A founder, a tiny team, or a lean composable system beats the big jumbo version, because smallness keeps you close to customers and free to move.
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I started writing here in 2005, mostly about bootstrapping software companies. I kept writing, on and off, until 2016, by which point I was writing about Ethereum smart contracts. Then the blog went quiet for the better part of a decade while I went and built the things I’d been writing about. I’m bringing …
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The W3C Web Payments Community Group was launched in August 2011 because Digital Bazaar had created their PaySwarm spec. I have been working with several others since 2009 on bootstrapping an open grassroots created standard OpenTransact with pretty much the same purpose as PaySwarm. I immediately joined the W3C group …
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As I mentioned in my last post The Sorry state of Payment Standards I wanted to blog about OpenTransact which so far is probably one of the most important outcomes of the Agile Banking mailing list set up after my talk last year on Agile Banking. OpenTransact was designed to be very simple and is based on REST the best …
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Over on the Extra Eagle Blog our company blog, we are trying to create a new simpler and shorter Consulting Agreement. If you’re a consultant, work freelance or even if you hire freelancers why not check it out. We’re looking for your input on creating the perfect general purpose consulting agreement.
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I see Google is creating a Alumni Relations Program to help create a informal network of ex Google employees. I think this is a great idea. I’ve always thought that current employees should be (but rarely are) thought of as potential future ambassadors, business partners and clients. Alumni such as the PayPal alumni, …
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Freedom of speech is a very important thing and has been in the news for many reasons recently. Many of us have grown used to it and just think it natural. But Freedom of Speech was something that many people lost their life for. We bloggers depend on this Freedom of Speech and should defend it at all costs. The same …
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Just got hit by another typical Bootstrapping Anti Pattern, I have been writing using “We” and not “I”. It is such a bad habit for me, but I keep catching myself writing “We …” when I am writing text for my businesses. I am but myself so why should I write “We offer a secure service.”. I have just gone through a little …
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Now I am starting back doing consulting on a freelance basis, I really want to reexamine the business model of consulting. I have always felt that the hourly charging is a pain. I don’t think it is fair for neither the client nor the consultant. The agencies of course like it as that is their main way of making money. …
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John over at Daring Fireball has an interesting piece called The Life, where he talks about the economic realities of being a successfull one man ISV in the Mac world. It is based around the NewsGator’s recent purchase of Ranchero Software, which apparently has caused a bit of frustration amongst Ranchero Software …
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Bumped into (while web browsing) a very old friend of mine here in Denmark yesterday, who I haven’t seen for 15 years. It turns out that he is also a bit of a serial entrepreneur and boy did we have a lot to talk about. He’s working solo on a new venture right now for the same reasons I am. I hadn’t really formulated …
