by Jason Long | Feb 6, 2015 | Branding, Clients, Content, Management, Marketing, People, Press, Sales
Let’s meet our investor! – I remember Comperio.co co-founder’s excitement. There was an event called Venture Day. We thought that we will go there, rock the stage, get the fame, and we will be rich. All of that happened except for the last part. We didn’t get...
by Jason Long | Feb 4, 2015 | Development, Management, Running a Business, Sales
Time is Money Everyone knows the saying “time is money.” In start-ups, I think the reverse is more relevant: money is time. Limited money is what determines the time available to complete a project. The burn rate is the ticking time bomb against which we race....
by Jason Long | Feb 2, 2015 | Clients, Development, Management, Marketing, People, Running a Business
A guest blog post by Menno Cramer. If you are a designer, a freelancer, or you are running an agency, you deal with people. People are humans and humans, obviously, have brains. Here’s what a neuroscientist has to say on how brains work: It is the deciding organism in...
by Jason Long | Jan 30, 2015 | Contracts, Management, Press
When you’re a small business owner, lawsuit threats can seem like the end of the world. Let’s face it, people in America love to sue each other. But fear not! Most of them are just that: threats. Often, clients will use the threat of a suit to bully you into doing...
by Jason Long | Jan 30, 2015 | Events, Management, Musing, People, Running a Business
A guest blog post by Katja Staring This week, I attended my local business women network meeting. It was the last event of the year and the organization had asked me to come up with a concept that would make the members think about the past year and their goals for...
by Jason Long | Jan 26, 2015 | HR, Management, Marketing, Press, Running a Business
Trying to find work as a freelance writer? Veteran editor Shelby Deering has the scoop. I feel as though I’m a freelancer who has traveled in a time machine. I freelanced while I worked on my Master’s degree in Journalism and for a year after I graduated. Then I...
