Category: Business

Business Life

What Is It That I Do?

There are no more than 5 people that understand what I do for a job, so I decided to take my son Evan with me today on an onsite call to see my work in action.

Business

Business Attire in My Business

I own and run a web development business and not unlike other types of businesses – what you wear when meeting with clients is important and sends a message about who you are.

Business Hints

Management Tip: The 3 Ds

Running a business can be both rewarding and stressful. Over the years – my biggest stress is that I could (and still can) be the bottleneck with projects which then causes even more stress. Wildly enough – I learned one of the most important lessons that has helped me run a business from PTA training.

Business

Jappler Recommends: RedmineCRM

While recently upgrading Redmine via Bitnami I stumbled upon the coolest set of themes/plugins for Redmine since I started using it back in 2011: RedmineCRM. I instantly moved to using a customized version of their Circle theme and am going to install a few of their plugins to help workflow over the next few days. […]

Business

A Lesson in Customer Service

For the last three months I have been dealing with a company (to remain nameless) in which I have received a faulty product. When dealing with the local option without any satisfaction or respect – I decided it was time to call the corporate office. As soon as I did – I felt like someone […]

Business

Defining the Problem is Half the Battle

Over the last few years after seeing hundreds of projects come through my company – if I have learned one thing – it is that defining the problem is half the battle. So many times people will send over “documentation” which can sometimes be in the form of a mockup, an email, or a full […]

Business

Big Small Big

I work with a number of clients that range in size and have noticed something interesting (at least to me). The bigger companies tend to have more resources, take a longer time to produce something, but in the end put out a high quality product. A lot of people inside of the big business (with […]

Business Serenity Now!

This is Not Google

I just got a call from an automated service (I did not stay on long enough to hear all of it) that said: “This is an important call for the business owner. This is not Google…” I figured when they said “This is not Google” they really meant to say “this is a scam to […]