Two friends were walking into Town with a barrel of wine. The road was dusty, their walk surrounded by bright fields of yellow flowers. It was mid-July and the sun was warming their backs. “I reckon we could make a decent amount from this you know” said one, patting the side of the barrel. TheContinue reading “What Happened to FTX?”
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Smarticles Business: Payroll Evolution, not Revolution
In 2007, Steve Jobs jumped up on stage to unveil something that people in the 1980s thought was utterly impossible. He was dressed in his iconic turtle neck, with dad-style sneakers and baggy jeans. His pale pallor was a stark contrast to the black curtain at the back of the stage. Soon he was dwarfedContinue reading “Smarticles Business: Payroll Evolution, not Revolution”
The Pareto Distribution
Read Time: 3 mins For the most part, there’s nothing wrong with being average. Expectations are reasonable, you are liked by some, not by others. The paparazzi take a limited interest in who you snog and what colour your socks are. Being average typically means you fall somewhere towards the middle of what mathematicians callContinue reading “The Pareto Distribution”
Smarticles Sales Tips #2
Read time: 12 mins In most of our interactions, we are probably trying to persuade someone of something. Sometimes it’s a friendly tiff with our friends, sometimes it’s trying to pry a refund out of customer support, sometimes it’s trying to convince a bouncer that your mate’s fine. Whether we’re hoping to sell a particularContinue reading “Smarticles Sales Tips #2”
Smarticles Sales Tips #1
Read Time: 4 mins In most of our interactions, we are probably trying to persuade someone of something. Sometimes it’s a friendly tiff with our friends, sometimes it’s trying to pry a refund out of customer support, or potentially it’s trying to persuade a bouncer that your mate’s fine. Whether we’re hoping to sell aContinue reading “Smarticles Sales Tips #1”
How normal is new?
Read time: 8 mins Imagine you are WordPress. WordPress has 148 million unique visitors per month. This is only slightly fewer than Twitter. They run websites for some of the largest players in the world; companies such as Disney, Playstation and Microsoft. And yet they employ only 1170 staff globally. Those staff iterate 1000 deploymentsContinue reading “How normal is new?”
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