More Than Me: Sustainability Thresholds

{{< pudding-progress >}} The Question {{< pudding-sticky-quote >}} “How many people do we need at each stage for this to become self-sustaining — independent of any one person, including the founder?” {{< /pudding-sticky-quote >}} “More Than Me” means the platform survives and thrives even if the founder gets hit by a bus tomorrow. At each threshold, the system becomes less dependent on any single person and more dependent on the collective. ...

November 28, 2025 · 4 min · 803 words · Bishop

The Project Seed

The Pudding Every project starts as an idea someone had in the shower. The question is not whether the idea is good. The question is what happens to it next. On most platforms, the answer is: nothing. The idea gets posted. A few people like it. Maybe someone comments. The poster gets busy. The idea sits. It ages. It joins the graveyard of posts that started with “wouldn’t it be cool if” and ended with silence. ...

April 6, 2026 · 7 min · 1307 words · Bishop

Built In Public Roadmap

Built In Public Roadmap “Make money WITH, not FOR Liana Banyan. No V.C. No outside advertising. Battle-Tested. Built in Public. ALL IN. SWING for the FENCES.” This page tracks planned features, integrations, and community-fundable milestones. Everything here is visible to everyone — that’s the “Built in Public” philosophy. 🎯 COMMUNITY-FUNDABLE MILESTONES These features can be funded through community voting using our existing systems. Each milestone becomes a project that members can back with Credits. ...

February 5, 2026 · 3 min · 483 words · Liana Banyan Corporation