Everyone is looking for the next killer idea for a unicorn startup that will turn its founders and investors into millionaires overnight. Inspiration might come to us easily at times, but when we sit down and try to commit abstract notions to solid business plans, it suddenly doesn’t seem so easy. We can put together … Read more
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The 10 Best Mobile Apps for Running Your Business
These days, mobile apps are available for just about any obscure function you could possibly conceive, from seeing what you look like with different funny moustaches to providing your pet cat with on-screen rodent entertainment. But of course, our mobile devices are not merely intended as trivial diversions; for the more sober-minded among us, phones … Read more
How to Become Google Cloud Certified
Trying to take your career to the next level and validate your technical expertise? The Google Cloud Platform provides a series of certifications that demonstrate to the world your capacity to “design, develop, manage, and administer application infrastructure and data solutions on Google Cloud technology”. As we mentioned in ‘Need a Job? You’d Better Learn … Read more
Time to Get Serious About This Business of Mine
So a little more about that software company I told you all about awhile back, the one I’m running from my basement? Well, business has really picked up in the last few months, and to be completely honest with all of you, I wasn’t expecting it to go so well! In the beginning, I was … Read more
Need a Job? You’d Better Learn to Code
Everything is done online these days. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but when you’re out looking for a job, or if you’re seeking to advance in your current career, you may find yourself needing this trending skill: the ability to code. Coding is becoming a skill more and more people are looking to learn … Read more
Setting up my own software development company
So this is where the fun stuff starts – how do you set up a home business? When you’ve been an employee for such a long time, it’s kind of hard to break out of that mindset. You know, turning up at 9, dawdling through the morning, taking a 1 hour (and a bit if … Read more
I just fired my most senior employee
Building a team’s been an interesting process. Most people think you just put up a job ad, run a couple of interviews, and you’ve now got the capacity to bill another 40 – 50 hours a week. It’s only been through trying to build my team that I’ve discovered how much more there is to … Read more
To quit or not to quit…
This is the next big thing on my mind… When do you bite the bullet and tell your boss that you’re walking out the door? I’ve got two conflicting ideas in my head at this point in time. 1. Tell the boss that I’m leaving now so I can spend all my time building my … Read more
From coding, to…
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written here. I apologise for everyone who’s been following this journal and who’s been disappointed by my updates. SOOO much has happened since I last updated that it’s hard to know where to start. First of all, I did make the jump. I started down the dark … Read more