the only things i would do differently are:

1. skip two hosts. they were both highly recommended, had no bad threads on boards, and both brought our business to its knees - one in 1999, one in 2003.

2. i'd probably have started the muscle site i'm working in in 2000. and would probably have started a couple other paysites as well. of course, it's easy to say that now - can i turn back time to 2000 but send myself the paysite knowledge i have in 2005?