Archive for 'General Business'
Don’t Hate On the Mint Acquisition! (You Can’t Buy Great People)
Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Fred.
Jason Fried over at 37signals is pissed about the Intuit acquisition of Mint.com. In a rather incisive entry on the Signal Vs. Noise blog, he details why he is upset about the acquisition. Jason is clearly very passionate about innovating in one’s given industry. He’s got his crosshairs set on the old [...]
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Plotting a Path To Killer Open Source E-commerce and CMS tools
Posted on 03. Jul, 2009 by Fred.
Just yesterday I was engaged in a wonderful comment by commenter “Liz” regarding my post “The Next Step in Small-Business Web Tools – Open Source/E-commerce Hybrids“. She left me some great comments and one in particular seemed better suited to an actual post. Thanks, Liz!
…do you have other recommendations for a mid sized [...]
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Screw the “Top Ten” Lists, What’s Your Most Important Business Concept?
Posted on 29. May, 2009 by Fred.
I’m dedicating this post to @garyvee a.k.a. Gary Vaynerchuk, the guy is a human simplification factory. Gary, Gary, Gary. I’m talking to you right now. Thanks, man. I lost my mojo when it came to seeing things clearly, but you have been drilling it back into my head as of late. [...]
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Freelancer Feature: 4 Tips to Build Value Into Your Quotes
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Fred.
A key part of what we as freelancers do to ensure our success happens during the quoting process. This is the all important step in which the specifications of a given project are determined, time estimations are given, and then the all-important hand-off of the quote over to the prospective client. Do you [...]
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Small Business, Big Recession Pt. 1: 3 Tips to Help Your Small Web Business Evaluate & Shore Up In a Weakened Economy
Posted on 14. May, 2009 by Fred.
Being part of a small development agency in a non-metropolitan area of Massachusetts, our reaction to the housing crash and subsequent stock market implosion was probably similar to yours: What does this mean for us? Sure, we don’t work for or with public companies, but when will we feel a trickle-down, if any? [...]
