Archives for 

Startups

If we can’t do that, then we ought’a go broke

 At the age of only 31, Steve Jobs has already been able to express his fascinating vision, luckily documented for all future generations in the series of videos now available on Youtube.It’s an amazing example of how to build the fanatical corporate culture through nothing more other then strong motivation of every individual involved. At 13:30 watch and learn how to create a company. “World does not care about our internal struggles”, Jobs said. More from where this came from. Continue reading →

We have liftoff! ManageWP pre-order launched!

 I am happy to announce the launch of ManageWP pre-order. Go ahead and secure your 30% discount during the pre-order by signing up now. In the back It was almost 30 hours of non-stop work to get the things done in time for the launch date (oh, that sweet start-up launch crunch time). And it also took 18 months and a crew of more or less 10 people around the whole world, to offer this service I am so proud of at this moment. Continue reading →

How to use Twitter as an effective testimonials tool

 Favorites! Use “Add to Favorite” to select any tweet that speaks nicely about your service. Then simply link to your favorites as a basic form of testimonials. Here you can check out ManageWP testimonials which is an automatically generated Twitter page containing tweets we fave’d. Taking the idea step further you can integrate the live tweet feed of favorite tweets on your website. One of the ways of doing is with a simple script like twitter text. Continue reading →

Do NOT fail at customer support

 As I use more and more startups, I witness many forgetting the importance of user support, to the extent that it hurts. This post is to promise myself that my startup won’t suck at user support. Startup stage It seems by definition that the smaller company is, the better support they will have. This is mostly true thanks to the fact that in this stage you will usually get support directly from the founders. Continue reading →