Happy Links

June 26, 2006 in Happy Links

Tips:

• The hardest lessons for startups to learn
  Paul Graham (our guru) offers some superb bits of advice and some warnings. This is one to print out and put on the wall. 
• A killer collection of "Creativity Techniques"
  Need help getting the juices flowing? Here are a whole passel of ideas designed to help you shake things loose. [Thx Lifehacker]
• Barry Bonds
  Seth Godin talks about the difference between hitting home runs, and hitting singles -- as a metaphor for running a business, of course. "Singles are less thrilling and require way too much work, but they build on each other. Over time, if you grow by 10 or 15% every week or month, you grow, reliably. And that steady growth transforms into ever faster growth."
• 7 Reasons Why Web Apps Fail (and 7 More Reasons Why Web Apps Fail)
  14 excellent points.
• Ten Smart Moves to Improve your Business
  Another list, another batch of good ideas.
• The Ultimate Home Office
  Lifehacker offers up some great advice for establishing a functional productive home office.
• Full-time freelancing: 10 more things in 360 days
  Cameron Moll (web designer) jumped one year ago, and offers up some lessons learned.
• Powering a Professional Web Firm: The hardware and software that runs our business.
  Forty Media pops the hood on their operation.
• The Secret to Small Business Success
  Our buddy Josh Williams offers his take on what it takes... Summary: Raise your Rates. (I concur 100%, although it's much easier said than done).
• The Four-Day Week Challenge
  Ryan Carson makes the case for working less and offers tips to do it (no more IM, email only 2x/day, restrict mtgs, squeeze more productivity out of your 4 days.). "The reason is that when you work less, it gives you more time to experience life and think; you can use the extra time to not only spend with people you love, take up hobbies, or invest in causes you believe in, but also to have ideas. Some of our best ideas have come while driving, gardening, reading, or painting on the weekend."