Check out this post from Paul Graham at YCombinator about the difference between a schedule this is optimal for bosses versus optimal for people who make stuff: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html I struggle with this sometimes, because I’m required to be the boss, but I like to make
Another nice resource I’ve run across recently: PivotDesk helps startups find appropriate, month-to-month office space, of all kinds. Let me know if you use it and find it useful. I’m not looking right now!
f6s publishes a list of accelerator programs, incubator programs and other resources for startups. My favorite feature is probably list really exhaustive, massive list of free packages and discounts for startups from major service providers: http://www.f6s.com/#!deals All the big names you would expect are listed
This is a great resource I ran across today while looking for some national press outlets for news from VentureSpur. The how-to guides are well organized and can be downloaded as a single PDF. Check it out: http://www.brownsteinegusa.com/beginners-guide-to-pr/ They also maintain a great list of
Several years ago, we bought a copy of Camtasia. It is the premiere demonstration software, but very expensive to put on several computers for occasional use, and relatively cumbersome for what it does. Definite learning curve! Instead of buying a new copy of Camtasia, we’re
OK, yes. I’m a complete geek. This TechVentureGeek post serves no purpose whatsoever except to celebrate that I found an amazing deal on a fast HP Core i7 quad-core tower server and a startling deal on a SanDisk Extreme SSD, and will, therefore, be using
Here are a few random articles on using a virtual assistant to help you around the startup – and get launched and successful faster! 10 things to outsource to a virtual assistant: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/225318 Bloggers talk about virtual assistants: http://www.blogworld.com/2011/05/06/25-brilliant-bloggers-talk-about-virtual-assistants/ How startups should leverage virtual assistants:
You certainly get your money’s worth at TechVentureGeek! Here are 5 product mini-reviews in the space of a single post – and most of them are freeware! First, we’ve switched over to TweetDeck for our tweeting. As speculated previously, HootSuite came up with a monetization
At R7 Solutions, in addition to GeoRoom, GeoIntelis (and soon to be announced GeoDomis), a good percentage of what we do is to provide professional services. We provide software engineering, business process design and strategic IT consulting. Just like any professional services firm, that means
Hootsuite is an online web application that provides a streamlined, highly customizable interface for managing multiple social media outlets, especially including multiple Twitter accounts, Facebook accounts and pages, as well as Plaxo and LinkedIn accounts. It is currently free to sign up for an account.