Posted by Paolo
Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:15:00 GMT
Hi guys, if you’re interested in startup management and wanna know how to switch your programmer brain to an entrepreneur one, add the Ian Landsman’s weblog to your reading list.
It’s a nice reading because he’s experienced and his advices are “from normal people to normal people”. That’s valuable because often startups try to emulate great companies like 37signals forgetting we’re not all smart programmers as DHH or marketing gurus as 37’s Jason Fried.
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Posted by Paolo
Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:19:00 GMT
Being a promising startup, we’re facing the problem of having office space.
Here in Italy most companies won’t trust startups that do not have an office.
It’s just matter of culture. They just think how good can they be if they cannot even afford a lousy apartment?.
That’s not the point. Or, well, it is the point but you should face it from another point of view.
We’re three people, used to work like animals.
We’ve been working together for many months and each one of us has set up a pretty confortable desk and work-space in his own house.
We’ve got high quality broadband connectivity at home that let us work during the night (how long will we keep having a daily job?).
We spent so many hours chatting and conferencing we actually don’t see why we should spend money to have an office. We can already be highly productive working this way.
I should point out a few other things that are pushing us in this direction…
- We do usually get together for lunch or dinner, so we can discuss face-to-face
- We make heavy use of web collaboration tools, not all people feel comfortable with them
- We’re not currently hiring
- Our applications are hosted so we do not need to take care of our own hardware or other physical stuff
- We like the freedom of working or resting at any time (even if we always end up working way too much)
- We do not care about the typical Italian prejudice :-)
That said, we aren’t going to have an office at the moment.
Maybe someone else has already faced this dilemma in Italy. We’d be glad to hear advices from them!
C’mon! Let us know what you think!
I’m about to take a nap now… after all, it’s just a few steps away :-D
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