Rare is the future business leader who lays awake at night as a kid, dreaming of the complex HR challenges they will have to overcome on their way to success. But by time they’re in charge, there isn’t an owner on the planet who can sleep soundly if their HR is disorganized. Mistakes with payroll… (more) The 5 Best HR Outsourcing Services and How to Decide
The best video conferencing software molds to your needs—not the other way around. Whether you’re finding yourself bending circumstances to accommodate your current conferencing services (it’s definitely time for a change), or you are buying these services for the first time, get ready for the highest-quality picture, cleanest sound, and most complete control possible. There’s… (more) The 6 Best Video Conferencing Software and How to Decide
I first heard about Marie Kondo in 2015. A perpetually grumpy software engineer I knew would proudly carry her book around and talk about how much it was changing his life. The only time I saw him smile through his hoodie was when he was complaining about life or holding Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing… (more) How to Use Marie Kondo’s Konmari Method for Your Digital Work Life
In Scrum, it all starts with a wishlist of product improvements. But for agile product development to be successful, you need to transform that list into a clear sprint plan. Without one, you won’t know if you’re on track. And a visual representation of the plan makes it easy to organize and update, which is… (more) The Top 10 Scrum Boards You Should Be Using
Most people have heard of Evernote. It’s a note-taking and productivity app that’s been around since 2004. Many Evernote competitors have come and gone in the last 15 years. But despite its faults, Evernote remains one of the most popular note-taking apps in the world. Although you’ve probably heard of Evernote, you may not have… (more) What Was Evernote Food, and Why Did It Fail?
Developing not one but two software products simultaneously just two years after establishing your company would probably sound like madness to most founders. That’s exactly what the Atlassian team did when they launched their wiki tool called Confluence back in 2004. Confluence not only beat virtually every other wiki tool to market but also adopted… (more) From Engineers to Everybody: How Atlassian’s Confluence Conquered the Enterprise
“How much is Basecamp worth? I don’t know, and I don’t care.” – Basecamp Founder & CEO, Jason Fried There’s a common roadmap for SaaS growth. Build a product that solves a need for your core audience. Raise venture dollars to build new products and features. Land and expand upmarket to the enterprise. Basecamp has… (more) How an Anti-Growth Mentality Helped Basecamp Grow to Over 2 Million Customers
In 2011, Joel Spolsky launched his company Fog Creek’s new product at TechCrunch Disrupt called Trello. It looked a lot like a whiteboard with sticky notes translated into a web browser and an iPhone App. Instead of physically moving a sticky note on a whiteboard, you could drag and drop cards on a board from… (more) Why Trello Failed to Build a $1 Billion+ Business
“Every team in the world is capable of accomplishing bigger goals… software could help empower them to drive work forward with more ease, clarity, and accountability.” – Asana co-founders There are a handful of common workplace struggles that plague almost every industry. Emails pile up. Status meetings are unproductive. Teammates working on the same project… (more) Asana’s Rise to a $1.5 Billion Valuation
Your CRM should get you more deals, not more trouble. Most CRMs are built to handle the needs of dozens, even hundreds of sales reps. For a small business, that’s overkill. There are way too many features and the CRM ends up being more trouble than it’s worth. It doesn’t have to be like that.… (more) The 5 Best G Suite CRMs to Close More Deals
