Im Colin Nederkoorn. I left my cushy job in sales to become a web entrepreneur. more...
When we built Gossipr, the focus was pretty simple - make something that people will be compelled to use. Unfortunately, the motivation we’re using is largely a negative one: “I hope that it’s not about me”. It took an email from my friend Kristian to realize the full magnitude of how evil (and not in a good way) the app is. Read the rest of this entry »
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Here’s a quick post on how to deal with opinionated customers.
The old way:
register their concerns and suggestions. Add them to a big list with all the other concerns and suggestions. Talk to the developers and make changes to the next version of the product. Now you have bad suggestions with the same value as good suggestions. Your brain is flooded with all of these specific feature requests and changes that only affect a few users.
The new way (a la 37Signals):
Read user feedback. Delete it.
If you see something over and over again, it will sit in the top of your mind. You’ll know then what needs to be fixed.
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Social: digg / del.icio.usA man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life
- James Allen
I love facebook. I use it at least once a day. It’s easier to know me through facebook than it is to meet me. You’ll know who I’m dating. You’ll learn about my interests and whom my friends are. You’ll see pictures of my life.
I dont own any of it. By putting myself up on facebook, I relinquish all rights to owning my digital representation of myself. Read the rest of this entry »
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Books contain a wealth of knowledge. I’ve been reading The Monk and the Riddle. It’s a wonderful book about entrepreneurship from Web 1.0 days with many great lessons. As valuable as these are, I have one thought aptly described by a quote from the movie “Good Will Hunting”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Many people are misguided about how to behave when meeting new people or reuniting with old friends. Many people fear looking like a failure in front of their peers, and because of this will puff out their chest and tell tales of how wonderful, exciting, extravagant and successful their life is. This is a sure-fire way to alienate yourself from all of the people with whom you are trying to reconnect.
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