» Blog http://qless.com Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:26:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3 Reflections on Black Friday http://qless.com/blackfriday2014 http://qless.com/blackfriday2014#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:27:16 +0000 http://qless.com/?p=8348 Here at QLess we were keenly interested in Black Friday.  We wanted to do something to help people who were waiting in line, so we created a hero character, Robin Queue (see http://robinqueue.org), and went out to liberate some would-be shoppers from the tyranny of the wait.  We chose a couple of Best Buy locations, […]

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]]> http://qless.com/blackfriday2014/feed/ 0 In Line with the News http://qless.com/blog/2014/09/05/line-news/ http://qless.com/blog/2014/09/05/line-news/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2014 22:04:53 +0000 http://qless.com/?p=8048 This week’s news brought us a couple of stories about people lining up and what gives us the most satisfaction.   It’s hard for us to get excited about staying in a long line for a night or even for days or weeks at a time, but there are some people out there that are […]

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]]> http://qless.com/blog/2014/09/05/line-news/feed/ 0 Who’s stuck in line with you? http://qless.com/blog/2014/08/22/whos-stuck-line/ http://qless.com/blog/2014/08/22/whos-stuck-line/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2014 22:16:29 +0000 http://qless.com/?p=7925 Standing in line is frustrating, and when you’re there, you’re stuck with whomever arrives before you and after you. Sometimes it’s someone that you can commiserate with as you slowly trudge forward. Sometimes it’s a harried parent with a screaming five year old that hasn’t been taught boundaries or public behavior. Sometimes it’s magic that […]

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]]> http://qless.com/blog/2014/04/09/plight-venezuela-endless-wait/feed/ 0 April Fools! http://qless.com/blog/2014/04/02/april-fools/ http://qless.com/blog/2014/04/02/april-fools/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:58:47 +0000 http://qless.com/?p=7339 Okay, you got us! There is no Line Ringer App and we’re not actually petitioning for the 25th hour (that would cost too much in clock replacement/reprogramming – we’ll really file the petition once we can solve that problem). But judging by the response we saw, we’re not the only ones that love the idea […]

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]]> http://qless.com/blog/2014/04/02/april-fools/feed/ 0 We’re Live with the HuffPo http://qless.com/blog/2014/03/21/live-huffpo/ http://qless.com/blog/2014/03/21/live-huffpo/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:42:46 +0000 http://qless.com/?p=7276 Last week Alex Backer made a quick stop at the Huffington Post Live studios for a chat with host, Marc Lamont Hill. They discuss the birth of QLess, long lines and working to end those lines. Alex also talks about what it’s like being the CEO of a growing start up.

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]]> http://qless.com/blog/2014/03/21/live-huffpo/feed/ 0 Happy Pi Day! http://qless.com/blog/2014/03/14/happy-pi-day/ http://qless.com/blog/2014/03/14/happy-pi-day/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 21:39:07 +0000 http://qless.com/?p=7263 Pi Day is amongst us! Lots of people are celebrating with parties and pies including one of our headquarters’ favorite places to grab lunch: Blaze Pizza. We were really excited, like you have no idea, when we heard about their Pi Day promotion! Pizza pies (get it, pie?!) are $3.14 for the day. Well, we […]

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