I’ve always been a fan of LinkedIn. It’s where I make connections, discover new perspectives, and often come across ideas that really make me think.

This week, I read a post by James Watt that struck a chord. It was about entrepreneurial overreach, and I couldn’t help but see parts of our own story in it.

“The essence of entrepreneurship is believing in something that isn’t real yet and dragging it into existence through sheer force of will.” - James Watt

That line hit me - HARD.

Because if there’s one thing I know to be true, it’s that force of will is what keeps you going when everything else runs out.

When Jack and I started We Are Makers, a lot of people thought it was a nice idea - a side project, a passion hobby, something we might do for a year or two before we went back to “real jobs.” But we had other plans.

We had this stubborn belief that stories of makers and their crafts deserved a bigger stage. That independent makers deserved the same respect as any designer brand or tech startup and that a ‘small’ magazine from Scotland could somehow reach readers all over the world.

That belief - that overreach - became our fuel.

Because the truth is, building something from scratch takes everything. You put your savings, your time, your reputation, and your comfort on the line. You work when you should rest. You care when no one else is watching. You keep believing when the numbers don’t yet make sense.

Entrepreneurship, at its heart, is overreach.

It’s seeing what doesn’t yet exist and saying, “Why not?”

It’s choosing to create something that the world hasn’t asked for yet, but might just need.

Like Watt said, “Entrepreneurs put everything on the line for what they believe in.”

That’s us.

We’ve done that.

And we’ll keep doing it because we believe stories have power, and craft deserves a voice.

And we’ve chosen to do it through print, a medium that’s anything but easy.

It takes time, money, logistics, and a lot of persistence. But for us, print is the most honest reflection of what we stand for.

If we’d chosen comfort over conviction, this magazine wouldn’t be in existance.

Overreach built We Are Makers and it keeps building us.

So here’s to the overreachers, to the stubborn ones, to the ones who believe before there’s proof.

Because sometimes, overreach is exactly what the world needs.

Kate x