Archive for May, 2008

I Posted a Solicitation on Craigslist Today

Posted May 26th @ 10:17 am by Frank Gilroy

Below is the text of an ad I placed on Craigslist in Philadelphia today. Please feel free to provide feedback on the ad itself or what I’m trying to do. If you know of anyone who might be interested, please considering passing this ad along to them. Thanks!
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/eng/695418089.html

Please read this ad carefully. […]

Four Companies I Plan to Steal Ideas From and Why

Posted May 21st @ 6:05 pm by Frank Gilroy

37Signals - There are lots of ideas I plan on stealing from this company. Most of them documented in their book Getting Real, required reading for potential co-founders by the way. Not the least of which is the idea of a 4 day work week. One of their employees wrote a post describing […]

12 Ideas for Finding Good Co-Founders for Our Company

Posted May 21st @ 4:45 pm by Frank Gilroy

As I mentioned a few days ago, one of the issues I am faced with in giving birth to a new software company is that I have no co-founders. Why do I need anyone else you ask?
Well, two thoughts come to mind on that. First of all, by definition, to have […]

I Decided to Start a Software Company This Weekend, Anyone Want to Join Me?

Posted May 19th @ 8:02 am by Frank Gilroy

I’m going to try and keep this post short and sweet. This was a big weekend for me. I attended a workshop on a fundamentally different (and I think better) way to make decisions in a professional environment and run an organization. In the weeks and months to come I’ll talk more […]

Agile Business Cards

Posted May 14th @ 2:11 pm by Frank Gilroy

I’m attending a workshop this weekend in New York hosted by Ternary Software on Holacracy. Holacracy is a term the company coined to embody the “Agile” way they run themselves. I decided it would be a good idea if I came up with some business cards since part of the reason I’m doing […]

Now Providing Ala Carte Services for Your Web Site

Posted May 10th @ 7:13 am by Frank Gilroy

photo credit: Javier Aroche
I have been doing a little bit of Web Site work over the past few months. It occurred to me that I wasn’t really advertising my services in any way. A few days ago I created a new services page here on this site.
Check it out for […]

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