Posts Tagged ‘Principles’
Podcast Episode 213: What Is An MVP?
Listen Read In this special edition of the Data Driven Daily Tip Podcast, I talk through an important concept that all business owners and entrepreneurs need to fully understand – the Minimum Viable Product. The tendency when building a software application or even a website, is to try to include everything all at once. To…
Read MorePrinciple #1: It's Personal (Principles of a Successful Web Design / Software Company)
READ Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Marketing Directors at small brands / emerging brands should love this one. Have you ever tried to sell anything to a Small Business Owner? It’s the hardest shit ever, seriously. And with good reason. Whether they admit it or not, everything is personal. I’ve said before, business is about…
Read MorePrinciple #2: Momentum Is Everything (Principles of a Successful Web Design / Software Company)
READ All of our company’s principles go together perfectly, and no other principle exemplifies that concept more so than Principle #2 – MOMENTUM IS EVERYTHING. Seems intense, huh? Strive to be proactive and look to create momentum. Without momentum, there is no company. I think where most digital agencies start to fail without realizing it…
Read MorePrinciple #3: Do What You Said You Were Going To Do (Top Things To Look For In A Web Design / Software Company)
READ If I had to pick one of our company principles that I believe is the most important, it would unequivocally be this one. Our principles are the rules we live by. Our set of ever-growing fundamental truths that serve as the foundation for our belief system and set us up to execute our work to…
Read MorePrinciple #4: Be Likeable (Top Things To Look For In A Web Design / Software Company)
READ I get it. It’s super easy to get bogged down in project work, deadlines and stressful conversations about solving complex problems. In some ways, working at web design and custom software company, it constantly feels like the clock is ticking and the work is piling up. The reality is that it if you’re working…
Read MorePrinciple #5: Bring Value (Top Things To Look For In A Digital Agency)
READ I’ve been fortunate enough to work with HUNDREDS of web developers, custom software developers, digital strategists, designers and project managers over the last 18 years. HUNDREDS. But I still maintain that a 14 year old can build your business a website. And while that’s embellishing a bit, technically I’m correct. And you know as…
Read MorePrinciple #6: Don't Overthink It (Top Things To Look For In A Digital Agency)
READ It took me legitimately seven years of getting my ass handed to me in the agency world to finally realize that this one is key – Data Driven Design Company Principle #6 – “Don’t Overthink It.” JUST GET STARTED. I think when your web design agency doesn’t know what they’re doing, they likely come…
Read MorePrinciple #7: There Are No Blockers (Top Things To Look For In A Web Design Company)
READ No fancy finish lines. No crowds cheering. No medals; no snacks. Just my family helping refill my water a couple times and toss me bags of dry cereal. My self marathon on 12/9/18, will forever resonate with me related to Principle #7 at Data Driven Design – THERE ARE NO BLOCKERS. As I document…
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