Posts in Behind the Scenes

I’m a big talker when it comes to how businesses should be transparent about their inner workings. However, it’s mostly talk. I admit that it feels very counter-intuitive to actually put it into practice in many situations. I’m trying to push the envelope a little at a time when it comes to articulating what’s going […]

After lunch the whole team dropped by the nearby Costco to pick up supplies. I know it’s a cliché but it was surprisingly fun. I picked out a three pound box of Oreos. Three. Pounds. Of. Oreos.

…that’s how many spam comments we’ve gotten on the blog in the past week. Akismet (spam plug-in for WordPress) is pretty amazingly effective at routing these junk comments into the spam folder (though this past week a handful got through to our main unapproved queue which usually doesn’t happen). Each of the spam comments is […]

I recently was talking to a friend who’s doing his own startup. He’s looking for someone to head up marketing for his company. He’s halfway through his formidable seed round and expects to get VC after that. He’s already got a sizable group of devs and he’s off to the races with his product. He […]

When we first moved into this space down in Pioneer Square in Seattle, one of the first important tasks was determining the nearest best spot for coffee. Not being a coffee person this wasn’t really a priority for me personally, but Jenny and Walter needed their fix. (They’d be blogging this themsleves, but they’re busy […]