Welcome, you have found Thatch Mound, a website where you can watch one person’s tale of self-employment unfold in real time. The name “Thatch Mound” comes from the type of anthill built by a variety of ants known as “thatching ants,” such as formica obscuripes, a red-headed ant which is common in Washington State. The concept of Thatch Mound is to build a successful company by combining moderate income streams from lots of little projects into a source of income large enough to replace my former full-time job, in the same way that many ants come together to build something much greater than themselves—the thatch mound.

More will be revealed about Thatch Mound and the individual projects in the near future.