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  • Abstract Job Hunting – Using Google Adwords to land your Dream Job

    Abstract Job Hunting – Using Google Adwords to land your Dream Job

    As an ex recruiter I know a thing or two about how to get a job. I’ve seen a whole bunch of crazy techniques people have used to land themselves their dream job. Some pretty cool, like creative web-pages, some completly idiotic like calling everyday saying “I have job”. I came across this video the…

  • Venturebeat on Facebook Blacklist!?

    I tried opening a Venturebeat article from Facebook the other day and got the below screenshot: Just goes to show even the big brands can fall victims to problems like this. Creating a process to test problems like this on a regular basis is crucial and one of the reasons we created Process Street. Hopefully…

  • 4 Reasons Why you Must Document your Business

    This was originally a guest post I wrote on The Productivity Blog Bad process documentation can kill your business dead. Here’s how: 1. Quality of Work Documenting your processes is proven to improve quality of work. Dr. Atul Gawande in his bestseller, the Checklist Manifesto, presents facts that show using checklists in surgery has significantly…

  • Product Idea: Hairdresser Poncho with a Clear Window for Phone/Magazines

    So I went to the hairdresser today and… you can probably guess the rest from the post title. I wanted to use my phone while getting a haircut and started to think why there was no clear window in the poncho so I could use my phone without getting hair all over it. This kind…

  • Startup Idea: Evernote for Spreadsheets

    Someone needs to make this or Evernote needs to integrate spreadsheets into their platform, because my current spreadsheet experience is pretty poor. I currently have 13 Excel Spreadsheets open, 6 Google Doc Spreadsheets and 2 files open in CSV file editor. Why is there no solution for me to manage this? Here are the reasons…

  • Start-Up Chile Application Video

    Here is the video we did for Start-Up Chile.

  • How to Search on iOS 7 iPhone

    To search on iOS 7 you need swipe down from the middle of the screen anywhere in the phone to bring up search. NOTE: This will not work if you are in an app that uses scroll such as Safari or Mail. Here is an example:   

  • How Much Money Does the Facebook Ecosystem Produce?

    Facebook went down the other day for the first time I can remember. Got me thinking about how much money is being lost every minute they are down. I know individuals who spend upwards of $50,000 each day on Facebook advertising, which is actually nothing compared to the big brands. If you take into consideration:…

  • Ingredients of a Successful Bootstrapped Startup?

    I’ve been meeting lots of people and getting lots of feedback here in San Francisco. Here are some of the consistent ingredients of successful startups I have collected from observation and feedback. Note, these elements will probably not leave you with the next Facebok, but just know, for every Facebook, there are 1001 companies who tried to…

  • Idea: Create Separate Instances of Browsers for Separate Web Apps

    I always get lost in my browser tabs. I am a heavy heavy internet user and often find myself with 20-40 tabs open at a time in Chrome. Many of them running web apps that I like to keep open all the time: Multiple gmail accounts Google Calendar Google Docs (Drive) Asana HasOffers Cacoo The…