June 2010
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woothemes asked: I'm testing this new functionality and I'm hoping that this theme will be able to answer the question for me?
“The idea for selling our own software really came out of frustration more than...”
– David Greiner, on how they came to the idea of building Campaign Monitor.
I know this is something that many VC’s & startup founders have spoken about, but Campaign Monitor’s story again highlights that if you’re building something to solve a problem that you have, you are most likely also...
Going Back, Changing Stuff
adii:
Based on this question about going back & changing decisions we made at WooThemes; is there anything that you would want to change with your startup / business if you had the opportunity to do it over again? Any regrets?
Watchadii:
The video from the “The Designer Startup” talk at DIBI in April. (Slides here.)
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“I need to be working for a reason. Salaried work isn’t necessarily a bad thing,...”
– Xavier Shay, on why he quit a six figure job.
From following me here, you would know that I’d recommend being an entrepreneur (and hence your own boss) on most occasions. But what I’ve learned is that there are simply some people who don’t want to go that route and I’ve realized that, that too is...
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Creating Value
adii:
After reading this article about Airbnb’s success, there was one bit from the article that really got me thinking:
“…a company that creates immensely more value than it extracts from customers…”
Reading & re-reading that phrase really got me thinking about how other business models work in terms of the margin between value created & value extracted.
I’ve not read Tony Hsieh’s...
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Growing Within →
adii:
This is how we’ve evolved & revolutionized the WooTeam, whilst all the time growing organically and growing from within our own company. In my opinion this definitely shows that it is even possible to bootstrap and grow your team organically; no expensive headhunting or massive teams needed.
This strategy also ties in nicely with WooThemes’ general strategy to bootstrapping the...
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“My assets are huge.”
– Elon Musk, goes on record saying that he’s broke, but his “assets” are huge.
And this is just another reason why the world is in recession and people are struggling to pay off debts. Cash is king.
(via adii)
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