When your web application is responding slowly, there are several levels at which the problem could be occurring. Until you instrument the application and begin the diagnostic journey, you really don’t know whether the problem is. It is often difficult to convince business stakeholders to allocate budget to uncover and fix an undefined problem, rather [...] →
Small business has entirely different needs and expectations from technology than larger enterprise. Okay, that is an obvious statement, right? So then why are small businesses always so surprised to learn about the cost associated with custom projects? First, a Little Background There was a time 10 years ago, when the company I [...] →
Paul Graham of Y Combinator fame once gave the advice to “do things that don’t scale”. That advice was given to the Airbnb.com founders in the first YC cohort. I heard this while I was watching the interview with the founders on Mixergy.com. I thought this was pretty interesting advice. I think the logic here [...] →
One of the biggest criticisms I hear about services businesses is that they are not scalable. Profit margins are low, clients are demanding, and you are highly dependent upon high-cost employees with specialized skills, who could leave at any time. In fact, this is the way most small consulting companies run. But it doesn’t have [...] →