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Tag Archives: entrepreneurism
Best Buy tries its hand at being small.
Post by Ben Edwards
Jun
13
2008
Much has been written in blogs and in the news media about Best Buy’s Results Only Work Environment (ROWE). And while the idea (do whatever you want, work however you like, as long as you get your work done.) is … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes, Business, Software Development
Tagged embracing change, employees, entrepreneurism, incentives, innovation, risk-taking, starups
1 Comment
Getting risky in Minnesota
Post by Ben Edwards
Jun
11
2008
Minnesotan technologists are working hard and giving their time and energies inside big companies that have sparse ability to innovate. Similarly talented people on the coasts, meanwhile are starting companies and changing the roles technology plays in our lives. Why can’t the Minnesota tech scene produce equally cool and inspiring technologies. The answer may be the extreme aversion to risk we cultivate next to our corn here in the Midwest. Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes, Business
Tagged barcamp Minnesota, entrepreneurism, Local, minnebar, Minnesota, start-up, startup, starups, venture
4 Comments
Congratulations to Graeme & Guillaume
Post by Ben Edwards
Oct
11
2007
G2One is a new company founded by Grails lead Graeme Rocher, Groovy lead Guillaume LaForge, and Alex Tkachman of IntelliJ IDEA. Here is Graeme’s post about it. Refactr wishes them good luck but they won’t need it with that team … Continue reading
Bootstrapping is agile (or how we decided to let go of our fears, start a business, and make meaning in our community)
Post by Ben Edwards
Jan
10
2007
Part of the reason it has been a bit quiet around here is that we are busy taking the advice of Guy Kawasaki and others and have started a company.* Refactr is just a weblog no more. Now we are … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged entrepreneurism, Guy Kawasaki, just do it, refactr.com, Small Teams
1 Comment
Size does matter
Post by Ben Edwards
Dec
29
2006
Seth Godin is a bit nonsensical in some of his arguments for why small companies can compete against and even outperform larger ones (i.e. he cites the growth %’s of small companies compared to larger ones as evidence). Even though … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes, Business
Tagged entrepreneurism, lean, Seth Godin, Small Teams
3 Comments
On having a mantra…
Post by Ben Edwards
Sep
8
2006
In The Art of the Start Guy Kawasaki tells us to “Make Mantra”. I think this is good practice in any endeavor. A simple message that can be conveyed to all parties, is easy to remember and gets to the … Continue reading
Build a crappy product
Post by Ben Edwards
Aug
1
2006
Somewhere between the long nights troubleshooting the CSS and XHTML for the new Alt Text and the creation of not one or two but three lists of tasks that needed to be completed for the site to be “just so” … Continue reading
Maybe you don’t have to jump…be a chicken entrepreneur
Post by Ben Edwards
Jul
21
2006
In some news that ties in closely with some recent discussions I have been a part of, CNN Money has an article* about wading into starting a business rather than jumping in. * Ok lets call it an article stub … Continue reading
