Tag: business

How to bring in new sales in slow times

I’ve been asked a lot about how to keep bringing in sales through a recession and slow periods. I’ve been hesitant to share what worked for me because I felt it was overly simple, but I’ve come to realize that even something simple takes a lot of hard work to execute. Pick a Niche And …

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The Great Unveil

Welcome to the great unveiling of Little Stream Software’s company blog. I’ll be writing about running a one person Ruby on Rails consultancy and the mistakes I’ve made while doing it (and boy, are there a lot of mistakes). I’m going to cover common topics like customers, pricing, and contractors as well as topics specific …

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Contracting or Freelancing ?

A friend recently wrote me asking for some advise about contracting, which I think would be useful for a lot of freelancers. Eric, It looks like I have a shot at a 3 month contract with Initech. I have a vague idea of what the going hourly rates are; but I don’t know anything about …

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