Sitting At The Foot Of The Mountain – The July Monthly Report
It has been a long, long, lllloooonnnnngggggg July! I have an absolutely AMAZING team working with me now, but amazing work takes time. We were behind on the release of the V2 of Task Pigeon, but it is finally here. In fact, by the time you read this it will have gone live and the …
Office Feng Shui: Increasing Work Motivation
There’s nothing worse than a murky, cluttered office for your morale and the morale of your colleagues. Everything in your surroundings is going to be affecting your inner life and possibly productivity. The philosophy behind this thinking is called Feng Shui, the practice of arranging physical objects around you in such a way that they …
27 Simple Office Design And Maintenance Tips That Leave A Lasting Impact On Your Productivity
People often turn to time management techniques, routines, and apps for answers when talking about productivity. But while all that can help professionals get more done in less time, the physical spaces we work in can have just as much of an impact on our performance! Discover how simple office design and maintenance tips can …
It’s Not All About The Money – Employee Survey Shows Friendship Is A Primary Source of Workplace Motivation
It’s fair to say for the vast majority of workers since time immemorial, that work has been an unpleasant necessity. Just something that has to be done to earn an income for life’s essentials. Yet whilst making money will always be an integral part of the work experience, new research would imply that this factor …
Burning $7k A Month, Revenue Numbers & User Stats – June 2017 Report
It’s hard to believe another month has already passed since I released our May 2017 figures! After a tough couple of weeks though, where I have had to deal with switching development teams, Task Pigeon is well and truly back on track. In fact, today is the day I get my hands on the new …
Why I Opted Into Being A Solo Startup Founder
Opting to go it alone and be a solo startup founder is a hard, but not impossible, task. On the surface, everything seems to be going against you. Paul Graham from Y Combinator famously lists it as the Number One Mistake entrepreneurs make when deciding to launch a startup. And famed accelerators like 500 Startups …
Best Practices To Boost Your Remote Team’s Productivity
If you’re leading a remote team and enforcing the 8-hour shift, you might see better results if you allow more flexible time and break-down the milestones. Firstly, get involved. What you can do to boost your remote team’s productivity is to spend some time with every team member and see how you can help them …
How To Make The Transition From Employee To Manager
When you take on a role within a company, chances are that you have some idea or ambition on how you will move through the organisation. Do you see yourself sticking with the role long-term? Using it as a stepping stone to grow before moving elsewhere? Or perhaps staying put and climbing through the ranks? …
Benefits of the SaaS Business Model – (Software-as-a-Service)
Adopting a Software-as-a-Service or SaaS Business model provides many benefits over traditional on-premise software installations. These benefits exist for both the software vendor, and customer, and will be the focus of this article. First, the definition of SaaS according to Gartner is: “Software that is owned, delivered, and managed remotely by one or more providers”. Furthermore, the …
Make Your Workday More Effective With These 5 Tips
How many times have you woken up in the morning and told yourself that you are going to have an amazing day? How many times have you succeed in doing this? Well, maybe you have the right mindset, but your planning is off! This is true for so many of us. We have great intentions, …