I've written a post for Happy Mood Score. It's called: Why regular feedback is so important for remote users.You can find advice on topics like:Non-verbal communicationEncourage collaborationFocus on achievements not hoursAvoid the Green dot syndromeAsk how your employees feel as much as what they are doing.You can read the article here: Why regular feedback is so important for remote users.
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I've been working in companies of different sizes both as a freelancer, employee and founder and although logic dictates that the size of the company will affect the way you work, I've seen developers that always try to work in the same way. You should adapt to the constrains and advantages that the company's size imposes on you.
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When create your own startup and have a technological background, as I do, is very easy to think that what your customers need is a product full of features. But what your customers need is a product that makes their lives easier.
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A bootstrapped startup can be harder to evolve than a seeded startup but the journey is very rewarding, you will learn a lot of things and you are going to love every single minute of it.
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What leads someone to spend $1.5 million in a single domain? SumoMe has recently did that buying sumo.com They think big and they spend big.
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In most companies recognition usually comes “from above” but when you receive recognition from one of your co-workers then things change, you feel proud and happy. Your self-esteem increases as do your sense of belonging to the team.
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Hiring people is not an easy process. Hiring remote workers makes things even harder. For many companies “Seeing is believing” and they find disturbing the fact that some of their workers will never set foot in the office.
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Status reports are a very good source of information for project managers, as long as they are frequent (ideally every week). For employees, this is a good opportunity to indicate what can be improved and what is working fine. Once you get into the routine writing a status report should take no more than 5 minutes.
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Managing a team with remote workers or managing distributed teams requires that communication should be fluid. It is very easy (and dangerous) to lose contact when people are not one desk/room/floor away.
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Es una pregunta que en las últimas semanas me he hecho unas cuantas veces. Una de las responsabilidades de mi nuevo trabajo en [Conferize]( es la de gestionar un equipo de per...
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La captación de nuevos usuarios es la estrategia predominante durante la fase inicial en la vida de una aplicación web en modo SaaS. En esta segunda parte analizamos en que consiste.La captación de usuarios consiste en atraer nuevos usuarios potenciales a nuestra aplicación y lograr convertirlos en usuarios de pago. El principal problema de la captación es que consume muchos recursos.
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- **Viralidad.** Existen tres tipos de viralidad: - **Inherente.** Se llama así a la viralidad que está integrada en el producto. Por ejemplo: Una aplicación de facturación online ofrece la opción de...
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Cuando desarrollamos una aplicación web en modo SaaS existen únicamente dos formas de crecimiento:Captar nuevos usuarios y mantener a los ya existentes.La fase de madurez en la que se encuentre nuestra aplicación definirá que estrategia es mejor.
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En la primera parte explicaba como ha funcionado mi blog a la hora de captar visitas. Toca ahora analizar si quienes me visitan cumplen con los objetivos para los que creé el blog.
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En esta serie de tres artículos analizo lo sucedido en mi blog desde el punto de vista de los tres principales comportamientos de los visitantes: Captación, Conversión y Fidelización.
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