Entrepreneurship
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Want to order swag shirts for your business, but don’t know what quantities and sizes to order? We’ve been doing swag shirts at iThemes for a number of years now and wanted to share some tips for how we do it. (Big hat tip to Brad Ulrich and Cody Smith for their help along the…
As I’ve been plowing through The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor (on the high recommendation from my friend Jason Schuller, and yes, it’s now one of my all-time recommendations too), I stumbled on a new personality tool that is really neat called the Character Strengths Profile. I’m a big advocate of StrengthsFinder (and we use Strengths proflicly…
I’m a Learner. It’s my top StrengthsFinder strength. And over the past 37 years, I’ve honed this strength and found books to be the best, most affordable way to learn and digest new topics and get answers to problems. I want to share the way I approach reading books and read so many of them…
One of the most frequent questions I get asked by solopreneurs, developers and freelancers is about hiring their first employee. I love the question but it’s a tough one. There are so many nuances of why, when and how to hire and every business and entrepreneur is different. But I’ve been mulling it over for…
One of the most frequent questions I get from freelancers, solopreneurs and developer-entrepreneurs is on hiring their first employees. I’m working on an in-depth post (or series) on this topic … but before I get too involved sharing my experiences, thoughts and ideas, I’d like to get some input from you. If you’re a freelancer,…
Over the weekend, my wife Lindsey and I along with my brothers and their amazing wives were in Dallas. At a restaurant we played a game that would pose a question to our group then want us to discuss and answer it for the group. One of the questions that I answered without question but…
If I only had five books to recommend to entrepreneur-developers, to help you get started, I’d give you these. They either shaped, improved or solidified my approach to business and I point back to as keys to my success. Here they are in order of priority with why you should read: Do the Work by…
This month, I celebrate six years of full-time entrepreneurship as I started iThemes in January 2008. I thought it was time for some reflection on what I’ve learned so far and to update some thoughts. Here are 6 some lessons I learned from 6 years of entrepreneurship: Be relentless about your own happiness — AND…
Thanks for the many people who helped edit and commented on my draft of The New Rules of Entrepreneurship and our team at iThemes, I’m excited to announce that the ebook is here for download. Download The New Rules of Entrepreneurship Ebook Here You can read the original blog post and rough outline I pushed…
(I wrote in-depth pieces about how Your Business Is like Software here and also have another 8 Similar Principles Between Business and Software Development here.) Build. Ship. Iterate. I love iterative software development. It’s how I’ve seen good software ship and become great software over time. I adore how it is all about continuous improvement. And I fully embrace it for…