Month: May 2014
Projects That Don’t Launch
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about shipping. Actually delivering finished work to clients is 1000000% more important than using the latest cool thing if you want to have a solid business and good referrals. Long projects zap morale. The longer it takes to develop, the less likely it is to launch. – Rework That ‘awesome’…
Who are my ideal clients and how do I filter them?
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I’m reading Book Yourself Solid again. Chapter 1 starts by getting you to define your ideal clients and your dud clients. Today I’m going to share most of my written work out of chapter one. For obvious reasons I’m going to skip actually naming clients. What type of clients don’t I want? I’m not interested…
Being Useful is Better than Being Cool
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What’s the one thing that you must do to have a viable business? It’s not market. It’s not sell. It’s not even the ability to invoice or be paid. Sure they’re all crucial parts, but if you have all of them dialed in you can still totally kill your business by missing one thing. Minimal…
Is your work just good enough to not get fired?
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Are you struggling to find clients day-to-day? Getting people that do one off-site build and then you never hear from them again? How well are you actually doing your job? Most employees do their job to a level that will just allow them to keep it. – Don’t Let Your Business Run You The bike…
April 2014 Reading List
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1. Darth Plagueis This was actually finished March 31, but I already had the March post written, so I let it bump over to April. Darth Plagueis takes places starting a while before Star Wars Episode I and finishes as Palpatine is elected Supreme Chancellor of the senate. We get to see Palpatine’s master and…
Double Your Freelancing Rate 2 is out
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I don’t often post twice in a day but Double Your Freelancing Rate 2 is out. The first version was where I started when I wanted to charge more. Brennan is awesome and today it’s 20% off all packages. If you want the video interview with me then you’ll need to get one of the…
Avoid 2 seconds of discomfort and waste hundreds of dollars
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Talking about money is hard in every facet of life. When it comes to talking about money, personally, we often equate how much we have in savings or how much debt we have with our own self-worth. Money has nothing to do with our worth, though society leads us to believe otherwise. When it comes…
Reviewing Rework
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Last March, I read another book from Basecamp (formerly 37Signals) called Remote. Well, more accurately, I started it and about 20 pages in I was bored of pithy statements about the state of remote work. So what about Rework, which I had read when it came out and remembered it to be a similar format. Have…
If it’s all important nothing is important
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When I worked in-house last, there was a problem. It’s not something big and shady behind the scenes, like embezzling. No one was stealing as far as I know. The problem was that the leadership said things were important, then never followed that important up with resources. Sure I had a 1 year old iMac…
Forget about the trenches and ruin your team
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One of the things I look forward to as I hire people and start building a bit of a team is not being in the trenches daily. A good business owner should be stepping back to work on the business. That’s how you’re going to keep all those peope employed. There is some danger in…
