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The difference between doers and talkers
0000-00-00 00:00:00 There are two types of people in the world: Doers, and talkers. Talkers are brilliant at coming up with big schemes and discussing them for hours and then coming up with bigger schemes and discussing them for hours. Doers get stuff done. I went to a cycle event on Saturday morning ... More About: Difference
When there is no boss
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Everyone around me is already sick of me raving about how cool Decisive Flow is right now, but I justify my constant glowing reports because I am experiencing something I have never experienced before... An office with no 'Boss '. Everywhere I have ever worked, and everywhere I look, there is a ...
One of the top 7 photos of all times
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Taken last night at a BBQ from Ben's iPhone. We think this pretty much summarises life in NZ right now. More About: Photos , Times
How software is like coloured pencils
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Kelle (after a rather long giggling fit) pointed me to this article, which I think brings up some interesting points about what we expect from software. 1. Treat Your Customers as if they are Aliens We were not brought up using software, we were brought up using coloured pencils. I think ... More About: Software
The Good Project
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I have grown to love the concept of LJ Urban's marketing more and more. I think it is our duty as small business owners to help other people who haven't been given the same opportunities as us and LJ Urban have hit the nail on the head by figuring out ... More About: Project , Good , The Good
Learning How to Lose
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Yesterday was the great potato dig. My parents are so competitive. The final weigh in was: 2.5 kgs, 2 kgs and umm.... errr.... 400 grams. I'm claiming sabotage. I'm not sure when, I'm not sure how, but one of them must have done something. I'm thinking the middle of the night, black ... More About: Learning
I just saw my bank manager…
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I bumped into her while I was walking down the street to work. I've only met her once (I've just switched banks) and that was a few weeks ago now, but she recognised me, knew my name and we stopped for a quick chat. This, to me, is a very unusual ... More About: Bank
The usable dentist
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I went to the dentist for the first time since I left high school. Turns out I have no holes so am still filling-less. This is good news. Better news is that dentists have really changed. 1. Dentist s care about their customers When I arrived at the dentist, I had to fill ...
How much money would you need to win before you stop?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I will get back to the usual topics soon, but seem to be overflowing with holiday thoughts still. Someone told me a hilarious line about lotto the other day. "New Zealand's top savings/retirement strategy is to win lotto, it is also the least likely to give you any results." We also ... More About: Money , Stop
Attitude
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I was reading back on something I wrote a while ago about my attitude to business. It was the day I realised I wasn't a 'business person'. I suspect up until that point I had high aims for being one of those scarily exciting, calculated and 'aggressive' individuals who make ... More About: Attitude
Killing Chickens
0000-00-00 00:00:00 From my sisters blog: "Noa and I have had many discussions about food. One main one has been about eggs. Noas a vegetarian you see, but lately has started to eat eggs to make sure shes eating protein etc. She was a bit upset about the whole 'chicken abortion thing', and ... More About: Killing
Working with people you can rely on
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I just got back from the tropical north, and despite a few bits and pieces I had to work on, this was my best work holiday ever. Why? Because there was someone back here who I could completely rely on to keep the business going as we like to go. I ... More About: People , Working , Workin
I got a free GPS Tomtom but don’t want it…
0000-00-00 00:00:00 So have listed it on Trademe. I really should have thought of using it as a giveaway as a prize but I'm getting back into holiday mode and my creative juices weren't flowing that way :) If you want a GPS thingee, you can either buy it in the shop for ... More About: Free
Decisive Flow’s gone all girlie
0000-00-00 00:00:00 You may have noticed the tendency towards pink, you may have seen our increased organisation and now I can officially tell you, we're 100% female. Luckily we also have Hayden Smith (who used to work at Silverstripe but is now out and about doing his own thing) and Ben Nolan (who ...
Do something good for one customer, they’ll tell 100 others
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Thanks Nik for the heads up to this article about looking after your customers. The founder of Amazon.com has always had a love affair with his customers, despite customer love not being a general metric of business success. The example was of a xmas present gone astray in the post and ... More About: Customer , Good
Some big launches
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Just got back from Sydney, where I managed to be while two of the companies we work with had major launches... Take a look: Circos.com "Circos.com, Inc. helps consumers find the products and services that best match their lifestyle. While other search engines return thousands of web pages, Circos.com returns a targeted ...
How to deliver presentations like Steve Jobs
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Koz twittered this link a few days ago about how to improve your presentations. I hate giving presentations, but have learned a few tricks in the past to avoid falling too flat on my face and the article basically covers them all in really fine detail. It got me reminiscing about ... More About: Steve , Steve Jobs , Jobs , Presentations
Our re-decoration
0000-00-00 00:00:00 After months of working in a half-finished office space, we have finally embarked on a much needed re-decoration project. I bought up Ikea lamps in Sydney, managed to get some awesome plum couches off Trade Me and we took a class trip to buy plants yesterday (Ben being conveniently absent for ... More About: Decoration
The Yeller
More articles from this author:0000-00-00 00:00:00 Every time I lose (get rid of?) a customer, I feel a need to blog about it, kind of like a confession, because it's never nice a pleasant task. So far we've had a good run, a few customers who came on at the beginning and who didn't fit our ... 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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