Monthly Archives: July 2008

Working Remotely and Team Synergies

Whenever I discuss disparate work environments (telecommuting), I hear a common complaint about the need for people to work together for the purposes of bonding.  I am very close to several friends that I only see once a year.  I … Continue reading

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Taking Notes

It seems every six months I find myself changing they way I collect and store information.  I tried Google Notebook, pads of paper, GTD-style, and many others and never felt comfortable with the results.  I recently came across a combination … Continue reading

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You can’t measure what I do

I can’t imaging anyone investing in a fund that they would not be able to measure the performance.  Employees are no different.  Every employee must be measured.  We’ll get into how to measure them in subsequent articles, but for now, … Continue reading

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When to say when

You never know how a product with work when the rubber hits the road.  The demo was perfect, the pilot was good, and the implementation was….?  Well you hit some rough patches, found out support was offshored to a non-English … Continue reading

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Initial Subscription < CPS < LTV = ???

To follow up on my previous post on CPS and LTV it begs the question is it bad to have your CPS be greater than you initial subscription rate but less than you LTV? Not really. The problem is really … Continue reading

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LTV – CPS = ROI

Lets say you had signed up for advertising and were paying $0.50 per click to your subscription-based website where you charged people $40 for a one month subscription.  Are you making money yet?  Too early to tell. Of the people … Continue reading

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Tweet, tweet

If I tweet online, will it make a sound if no one is there to hear it? Probably not.  I finally got on the bandwagon and created a Twitter account.  I have a shell script to update my status from … Continue reading

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New Hire Incubation Program

We have 4 new people starting on Monday.  Each new employee places a burden on the organization.  The new employee is like a new baby, where the parents (current employees) need to dedicate time and energy until the newborn is … Continue reading

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Negotiating with Contingency Recruiters

Recruiters can provide a great value to the organization if you use the right ones and have good contract terms.  Here are some of the must-have items I include in my contracts: Fee – This is a percentage of the … Continue reading

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Installing git on OS X

I finally decided to sneak a peak at git, the distributed version control system.  After some light searching, I found MacPorts to be the best bet for installing the software.  While trying to install rsync, I kept getting the following … Continue reading

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