Being Lightweight: Working with Clients (3)
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It's a question we ask each other all the time - what is the most lightweight way we can do this?We are a small company who is trying to do big things. In order to be successful, we need to reduce drag - to remove the processes, bureaucracies and commitments that slow us down and don't pay off. Today we're kicking off a series of posts called "Being Lightweight" that will relate what lightweight means ...
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Wingrove said:
I wonder if this works with big enterprise clients?
Being Lightweight: Tools We Use (5)
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This is the second in a series of posts about being lightweight. Our first was focused on working with clients and this installment is all about tools we use. Tools, or the the wrong tools, become a risk when they create unnecessary drag in every day work. Often, we've found ourselves wondering if we're using a sledgehammer to drive a nail. If so, we look for alternatives. In being lightweight, we also consider mental and ...
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Wingrove said:
Good for a two person company: it would be nice to applied these concepts, if not the tools, to bigger enterprises
Simple RSS Reader (3)
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Maybe your not a RSS feed junkie like I am, but you do like to do some occasional headline tracking from time to time. Simple RSS Reader might be the extension for you, as it does exactly what you would think. It is a simple little RSS reader (minus the geeky complications). The hardest part about Simple RSS Reader is adding the RSS feeds. Just click on the blue RSS icon and give a name ...
Being Lightweight: Business Design | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English (12)
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This is the third in a series of posts about Being Lightweight. The first two were about Working with Clients and Tools We Use.We are lucky to have a product that people like. Our challenge is to experiment and find the best ways to build a business around this product. To be successful we need the business to be profitable, but also work within the life we want to live.We see this process as "business ...
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S.Hamel said:
This company is great and this post really strike a chord with me as I share most of the same philosophy regarding my own business.
Being Lightweight: Business Design (1)
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This is the third in a series of posts about Being Lightweight. The first two were about Working with Clients and Tools We Use.We are lucky to have a product that people like. Our challenge is to experiment and find the best ways to build a business around this product. To be successful we need the business to be profitable, but also work within the life we want to live.We see this process as "business ...
Beachcombers and Making the Lightweight Choice (1)
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I suppose some would say it's downright un-American, but we worked on July 4th and 5th. It was our choice - a choice that enabled us to take the 7th and 8th and go camping without the hordes of people. It's something we do often - work when others aren't so we can play without crowds. It's a choice we make. On this camping trip, we met someone whose attitude reminds us a little of ...
