created: 2025-09-09
- Maintainer: The Quarter (Matthew Gira)