Here's a nice hack from Dejan Simic that will allow you to actually override the confirm dialog box in a way that works.
Micah Baldwin talks about "Strippers & Building a Start-up". This is a great talk on how the business of strip clubs operate which will translate into how you run your business minus strippers.
We don't do a "good job" of promoting our products, we tell our story. What's your story?
Allan shares some deep thoughts about words and how they are used. He often likes to quote the great Ru Paul: "How can you love someone else, if you don't love yourself?"
As a small business owners we're always struggling with where to put our time & energy. The life of a startup founder is filled with hindsight. Read how we judge a decision that will shape our businesses.
Running a lean startup is a lot like doing science experiments. Here's how we use lean techniques to build amazing products.
There are a lot of people doing rails consulting. Here's some advice on what to look for when picking yours.
Who should be in charge copywriting? Should this responsibility of copywriting fall on one person to conceptualize and execute?
We're very excited about the upcoming LessMoney workshop event this summer in Tampa Florida. Here's the third speaker profile!
There seems to be an unwritten rule that as entrepreneurs we need to make growing a business appear easy, as if we have the right answer for everything.
We're very excited about the upcoming LessMoney workshop event this summer in Tampa Florida. Here's the second speaker profile!
LessFilms releases a couple of promo videos for our upcoming conference focused on running a web shop
This past weekend Steve and I attended Barcamp Orlando. During our session we spoke about marketing & sales of our ruby on rails consultancy. Here's the recording of the talk
We're very excited about the upcoming LessMoney workshop event this summer in Tampa Florida. Here's the first speaker profile!
Steve points out a special talent that he and Allan both possess.
After five years of having the same logo we decided to change it. Here's the thought process behind why we changed it and what we hoped it would look like.
We're excited to announce an event that focuses on the business side of running a small web shop; sales, best practices, hiring, client management and marketing your talents.
I've been thinking a lot lately about why relationships sour, when do I argue with other people, when & why do others disappoint me periodically.
The LessFilms project is growing like gangbusters & we need help!
This year's LessConf was the best year yet. Our friends came out in the hundreds to support this unique event.
Preparing for LessConf takes a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week commitment. Here's how Steve & Allan get themselves into the right mindset & physical well-being to host the world's greatest conference.
Steven Bristol gives some practical advice on when and how to correct someone's grammar.
Ruby on Rails or any code is not magic. The results of your code, your application, is the magic.
How do you know a client lead is right for you? What is the process LessEverything uses to take a contact form inquiry and ensure they're the right fit for the project?
We've used godaddy.com for our domains for a long time, but recently we've decide to stop using them and switch to DNSimple.com.
LessConf 2012 Promo Video!
A list of some items that have significantly aided LessEverything in their operations this year.
There are many third-party customer support chat apps our there. None of them are what I'd want out of a chat app. Here are some free Photoshop files of what I'd like from a chat app if I could dream it up.
Being a co-founder of a startup is a busy lifestyle. This year, my family and I went to Costa Rica for a working/vacation for 18 days.
We all know that handful of talented people with no drive to do anything special with that talent. Or they want to do something with it, but either never do or squander it floundering on “wastes of time.”
We're excited about our 4th LessConf adventure, and we hope you can attend.
How do you enable your users to talk about your app? How do you give value back to your users as an incentive?
In the startup community we talk a lot about being "fearless" and making "foolish" decisions, but what is really the difference between these two words?
We're led to believe that the more money we make, the happier we'll be. This is flawed thinking. Here's why.
LessEverything recently started working with an seo company, and we're learning best practices. We're excited to share what we're learning!
JQuery or Prototype users can easily put named routes into their javascript with ease.
A quick thought about the importance of balancing work properly with life and the guilt that comes from neglecting to do so.
Moment by moment your relationships with everything are either growing or shrinking. What to do?
Writing Ruby code against Facebook's developer platform, and I ran into an issue with the oauth callback.
Allan quickly explains how this stuff works and how to increase profits measuring against certain goals.
Data is powerful but it's hard to track the power of love and kindness.
If I simply worked at being kinder and more patient then if there was a god, she couldn't complain about that practice and if there wasn't it didn't matter, I am still improving myself.
Once had a shrink tell me my relationship with Allan should be the role model for my romantic relationships. And yes, Allan still teases me about that.
Being content with meeting the expectations of your customers is the quickest way to being unremarkable, uninteresting, unmemorable and struggling to make payroll.
The relationship with your customer is built on trust. Trust is fragile and hard to repair.
Focus on the important things. Focus on happiness and what makes you smile.
The first of several moments of Zen that Allan experienced while dealing with some frustration caused by American Airlines.
How adding a 1-800 number to LessAccounting increased its amount of paid users.
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Allan tells us a little bit about how his responsibilities with the app have changed and what goes into good customer support.
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