Agile Software Robots
I have been lucky to have been a director for businesses that moved from a 9 to 5 operation to one that was effectively 24 by 7, i.e. ‘always open’ – these were software development and support based companies). Also I have worked with owner managers who have stumbled into this growth scenario, and paid...
It is very fascinating analysing the differing cultures that are created within ‘high tech’ companies, as most of a company’s culture flows from the attitudes of the founders of the business. But company’s culture is a living, changing concept that is controlled by these employees from the MD down to the “worker bees”. I believe...
We help technology intensive businesses (design & marketing agencies, IT services companies, software developers, etc.) grow their revenue and manage their costs – so where does working capital improvement fit in? I am not an accountant and most senior directors of my clients are similarly placed, but the lack of understanding of working capital is...
The previous articles went through my thinking about building an ecommerce website and why I chose to do so, chose the right software, and start getting it up as a self-hosted site. Now let’s move it along a bit, and really start this journey. I decided I wanted to design and then build it myself....
This is the 2nd in the sequence for the techie and non-technical person to design a ‘good’ website always depends on some basic concepts, see here for the first. This list of ‘best practice’ ideas are easy to implement and test when designing a new site or refreshing an existing one. Colour, Graphics & Multimedia...
For the techie and non-technical person, how to design a ‘good’ website always depends on some basic concepts – yes you can be baffled with terminology a we designer likes to impress you with, but remember KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). So with this in mind below is the first part of the list of...
The previous articles went through my thinking about building an ecommerce website and why I chose to do so. Now how do I choose the right software, hosting package, development process etc.? I hope in the next paragraphs I will explain why I chose a self-hosted WordPress based website using Woo Commerce and a variety...
This is the 2nd blog on my journey to build a profitable online or Ecommerce business (read the previous blog or the series. I want to build an online business from scratch for several reasons, including: It is possible to buy and sell most products and services on the internet It is now a mature...
Let me tell you a little about myself and where I am today. I am an Information Technology veteran of over 30 years, starting at the programmer level, working my way up to being head of IT for several serious international financial services companies here in London UK. More recently I have been an adviser...