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Respect is Fuel

I can’t get much done by myself. Accounting, coding, sales, legal, design… I depend on other people to make these things happen, so my success depends directly on their enthusiasm to help. And since I’m not the richest, smartest, most

Arshad April 13, 2012 Culture, Self Improvement 1 Comment Read more

My Formula For Building Fast

I just built another project from concept to launch within one week, and I’m starting to hit on a repeatable formula for the non-technical CEO to use. In this post I’ll describe the project, and then share a dialog I

Arshad April 11, 2012 Best Practices, Culture, My Projects 4 Comments Read more

Be As Public As Possible

Shivani Siroya, CEO of InVenture.org, is a true marketing maven. InVenture enables people anywhere in the world to invest in micro businesses anywhere else in the world. From her early videos explaining the product, to her latest video documentary by

Arshad April 3, 2012 Best Practices, Culture No Comments Read more

Avoid Stress

At ClearGears we’re in the midst of a redesign that is taking far longer than anyone had anticipated, and the process is causing stress for my team and me. To our investors and customers it looks like we’re moving slow

Arshad February 17, 2012 Culture, Self Improvement No Comments Read more

How to Make Your Coworkers Smarter & Happier

We’ve all been there. We’ve all had a boss, parent, sibling, or teacher who had a magical ability to somehow make us dumber. Sometimes they do so by being wicked: poking fun, zeroing in on weaknesses, or by never giving

Arshad January 19, 2012 Culture No Comments Read more

Outsource Wisely

Most growing tech companies must outsource some part of development at some point. Having been on both sides of the client / contractor table, I offer this advice to CEOs selecting an outsourced dev team. Don’t do fixed-bid projects. Don’t

Arshad December 8, 2011 Culture, Hiring No Comments Read more

So Long Suyash

I’m extremely lucky to have met and hired Suyash Ramineni. He’s wildly qualified: he has a BS and Masters in Computer Science, is co-authoring on a book on the Linux Kernel, codes in six languages, and is a very nice

Arshad November 22, 2011 Culture, My Projects 1 Comment Read more

Advisors

It’s taken 8 months to assemble a dream-team of advisors at ClearGears, but the process has been worthwhile. Read their professional histories and consider why this team is so valuable to ClearGears, a startup competing in the HR arena. Adil

Arshad September 27, 2011 Best Practices, Culture No Comments Read more

It’s All About People

Networking can be tiring and tedious for entrepreneurs, but it’s an important component of success. Today we reviewed the list of ClearGears beta users to understand the impact our networking efforts have had on customer acquisition. The ClearGears team had

Arshad August 15, 2011 Culture, Hiring No Comments Read more

Virtual Tech Teams Gain Respect

Until very recently Angel investors and VCs were extremely bearish on companies with international tech teams, and teams that didn’t work in the same room. That view is changing. The view is changing because it has to. Hiring a local

Arshad August 12, 2011 Culture, Fundraising & Equity, Hiring No Comments Read more
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