I’ve had a fun day moving the Wishery.com website, which is run on WordPress and hosted by ZippyKid, to the WordPress Bootstrap theme. I really like the look of Bootstrap, and I’m rapidly getting comfortable with its layout and formatting conventions. I’ve had to make a few tweaks to the WordPress Bootstrap theme code, like… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Business Tools
Launching Soon: Wishery, a Lean Startup
For the past few months I’ve been hard at work on Wishery, my latest startup. Wishery will offer tools that transform customer support into marketing, for the 2MM+ SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses) on Google Apps. Our first tool will help companies that do email marketing more efficiently handle the replies to their campaign emails…. Read more »
How I Buy Online – Minimizing Time and Maximizing Savings
I’ve refined my online shopping habits over the years, and I now think I have a darn good system. Here is what I use: I almost always start at Amazon.com – they typically have excellent prices and a wide selection. Their Marketplace feature, where individuals can list new and used versions of the item that… Read more »
CrashPlan Makes Backups Easy and Free – Want Help Getting Started?
Backing up your computer(s) is one of your most basic responsibilities – it should rank right up there with food, shelter, and companionship as a necessity of human existence. Without backups, you could lose everything – all your digital photos, all your documents, potentially all your emails, all your music, etc. Even if you do… Read more »
Starting Your Own Food Business
Years ago my friend Gordon and I started Califa Foods. Our original intention was to commercialize his family’s recipe for caponata, an eggplant based sauce/relish. Along the way, we learned a lot, but never did produce the caponata. Recently I saw some folks on Hacker News asking for information about starting a packaged food business… Read more »
Facebook Shows WAY More Ad Clicks than Google Analytics?
This is a bit of a rant, and a request to the great internet for answers – if you have no interest in, or knowledge of, Facebook Advertising and/or Google Analytics, you can move on. OK, anyone left? Probably not, but I’ll press on. In a nutshell, Facebook says my ads are getting way more… Read more »
Inexpensive Office Space for Entrepreneurs and Small Teams in San Francisco
Having a permanent, out-of-home place to work has made me WAY more productive – and it can help you too! I’ve got a great desk in the office of a non-profit on the corner of 16th and Mission in San Francisco, just 4 blocks from my house. Here are some options if you are looking… Read more »
