#business (408 links)
- UK tech industry not immune to Brexit, trade group warns theguardian.com
- Doing Business In Japan | Kalzumeus Software kalzumeus.com
- Not Saying Winter is Coming, But Where’s Your Coat? facebook.com
- Cushion cushionapp.com
- HMRC Employment Status Manual hmrc.gov.uk
- Employee travel expenses - FreeAgent freeagent.com
- How the EU VAT rules make EU startups and digital businesses uncompetitive in a global market. rachelandrew.co.uk
<blockquote>Unless you have been residing under a rock for the last month (and I’m starting to wish I had been) you’ll be aware of the impending EU VAT Place of Supply change. Much of the noise has been made by those businesses who will be forced into VAT Registration because of it, and rightly so. However, for those of us who are VAT Registered and so must update our systems to cope, the issues of implementation loom large.</blockquote>
- Russell Davies: clarity as a business model russelldavies.typepad.com
- Freelance as a Service | Workshop letsworkshop.com
After running a service that delivers new work opportunities to designers and developers , I’ve come to realize most of us do portfolios wrong. Your online…
- Download your A-Z of Business Expenses - FreeAgent try.freeagent.com
- What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap | Kalzumeus Software kalzumeus.com
- Three problems I never expected as a freelancing mum freelanceadvisor.co.uk
- You're Better Off Being A Fast Follower Than An Originator businessinsider.com
<blockquote>First Movers tend to launch without really fully understanding customer problems or the product features that solve those problems. They guess at their business model and then do premature, loud and aggressive Public Relations hype and early company launches and quickly burn through their cash. This is a great strategy if there’s a bubble occurring in your market or you are going to bet it all on flipping your company for a sale. Otherwise the jury is in. There’s no advantage.</blockquote>
- Lostmy.name lostmy.name
<blockquote>Beautifully illustrated, wonderfully written and created especially for every child, this is bespoke storytelling like never before</blockquote>
- Lifestyle Programming successfulsoftware.net
<blockquote>If you aren’t going to be satisfied with anything less than being a multi-millionaire living in a hollowed out volcano, then an all-or-nothing, VC-backed start-up crap shoot is probably your only option. And there are markets where you have very little chance of success without venture capital. But really, how much money do you need? Is money going to make you happy? How many meals can you eat in a day? How many cars can you drive?</blockquote>
- Win-win consulting medium.com
<blockquote>Ideas on how to survive unpleasant projects as a consultant</blockquote>
- Why Talented Creatives Are Leaving Your Shitty Agency mobileinc.co.uk
<blockquote>The people who generate all the ideas and work are evolving and realising that they themselves could be reaping the rewards rather than the agency.
Agencies on the other hand are happy to keep trying to live in a world which is ceasing to exist. Clinging onto the same ideas, tools, and ways of working with CEOs who are either oblivious to the current mindset or too frightened to instigate change. It’s the perfect storm of increasing entrepreneurialism, decreasing loyalty and an industry reveling in mediocrity.</blockquote>
- The Journey of Launching My First Product, “To Do Cal” | Chris Norstrom chrisnorstrom.com
<blockquote>Moral of the Story: Start Small, You Can Make Massive Mistakes and Still Be Ok.</blockquote>
Much more in here than my poorly-chosen quote would suggest.
- 57 startup lessons defmacro.org
A mixed bag, mostly useful when VC-talk filter engaged.
- The Definitive Guide To Project Billing planscope.io
- front-end-ops smashingmagazine.com
_thenittygritty: Front-End Ops by @SlexAxton http://t.co/MUtey1gK2H
- The Happy Startup School – Helping entrepreneurs realise their dreams, one startup at a time thehappystartupschool.com
<blockquote>One of the mistakes I see entrepreneurs make is they move to business model before locking down strategy. The way I like to think about this is get the product right first, then lock down the strategy of the business, then figure out the business model.</blockquote>
One of the best articles I've read so far this year.
<blockquote>My definition of a good solution to a complex problem is one that solves the immediate problem, is built to last and generates more potential than it uses.
The more I think about complex problems, the more I get convinced that the built to last part is critical. Almost all failures are caused by not aiming for durability.</blockquote>
<blockquote>The spectre of competition means that at work, school, everywhere we think we have to work/study/run as fast as we possibly can, all the time. But, says Bjergegaard, much of that is counterproductive. "We get tired, we don't work as well under constant stress. We don't always need to be there anyway – many of my best ideas have come when I'm running, or on holiday."</blockquote>
- Check you're wearing trousers first robertheaton.com
<blockquote>Simple solutions are almost always quickest, easiest and most effective. Maybe sometimes it does turn out that they aren’t enough and you do in fact need to do something hard. But if people in the street keep giving you funny looks, make sure you’re wearing trousers before you start worrying about what colour they are.</blockquote>
- The brutal truth about marketing your software product | Hacker News news.ycombinator.com
- How do free services on the web make money? | Hacker News news.ycombinator.com
<blockquote>If I had to sum up this book in my own words it would be; “If you are willing to build your business on expertise, you can make a living instead of making a fortune — and occasionally the fortune comes anyway.”</blockquote>
- Invaders from Mars - Charlie's Diary antipope.org
<blockquote>"The rot set in back in the 19th century, when the US legal system began recognizing corporations as de facto people. [...] We are now living in a global state that has been structured for the benefit of non-human entities with non-human goals."</blockquote>