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Exceeding Expectations

I read a lot of job boards. There are a number of fascinating projects under development right now, and its exciting to have a chance to work with people who see the Web in a different light. Of course, it’s a two way street - these entrepreneurial souls need to find quality talent, and that […]

Posted at January 28, 2008 - 4:23 pm | no comments | Filed Under: Business

Getting people to change

The fellows at ParticleTree have posted another fine summary, this time on the challenges of getting people to use the software you’ve created. It’ll make you feel like you’re back in Economics 201, trying to understand how economists can complicate and twist something so obvious into an idea you have to study to understand. The […]

Posted at August 13, 2007 - 2:22 pm | no comments | Filed Under: App Design, Business

Web app comparison

Ryan Campbell of ParticleTree has posted a very informative comparison of four different web startups, along a few different vectors. I use the word “comparison” somewhat hesistatingly, as the article intentionally takes an apples to oranges range of companies. However, the depth of information, from lines of code to conversion rates to support requests at […]

Posted at August 4, 2007 - 1:17 pm | no comments | Filed Under: Business, Blogs

Aaron Mentele on business

Aaron Mentele of Electric Pulp, a development/design firm out of Sioux Falls, SD has an interesting writeup and great commentary on the low-margin, high-revenue business game. This is a fascinating topic for me, as I’ve often found American business obsession with growth completely bizarre. Why the need to grow a profitable business endlessly? Is there […]

Posted at July 12, 2007 - 2:09 pm | 2 comments | Filed Under: Business