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The Startup Myth: Thinking Big vs. Acting Small 11 Apr 2012 | 04:12 am
Where to begin. It’s been almost a year since I have posted to this blog. It’s not that we have quit working on our startup business idea. We’ve been working but perhaps not all that effectively. I ...
The Habits of Highly Effective Designers: Habit 1. Have a Vision, Create a Concept 30 Apr 2011 | 03:56 am
I have decided to write a series of post on habits that can help designers improve their craft. I write these tips more as therapy for myself and a way of documenting the lessons that I learn each and...
Dude, Where’s My Data? (All of It) 26 Apr 2011 | 02:00 am
The use of “Software as a Service” (SaaS) platforms has grown tremendously over the past several years. Companies such as Netsuite, which offers online accounting software and Freshbooks, which offers...
Five Reasons not to Freelance 20 Apr 2011 | 02:08 am
It’s easy to romanticize being in business for yourself and being a one-man (or woman) show. But it’s more difficult than it sounds. To borrow from the 17th Century poet John Donne, “no man is an isla...
All typography business card 18 Apr 2011 | 09:32 pm
exljbris type foundry business card This purely typographic business card belongs to Jos Buivenga, a typographer, owner of exljbris type foundry and creator of the popular Museo family of typefaces. ...
What’s Your Vision? 6 Apr 2010 | 02:31 am
“The trick in life is to decide what’s your major aim. … Once that’s settled, you can get on with the happy, orderly process of achieving it.” -Stanley Goldstein Our vision is to give owners of very...
The 3 Basic Ingredients of a Successful Web Presence 3 Apr 2010 | 02:41 am
SearchEngineWatch.com is great source of information on online and search engine marketing. An article by Mark Jackson from 2009 makes three points on having a successful Web presence that should be r...
How Much Do We Love Black and White Business Cards? 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am
Minimal business cards. Let me count the ways: black and white business cards are simple, elegant, minimal, beautiful, bold, classic, handsome, etc., etc. Here and here are some galleries of minimal...
Black and White, and Red All Over 9 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am
A Landor Project, via LogoDesignLove. A New York Times illustration by the Brooklyn-based studio, Rumors. Here are two things that that caught my eye today and are rather inspiring in their own righ...
Be Excellent, Dude 6 Mar 2010 | 03:00 am
I recently saw an article by the owner of a company that sells Website design and marketing services to accountants that offered some sound advice for small business owners and self-employed professio...
