http://lesseverything.com/blog Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Short actionable advice for small businesses on managing employees, hiring, marketing, accounting and sales. Read articles created from our experiences as small business owners. Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/our-little-warehome/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 In 2017 we filmed a tv show for Lowe's Home Improvement and Stanley Black and Decker. http://lesseverything.com/blog/our-little-warehome/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/goodbye2017/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 2017 was a tough year, I felt like a shitty parent and husband, life kicked me in the nuts many times in 2017. http://lesseverything.com/blog/goodbye2017/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/but-what-did-i-learn/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Our dear friend has gone to a more peaceful place. http://lesseverything.com/blog/but-what-did-i-learn/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/steve-bristol/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Our dear friend has gone to a more peaceful place. http://lesseverything.com/blog/steve-bristol/ Steven Bristol http://lesseverything.com/blog/lesschurn-sold/ Thu, 11 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 After working on LessChurn for two years, part-time we decided to sell the product. http://lesseverything.com/blog/lesschurn-sold/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/inner-voice/ Thu, 11 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Driven people are relentlessly mean to themselves, their inner voice drives them to be better and work harder. http://lesseverything.com/blog/inner-voice/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/growth-tasks-vs-maintenance-tasks/ Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 There's a huge difference in "growth tasks" vs "maintenance tasks" are you actually growing/transforming your business just getting the work done. http://lesseverything.com/blog/growth-tasks-vs-maintenance-tasks/ Eugen Minciu http://lesseverything.com/blog/developing-for-alexa-using-elixir-three/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We wrote an Alexa Skill for our own personal use. Here's what we learned in the process. http://lesseverything.com/blog/developing-for-alexa-using-elixir-three/ Eugen Minciu http://lesseverything.com/blog/developing-for-alexa-using-elixir-part-two/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We wrote an Alexa Skill for our own personal use. Here's what we learned in the process. http://lesseverything.com/blog/developing-for-alexa-using-elixir-part-two/ Steven Bristol http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-be-a-good-client/ Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Here how to be a good clients, sometimes you're the client take these lessons and apply them. http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-be-a-good-client/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/chain-of-events/ Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Branding is a story, a story is a chain of events. Here's what I mean... http://lesseverything.com/blog/chain-of-events/ Eugen Minciu http://lesseverything.com/blog/developing-for-alexa-using-elixir-part-one/ Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We wrote an Alexa Skill for our own personal use. Here's what we learned in the process. http://lesseverything.com/blog/developing-for-alexa-using-elixir-part-one/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/low-stress-consultancy/ Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 If you want low stress, here’s a few qualities a successful client service team must have. http://lesseverything.com/blog/low-stress-consultancy/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/meet-ali/ Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Meet my friend Ali Roudabush. Ali is a tattoo artist, former letterpress designer and recently she educated me on getting my first tattoo. http://lesseverything.com/blog/meet-ali/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/cigars/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Meet Michael...Michael is unlike anyone you'll ever meet. He's a designer, artist and cigar aficionado...I wanted Micahel to teach me about cigars. http://lesseverything.com/blog/cigars/ Steven Bristol http://lesseverything.com/blog/goals-vs-wants/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Since selling LessAccounting Allan and I have come to realize that we've had wants not goals. http://lesseverything.com/blog/goals-vs-wants/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/entrepreneurship-is-farming/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 I'm finding running a company is alot like being a farmer, watching the seasons, planting crops, looking ahead and predicting the yield of the crops. Here's more. http://lesseverything.com/blog/entrepreneurship-is-farming/ michael@lesseverything.com http://lesseverything.com/blog/nested-forms-in-phoenix/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 A quick example of how to use nested forms in Phoenix. http://lesseverything.com/blog/nested-forms-in-phoenix/ adam@lesseverything.com http://lesseverything.com/blog/source-diving-in-other-languages/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 In this post I'm going to compare this exploration of source code to other popular languages. http://lesseverything.com/blog/source-diving-in-other-languages/ adam@lesseverything.com http://lesseverything.com/blog/looking-at-elixir-source-code/ Tue, 24 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 In this post we are going to look at how lists are implemented in Elixir and how looking at its source code can teach us a thing or two about the language. http://lesseverything.com/blog/looking-at-elixir-source-code/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/company-retreat/ Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We hosted our first company retreat last weekend, lots of food, booze and hanging out. Read on to learn why it took us 10 years to host a company retreat. http://lesseverything.com/blog/company-retreat/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/ten-year-goals/ Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 My wife recently found a piece of paper where we wrote down our ten year goals in 2003. Simple times, simple goals...here's a review. http://lesseverything.com/blog/ten-year-goals/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/introducing-yourself-better/ Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Meet Clay... Clay has a framework for teaching a better way to introduce yourself to new people. Watch this video. http://lesseverything.com/blog/introducing-yourself-better/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/entrepreneurship-worries/ Sat, 24 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 I've always been a person who worries, I've always been looking ahead and planning my route but my worries have changed alot over the years. http://lesseverything.com/blog/entrepreneurship-worries/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-sail/ Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 I love sailing and in this article I'll talk about how you can start sailing as a hobby. http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-sail/ Steven Bristol http://lesseverything.com/blog/hockey-stick-growth-is-a-myth/ Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:24:00 +0000 Almost no one actually sees hockey stick growth in their SaaS startup. http://lesseverything.com/blog/hockey-stick-growth-is-a-myth/ Michael Rode http://lesseverything.com/blog/my-first-conference-elixir/ Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 A few things I learned and experienced at my first tech conference. http://lesseverything.com/blog/my-first-conference-elixir/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/ego-decisions-entrepreneurship/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Battling back my ego has always been a struggle. I have a hard time balancing selfconfidence with overconfidence. http://lesseverything.com/blog/ego-decisions-entrepreneurship/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/allans-fav-things/ Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 As I sat on my sailboat chilling out in a hammock I decided to film my "three favorite things" video for this week. Enjoy the video. http://lesseverything.com/blog/allans-fav-things/ Steven Bristol http://lesseverything.com/blog/tuesday-tunesday-4/ Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 4 New Albums to Tell You About http://lesseverything.com/blog/tuesday-tunesday-4/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/saas-mistakes/ Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Looking back on the eight years we spent building LessAccounting we made so many decisions and some I wish we choose differently. Here are common mistakes by SaaS cofounders. http://lesseverything.com/blog/saas-mistakes/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/word-of-mouth-marketing/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 I never really knew how "word of mouth marketing" actually worked until a few years ago. In case you don't know, here's how the story of your product spreads to new customers. http://lesseverything.com/blog/word-of-mouth-marketing/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/distractions-analysis-paralysis/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 As a small business owner I see all the tasks I need to know but have no idea where to start...How do you know what to work on when everything is important? http://lesseverything.com/blog/distractions-analysis-paralysis/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/employee-role/ Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Do you employees know their role in your company? Sure they know the tasks they need to accomplish but do they know what their role is? http://lesseverything.com/blog/employee-role/ Eugen Minciu http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-communicate-in-a-remote-team/ Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:43:00 +0000 We've always been 100% remote. Here are some things we've learned about how remote teams should communicate. http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-communicate-in-a-remote-team/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/skills-of-an-entrepreneur/ Tue, 06 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 The skills I thought I would need to be an entrepreneur are not the skills I actually use to run our businesses. http://lesseverything.com/blog/skills-of-an-entrepreneur/ Eugen Minciu http://lesseverything.com/blog/what-you-should-know-about-remote-work/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:59:00 +0000 I've been doing remote work for almost ten years. Here's what I've learned. http://lesseverything.com/blog/what-you-should-know-about-remote-work/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/lesscruise/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Let's go on a cruise, hangout and share some deep thoughts about businessing. Port Miami, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Islands, Cozumel leaving March 5th 2017 http://lesseverything.com/blog/lesscruise/ Michael Rode http://lesseverything.com/blog/four-steps-i-used-to-finally-learn-vim/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 I had tried and failed many times in the past to learn Vim. These were the four steps I took that made my last try successful. http://lesseverything.com/blog/four-steps-i-used-to-finally-learn-vim/ Eugen Minciu http://lesseverything.com/blog/eugen-fav-3-things-august/ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Eugen tells us his three favorite things about the Swift programming language. http://lesseverything.com/blog/eugen-fav-3-things-august/ Eugen Minciu http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-bring-in-a-junior-developer/ Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Bringing a junior into your team is an exercise in empathy. http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-bring-in-a-junior-developer/ Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/allan-fav-3-things-august/?v=2 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 This week I enjoyed video b-roll from the new Jason Bourne movie, a new podcast from Malcolm Gladwell and an amazing sunset in Panama City Florida (my hometown). http://lesseverything.com/blog/allan-fav-3-things-august/?v=2 Chet Bortz http://lesseverything.com/blog/chet-fav-3-things/?v=2 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Chet gives us his 3 favorite things for the 3rd week of July 2016. Foot darts, a ruby talk and a bad soccer penalty kick...check them out. http://lesseverything.com/blog/chet-fav-3-things/?v=2 Michael Rode http://lesseverything.com/blog/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-becoming-a-software-developer-pt-2/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 The difference between coding as a hobby and as a profession. The Soft Skills http://lesseverything.com/blog/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-becoming-a-software-developer-pt-2/ Michael Rode http://lesseverything.com/blog/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-becoming-a-software-developer/?v=2 Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 The difference between coding as a hobby and as a profession http://lesseverything.com/blog/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-becoming-a-software-developer/?v=2 Michael Rode http://lesseverything.com/blog/mike-fav-3-things/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Mike gives us his 3 favorite things for the 3rd week of July 2016. TrueBill, a google analytics extension, and a new homemade game...check them out. http://lesseverything.com/blog/mike-fav-3-things/ Michael Rode http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-convert-a-string-to-upper-or-lower-case-in-ruby/ Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Examples on how to change the case of a String in Ruby http://lesseverything.com/blog/how-to-convert-a-string-to-upper-or-lower-case-in-ruby/ Steven Bristol http://lesseverything.com/blog/steve-fav-3-things/?v=2 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Steve gives us his 3 favorite things for the 3rd week of July 2016. Music gear, programming and music picks...check them out. http://lesseverything.com/blog/steve-fav-3-things/?v=2 Michael Rode http://lesseverything.com/blog/two-steps-you-must-take-before-picking-your-first-programming-language/?v=2 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Here are two things to consider before choosing your first programming language. http://lesseverything.com/blog/two-steps-you-must-take-before-picking-your-first-programming-language/?v=2 Allan Branch http://lesseverything.com/blog/allan-fav-3-things/ Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Every product can be improved, so don't allow your insecurities about your imperfect product stop you from promoting your product. http://lesseverything.com/blog/allan-fav-3-things/