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this has been sitting in its paper form in our living room all...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:55 -0500

this has been sitting in its paper form in our living room all week. so great and so true (via fred-wilson)

Happy Halloween! via Don

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:27:34 -0400

Happy Halloween! via Don

"low adoption rate of collaborative technologies is even more surprising given that the same study..."

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:19:58 -0400

“low adoption rate of collaborative technologies is even more surprising given that the same study reveals that one in three of the workers surveyed telecommutes at least some of the time.”

- Only 1 in 4 Uses IM at Work, Says Study

Shared non-monetary motivators

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:38:10 -0400

I saw @alexknowshtml twitter this earlier today and just wanted to recapture it because it seemed to good to just fly by on twitter.

Those 5 bullets are the primary non-monetary motivators shared by Gen-Y AND Boomers. That’s right. Both.

Odyssey

Altruism/purpose

Work/life integration, flexibility

Recognition

Collaborative workspace design

Making good progress on coworking

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:06:00 -0400

We’ve been pushing pretty hard with the new coworking spot in downtown Grand Rapids (The Factory). We have a lease in hand that just needs to be signed, some awesome furniture that’s about to be ordered and a planed opening day target of November 2nd.

We’re going to start out in 1,800sq/ft of space that should seat 25 people rather comfortably in a mix of regular desk seating, high top tables and sofas, chairs and other “soft” seating.

I’m really amazed at how quickly things have started to come together, now it’s just getting everything in and organized and getting the word out.

Check out workthefactory.com for more info on coworking, and we’ll be launching a new site soon and stay tuned to twitter.com/coFactory

The guys over at Universal Mind are doing some awesome stuff...

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:30:00 -0400

The guys over at Universal Mind are doing some awesome stuff with their new SpatialKey product - Visualizing ArtPrize: Mapping the Entries and Top 25 - Finch’s posterous

Artprize makes everything more fun!

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:50:45 -0400

Artprize makes everything more fun!

Looks like downtown Grand Rapids was the place to be during the...

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:37:00 -0400

Looks like downtown Grand Rapids was the place to be during the 100,000 paper airplane drop for Artprize - Photo via briankellyphoto

minilaarni: U.P., Michigan I haven’t been there probably in 5...

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:33:12 -0400

minilaarni:

U.P., Michigan

I haven’t been there probably in 5 years, but there is just “something” about the upper peninsula. It’s such a beautiful, serene place.

"I would spend as little time as possible on the planning and focus instead of turning their..."

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:59:15 -0400

“I would spend as little time as possible on the planning and focus instead of turning their prototype into a working system and getting that out into the real world. They will learn more about the viability of what they are working on (and more about business) then any amount of planning could tell them.”

- Making Versus Planning - Fred Wilson Dot VC

The Small Business Web

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:40:51 -0400

The Small Business Web:

The Small Business Web is a movement to bring together like-minded, customer-obsessed software companies to integrate our respective products and make life easier for small businesses.

"Customer support is tactical, a cost-center, and the clean-up-kids at the company. Well, that’s the..."

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:55:29 -0400

“Customer support is tactical, a cost-center, and the clean-up-kids at the company. Well, that’s the mentality that needs to change. Instead, customer support can be strategic, a value center, and proactive towards customer needs.”

- How Customer Support Organizations Must Evolve « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang

The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Switch to Verdana - TIME

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:04:23 -0400

The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Switch to Verdana - TIME

I really like these two slides from Dan Olsen’s...

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:10:40 -0400

I really like these two slides from Dan Olsen’s presentation on Early Stage Web Product Management. It’s a great way of simply representing a business model.

"Early adopters hate mainstream customers, but you have to go through them first if you ever want to..."

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:26:12 -0400

“Early adopters hate mainstream customers, but you have to go through them first if you ever want to reach the mainstream customers. A startup will eventually have to make a decision about which of these customers to continue to target.”

- Lean Startup Dinner with Eric Ries — Tom Markiewicz

Pure awesome’ness - I’m On a Boat button by...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:29:00 -0400

Pure awesome’ness - I’m On a Boat button by beanforest on Etsy

Notes on The Ideal First Round Term Sheet

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:46:41 -0400

Notes on The Ideal First Round Term Sheet:

A great couple of notes regarding the post that was floating around last week regarding the ideal first round term sheet for startups.

The Promise of the Lean Startup

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:28:28 -0400

The Promise of the Lean Startup:

Great blog post describing some of the idea and visions behind the idea of applying “lean” techniques to those of a software company. I especially like this one line “he lean startup heralds a similar promise: that the practice of entrepreneurship can be put on solid, rigorous, footing.”

MAKE Magazine - West Michigan Geek-a-Thon The Geek-a-thon is...

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:26:10 -0400

MAKE Magazine - West Michigan Geek-a-Thon The Geek-a-thon is ellohay! West Michigan’s first annual install-fest. This evening event will bring geeks from all over the area together to help prepare 100 computers to be given away, free of charge, to at-risk and impoverished high school students in Grand Rapids. (via qiring)

Why buying local matters— an infographic from Local First, a...

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:24:11 -0400

Why buying local matters— an infographic from Local First, a Grand Rapids, Michigan based organization that encourages sustainable, locally-based economies (click to enlarge).

(via sarahspy)