Tag: business

  • When Software Piracy is OK

    Software piracy is bad in most cases, especially when it involves frivolously indulging in all kinds of loot found on The Pirate Bay for the sake of simple entertainment. But what about the first-time entrepreneur who self-teaches a pirated copy of Photoshop to make a logo for her first website? Or the YouTube poster who tries his…

  • Jira from Atlassian Sucks

    Jira, the project management and bug tracking software from Atlassian SUCKS BIG TIME. It sucks so much that I had to log into my website and write this rant even though I have a thousand other more pressing things to do. Jira and it’s lack of brilliance is the most irritating piece of software I…

  • Hiring a Technical Person

    I ran into a post about software developer interviews on The Daily WTF. It was full of software developers complaining about business people and how they are stupid. I’ve interviewed countless people and the game works the same except when it comes to software developers. If a non-tech person shows up for an interview they do…

  • Quote of the Day: Marketing Barking

    Your marketing should do the barking and your product do the talking. – Karl Unless you are a multi-level marketing company of course. Click to read more about product value vs marketing hype.

  • Value vs Hype Explained

    Marketing is considered important by most people. If you are an entrepreneur chances are that you spend a serious chunk of time on it. But can really great marketing fill the gaps of a lackluster product? It depends on if you are selling value or if you are selling hype. Selling Value If you have…

  • The Secret to Success Revealed

    $13 million is not bad in cash. I have a feeling this is a brick and mortar-type guy. Who deposits $300,000 in checks? Probably a car salesman. Congratulations, secret millionaire.

  • Ideas vs. Execution vs. Vision

    Ideas, execution and vision are big words in entrepreneurship. They constitute what most success is made of. Even so, people rarely mention them in the same sentence and tend to play favorites. “Execution is more important than ideas” is a common notion held among certain business people. The truth is a different story. To create…

  • Microsoft Sucks at Product Presentations

    Screwing up a presentation is pretty easy, especially if you work for Microsoft. Just volunteer to present any of their cutting-edge products and the rest will sort itself out. Microsoft has an impressive history of embarrassing product presentations. It has become almost a tradition for each new iteration of Windows to crash on-stage to everyone else’s amusement. The…

  • iPhone 5 vs iPhone 4 Thoughts

    Wait, the iPhone 4S was sort of a disappointment because it didn’t present any innovations and was a meager update of the iPhone 4. And the iPhone 5 is sort of a disappointment because it didn’t present any innovations and is a meager update of the iPhone 4S. Apple post Jobs is just like any…