Igor Delovski Board

[Miss Piggy]

sick of working. help me make 1 million dollars

"I am sick of providing daily support to clients, taling to new clients etc.
so me thinks. how to make a business which has no interaction with clients,
like a SaaS type site, or similar to make money developing my products
etc, and not talking to clients."

[Bjanko Novac]

But, first look here: 11 Clients You Need To Fire Right Now


"Now, it's one thing to suggest that some clients are best avoided to begin
with, but considering the way most small businesses operate right on the
razor's edge, it sounds downright crazy to say that you should actually get
rid of current clients! But it is the truth. The relationship between client and
provider - like every relationship between human beings - must be a value-
for-value proposition in order to survive. This is commonly referred to as a
"win-win" scenario."

[delovski]

"..."

"No wonder you're angry all the time."

"I AM NOT ANGRY ALL THE TIME! See, this is what I have to do - ask the
right questions. The programmer is like the car dealer, they can get you
whatever car you want. All you have to do is be clear about what car you
want. It's like in Shrek, when Shrek said ogres are like onions because
they have layers. Requirements have layers and I have to pull them off
one layer at a time to get to the middle. Then I know what to tell the
programmers."

Mr Angry: Requirements are like Ogres

[XNote]

The Lazy Way to Success: Top 10 Signs You're Made to be an Entrepreneur

One of the signs: "10. You are unemployable. You can’t hold a job. You
don’t want to hold a job. And you react to getting a job the same way a
cat reacts when you try to give it a bath."

[Guest]

I just dropped by this forum yesterday, lurked for a while and saw what an
amazing forum this is. I'll make a small contibution before I sign-up (eventually)
just to see how it all works:

How We Treat Waiters and Waitresses Says a Lot about Us
by Rachel G. Baldino, MSW, LCSW for www.SixWise.com

CEOs have found that customers who treat their waiters well tend to
make the most effective workplace bosses, in no small part because they
are able to coax the most productivity out of their employees, simply by
treating them with the respect that they deserve. According to Jones'
article, "'How executives treat waiters probably demonstrates how they
treat their actual employees,' says Sara Lee CEO Brenda Barnes, a
former waitress and postal clerk, who says she is a demanding boss but
never shouts at or demeans an employee."

[Rock]

Eric Sink: The ONE key thing to know about negotiation

"In negotiation, the one thing that really strengthens your position is
the ability to walk away from the deal."

[XNote]

Top 5 reasons why “The Customer Is Always Right” is wrong

"When we run into customers that we can’t reel back in, our loyalty is
with our employees. They have to put up with this stuff every day. Just
because you buy a ticket does not give you the right to abuse our
employees . . ."

[Ike]

Software Products vs. Services: Are You Making Money While You Sleep?

"It would seem that writing software should be a relatively consistent
process (hire great people, use workable methods, etc.) regardless of
whether you’re building it for a services company or a products
company. But, a software services business is very different from a
software products business. "

[delovski]

Jerks at work and how to lose them

"His solution was genius: He invited the applicant to a company softball
game, and here he showed his true colors. He was competitive to the point
of being manic. He abused and yelled at both the opponents and his own
team. He cursed the referees and kicked up dirt like a major league player.
And he did not get the job."

[Mike]

3 ways to make money with your software

"Give your product away for free and sell advertising around it. You can
do this with desktop software (as IM clients usually do) or web-based
software."

[XNote]

Eric Sink: How to get people talking about your product

* You want me to focus on a small group of people? Why would I do
that? Shouldn't I go after the largest market I can?
* And how am I supposed to get 100% of the market? That's just
nonsense.

The reason this approach works is because it is much easier to delight a
small homogenous group of people than a large diverse group of people.

[delovski]

JoS: Just started and already making monday???

// maybe it should have been: MONEY???

"So the message is: It takes time, patience, and persistence, but it will
happen if you don't give up."

[Ike]

Raganwald: What I've learned from failure

"My personal experience is that attention to detail has always accompanied
successful projects.; losing track of the details has always accompanied
failing projects."

[Ike]

JoS: I am stupid

"They took my software and deployed it to 10 different plants in the US,
Asia, and Europe. What did I get? Nothing. No compensation. No job (I've
been turned down three times for positions...)

That is why I am stupid."

[delovski]

JoS: My 2% conversion rate - do 98% think it stinks?

"I know the industry average for downloads to purchases is about 1-2 percent. 
Above that is considered really good."

"You know that feature that you have in your software - the one that none
of your competitors have? How, exactly, are your prospects going to find it?"

[delovski]

JoS: Cost overruns affect all engineering projects

"I don't know what is going on with the neighbor's kitchen though - he says
they haven't made any substantial changes to the plans, but they've been
living in a rental apartment now for several months because their house
looks like it got hit with a guided missle - they cut a hole in the roof for a
skylight, then the wind blew off the plastic sheet, then it rained, then there
was water damage to the attic."

[Ike]

JoS: 32 Reasons Nearly All Geeks are Severely Underpaid

"1. Discovery of arguments: discover ALL arguments you can currently
make in your favour. The last thing you want to do is to give them something
they have not paid for.

2. Presentation and style of delivery: basically, improve their perception
of benefits in hiring you. Top executives do this all the time - they make
an effort in coming across as personable, articulate, charismatic, ethical
and extremely intelligent.

3. Be truly good at what you do. Work hard on acquiring rare skills that
people need. *Always* strive on improving your people skills - these are
in demand everywhere.

4. Establish a strong personal rapport with the person you are talking to.
The perceived cost here is that they wouldn't want someone they like to
get a bad deal.

5. Finally, don't care all that damn much. You negotiate because you desire
something, but your desires should not be your master. You are an intelligent
human who will allow your wants to dictate your actions only as long as it
pleases you to do so."

[Ike]

MicroISV on a Shoestring: How To Deal With Abusive Customers

"Learn from the Japanese, they have the “I can put a polite reserved face
on this for the sake of our continued relationship even though I’m absolutely
fuming on the inside” down to an art form."

[Ike]

reddit - "We develop the vaporware"

"Basically. Faculty love to complain when completely unrelated apps (apps
that weren't designed to be compatible, no less) don't integrate smoothly.
They ask you to fix the problem, and you tell them you're working on it. Why?
Because if you say there's no solution to the problem they figure you're just
not good enough to do your job."

[Ike]

JoS: Why I'm so bothered

"It not only doesn't surprise me to see this kind of maddening hubris
mismatched to real ability, but I find it pretty typical. Most people are
threatened by anyone who raises the bar. Highly competent people in
this field very are usually "choked" by their talent - they attract more
work and more tasks until they fail, then they are blamed."

[XNote]

A Simple Guide on How to Effectively Talk to Clients

"Everyone needs a website made, but not everyone can talk “tech” like we
can. From the farm owner in Indiana to the brain surgeon in Malaysia, we
quickly see that employers can come from all walks of life."

[Ike]

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