Relentlessly Resourceful
Paul Graham publishes a series of essays, and i often find myself agreeing with them or inspired by them. His latest talks about the characteristics he thinks startup founders must have. “I was writing a talk for investors, and I had to explain what to look for in founders. What would someone who was the […]
Brilliant Cheap Marketing Courtesy of Less Everything
We have sort of a platonic internet love affair with the guys at Less Everything. When we started Jackson Fish Market we had to pick an accounting package. QuickBooks and PeachTree looked so ugly and complicated that I just couldn’t bring myself to use them. They made my eyes bleed and my head hurt. I […]
Has Intuit Lost Their Minds?
What is it about some big companies that once they get successful, they immediately forget how they got there (innovating, meeting customer needs, moving quickly), and start engaging in all sorts of brand-suicidal tactics that usually involve lawyers. This TechCrunch post shows correspondence from Intuit to Mint (and back) with Intuit lawyers basically calling Mint […]
Branded Apps, An Inevitability
A few months ago we wrote about (and were quoted in) an article in AdAge lamented the lack of support for branded apps (and widgets) from big advertisers. Here at JFM we have always believed that brand sponsors, looking for engagement, will ultimately realize that software is the single most cost-effective way to engage users […]