Rework: A Better, Easier Way to Succeed in Business
37signals posted excerpts of their upcoming book Rework on ChangeThis.com. I have Rework pre-ordered, and can’t wait to read it when it comes out on March 9th.
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The real world isn’t a place, it’s an excuse. It’s a justification for not trying.
Design is Our Business
In this lecture Blair Enns challenges design firms to change the way that they view their business, services they provide and the way they position themselves. You are either a producer firm, moving with the whims of the client and fulfilling their requests, or you are an expert firm, diagnosing, prescribing, and leading your client, giving them the strength to move forward.
Are you going to run a business that drowns in the sea of undifferentiated firms selling too similar services to too similar clients, or will you run a business that narrows your focus and deepens your expertise?
I’m of the opinion that the advertising agency, in its current form, has a rather bleak future ahead. Certainly the automobile industry has taught us that you can’t continue to profit from a mediocre product forever. Wall Street showed us that eventually greed left unchecked is punished. And newspapers have demonstrated that by ignoring the real opportunities provided by technology you absolutely risk extinction in the longterm. And that’s where, I believe, the advertising industry largely finds itself today: mired in mediocrity, greed, and ignorance.
- Bud Caddell
If you find yourself in the same business you were in ten years ago, you’ll soon find yourself out of business.
-Unnamed Blackcoffee Client
Change is Inevitable. Mark Gallagher & Laura Savard discuss the importance of evolution in business and how Nokia, Wrigley, Tiffany & Co., and Hasbro look vastly different today.
If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.
Frank Wilczek
Big news overnight is the launch of Square, a mobile app supporting multiple devices that enables anyone to take credit card transactions without the hassle of merchant accounts or complicated fee structures. It’s the brainchild of Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey and with the likes of Buzz Andersen involved, it’s going to be huge. Impeccable website design by Bobby Andersen.
The concept of transferring credit card magnetic data through the audio input jack is quite interesting. I can’t wait to try it out.
The Spectrum of User Experience
User experience exists at the core of design, business and technology.
How to be happy in business
via What Consumes Me
Jason Fried keynote @ Big Omaha 2009
- Failure Is Not Necessary
- Business Plans are Guesses (and worthless)
- Interruption vs. Collaboration
- Harness By-Products
- Sharing Knowledge
- Focus on What Doesn’t Change
- Inspiration Expires Quickly
Get Rich Slow
“At no other time in recent history has it been easier or cheaper to start a new kind of company. Possibly a very profitable company. Let’s call these start-ups LILOs, for ‘a little in, a lot out.’ These are Web-based businesses that cost almost nothing to get off the ground yet can turn into great moneymakers (if you work hard and are patient).”
“Launching now will make your company stronger later — you’ll learn to survive on fumes until the economy improves.”
We’re living an amazing time full of opportunity that will reward those who take on the risk venture out during this time of economic turmoil.
