Comments on: On having a mantra… http://refactr.com/blog/2006/09/on-having-a-mantra/ informs on and evangelizes best practices of using <a href="http://refactr.com/the-agile-manifesto/">agile methods</a> when designing and developing what are currently being called “Web 2.0” products and applications. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:44:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: refactr Blog Archive » Bootstrapping is agile. (or how we decided to let go of our fears, start a business, and make meaning in our community) http://refactr.com/blog/2006/09/on-having-a-mantra/#comment-555 refactr Blog Archive » Bootstrapping is agile. (or how we decided to let go of our fears, start a business, and make meaning in our community) Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:00:35 +0000 http://refactr.com/2006/09/08/on-having-a-mantra/#comment-555 [...] Take a look at the Great ideas for starting things chapter from the Art of the Start (PDF). It is great stuff - making meaning, making mantra, and especially, the advice you hear from most entrepreneurs, “just start”. There has been a lot to do to get ready for this point: There’s incorporation, drafting operating documents, filing federal tax documents, opening bank accounts, setting up payroll services and accounting systems, purchasing equipment (15.4″ MacBook Pros woohoo), and lining up projects but we don’t let that stuff bog us down.We are outsourcing anything that is not in our core set of competencies, we are going to stay small, and we are going to form lasting relationships with everyone with whom we work. Oh yeah, and we’ll probably get a trio of those sexy Apple iPhone’s when they come out as well. [...] […] Take a look at the Great ideas for starting things chapter from the Art of the Start (PDF). It is great stuff - making meaning, making mantra, and especially, the advice you hear from most entrepreneurs, “just start”. There has been a lot to do to get ready for this point: There’s incorporation, drafting operating documents, filing federal tax documents, opening bank accounts, setting up payroll services and accounting systems, purchasing equipment (15.4″ MacBook Pros woohoo), and lining up projects but we don’t let that stuff bog us down.We are outsourcing anything that is not in our core set of competencies, we are going to stay small, and we are going to form lasting relationships with everyone with whom we work. Oh yeah, and we’ll probably get a trio of those sexy Apple iPhone’s when they come out as well. […]

]]> By: Guy Kawasaki http://refactr.com/blog/2006/09/on-having-a-mantra/#comment-26 Guy Kawasaki Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:16:18 +0000 http://refactr.com/2006/09/08/on-having-a-mantra/#comment-26 "Never stop running" would be a good mantra for any organization! Guy “Never stop running” would be a good mantra for any organization!

Guy

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