If you work in web design or development, it’s inevitable that you’ll get inquiries for a project that is not a good fit for your skills. Perhaps the client budget doesn’t match with your project range. Maybe the client needs skills that are a different specialty than what you deal in. Maybe you’re just booked […]
Providing Value By Referring Other Developers
Why Some Remote Teams Succeed, and Others Fail
One of the questions that all tech companies have to address is whether to build a team that is on-site, in an office — or a distributed team where people work from remote locations. Even though there are tools to manage remote teams effectively, most tech workers still do not have the option of working […]
Article Discussion: The Future of the Digital Design Agency
Published January 29th, 2015
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Recently there’s been a lot of discussion about the future of digital design agencies. In recent months, consultancy Adaptive Path joined the Capital One team. The partners at Teehan + Lax joined Facebook. The general feeling in the industry is that large companies now understand that design is valuable, and they are looking to build […]
Time: An Entrepreneur’s Most Valuable Resource
A lot of entrepreneurs focus on runway, capital, and money. But money is not as important as time. Not by a long shot. “Your time is limited. Remember that. Each day you’re given 86,400 seconds from the ‘Time Bank’. Everyone is given the same. There are no exceptions. Once you make your withdrawal, you’re free […]
Get Punched In The Face, Get Back Up
On EP46 of the #AskGaryVee Show, from 1:23 to 3:08, Gary Vaynerchuk answers a viewer question about endurance. A viewer asks “How many failures and punches to the face can a person handle before achieving success?” Gary states that not everyone is an entrepreneur just because they call themselves one. He states most people take […]
Getting Help From People In Your Industry
This is about how to grow your business when no one knows who you are, and the right and wrong ways to go about it. When you’re just starting out, no one knows who you are. People who are beginning their marketing career, who want exposure will oftentimes cold email people for a shout-out or […]
Lessons from Canlis for the Web Industry
The other day I heard a podcast interview that blew me away. In this episode, Chase Reeves interviews Mark Canlis, co-owner of Seattle’s destination restaurant, Canlis. The restaurant has been operating at an extremely high level of quality and service for over 60 years. Do yourself a favor, go listen to the podcast right now. […]
Finding Your Business Voice
All businesses have some form of communication with their customer base. But why do some brands resonate with us while others do not? Brands that are strong have a cohesive way of speaking to the public, whether it is on their site, in print or video. These companies have taken time to think about who […]
Learning When To Say No
Throughout our lives, we have been taught that saying yes is how we will find success. Saying yes to our responsibilities is something we should do, but saying yes to everything is a recipe for disaster. Learning to prioritize where our time and energy goes is the first step in deciding what tasks and projects […]
The Importance of Web Design Ethics to Real-World Projects
Published October 12th, 2013
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There are many types of design. Web design, interaction design and user experience design are processes that web agencies deal with every day. But all sorts of things: products, transportation, architecture — had to be designed as well. These are part of a larger ecosystem of systems design. Governments, currencies, systems for measuring distance and […]