http://www.simpleandloveable.com/getting-started-in-business-what-ive-learned-from-the-mistakes-ive-made How to make Simple and Loveable businesses Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/getting-started-in-business-what-ive-learned-from-the-mistakes-ive-made/comment-page-1#comment-3795 an open letter to iPayroll — code to customer — ruby on rails web developers from new zealand Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:49:07 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/getting-started-in-business-what-ive-learned-from-the-mistakes-ive-made#comment-3795 [...] please, please do me a freaking giant favour and let Nat redesign your site. Heck, we’ll even do the code, get you onto Rails like all the cool [...] [...] please, please do me a freaking giant favour and let Nat redesign your site. Heck, we’ll even do the code, get you onto Rails like all the cool [...]

]]> http://www.simpleandloveable.com/getting-started-in-business-what-ive-learned-from-the-mistakes-ive-made/comment-page-1#comment-3598 Nat Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:03:50 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/getting-started-in-business-what-ive-learned-from-the-mistakes-ive-made#comment-3598 True true, maybe I sounded too strong on that because I concur. I have just seen some people be hired for one thing and because there is no immediate need for it, they end up doing something else entirely. I think everyone should be pretty flexible, but not be forced to do something they werent hired for. True true, maybe I sounded too strong on that because I concur. I have just seen some people be hired for one thing and because there is no immediate need for it, they end up doing something else entirely. I think everyone should be pretty flexible, but not be forced to do something they werent hired for.

]]> http://www.simpleandloveable.com/getting-started-in-business-what-ive-learned-from-the-mistakes-ive-made/comment-page-1#comment-3594 Jim Donovan Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:37:54 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/getting-started-in-business-what-ive-learned-from-the-mistakes-ive-made#comment-3594 Good advice apart from your last paragraph, where I strongly disagree with you about job descriptions Over multiple companies and many, many direct and indirect reports, I've found that flexibility is a key factor for both the company and the person. I agree that you don't want to use a highly skilled designer as a filing clerk, but if you make it clear that a) everyone shares the chores, and b) that people should expect (and want) to do things outside their JD, then in a company that respects, challenges and develops its people, it makes for a fun and stimulating job. People grow not just by doing more challenging stuff within their job description, but also by doing new stuff outside it. Good advice apart from your last paragraph, where I strongly disagree with you about job descriptions Over multiple companies and many, many direct and indirect reports, I’ve found that flexibility is a key factor for both the company and the person. I agree that you don’t want to use a highly skilled designer as a filing clerk, but if you make it clear that a) everyone shares the chores, and b) that people should expect (and want) to do things outside their JD, then in a company that respects, challenges and develops its people, it makes for a fun and stimulating job. People grow not just by doing more challenging stuff within their job description, but also by doing new stuff outside it.

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