Elevator pitch contest update

Posted by Frank - March 5, 2009 - For entrepreneurs, For everyone, For techies

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In case you haven’t looked at my sidebar in the last month or so, my new startup Fwd:Vault is entered in StartupNation’s 2009 Elevator Pitch Competition. Through endless harassment support of friends, family, and professional colleagues, we’ve been able to hold down a spot in the top 10 (6th as of this writing). That’s simply [...]

Running on Empty: How to Make a Little Go a Long Way

Posted by Frank - February 27, 2009 - For entrepreneurs

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If you follow the Fwd:Vault Developer Diary, you saw today that I was neck deep in upgrading the server that runs everything around here. While the server updated, I worked on Fwd:Vault code. The web designer for Fwd:Vault is also nearing completion on the project, and that required some attention. Tonight I was scheduled to [...]

Keep perspective when solving problems

Posted by Frank - January 14, 2009 - For entrepreneurs, For techies

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I’ve been working furiously on the back end logic for Fwd:Vault for the past few weeks, specifically the logic that processes incoming messages/attachments, archiving them in the system, or returning stored data per user request. As I got into the final nitty gritty, I confronted a serious design issue: should the system use one email [...]

Introducing Fwd:Vault

Posted by Frank - January 12, 2009 - For entrepreneurs, For everyone, For techies

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Anyone who knows me knows that starting and running my own business has been a lifelong goal of mine. Since I was 12, I would routinely generate ideas for new ventures and play them out in my head. Inevitably, I found fatal flaws most of the time that would prohibit the idea from ever taking [...]

Easy interfaces remain a strong competitive edge

Posted by Frank - January 6, 2009 - For entrepreneurs

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There are a lot of loud voices out there—Jason Fried and the team at 37 Signals, Jeff Atwood, and Joel Spolsky all come to mind—proclaiming that one of the biggest problems with software today is complex user interfaces. I think its evident that the message is finally getting through to the design teams and programmers. [...]

Downtime and a new find

Posted by Frank - October 27, 2008 - For entrepreneurs, For everyone, For techies

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For the twelve people who subscribe to my feed, you may have noticed that it had gone bye-bye while I migrated the site. We’re back on track now, and I apologize for the downtime. If you unsubscribed, please don’t hate me and give me another chance. I’m a huge follower of the Signals vs. Noise [...]