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Why I am Proud to Work with blip.tv
I was chatting with my cousin Harun (a.k.a. Haza) the other day and dropped a note about why i love working with blip.tv. After rereading it, I thought it is worth publishing.
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Business Types
The following is a brief summary of each of the various entity choices for a operating a business in California: Make sure you check with a lawyer as you consider the proper solution for your particular case. This was put together on Jan 2007 for a California business (us) as we were deciding to change from a general partnership to an s corporation. Things always change. Make sure you get the most current information you can.
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Figuring out The Why
When considering the possibilities for your life and your career, I recommend stopping and asking yourself some questions.
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We Won 2 Webby’s !!!
Early this year, we put blip.tv, studly video distribution team extraordinaire, up as a contender in the broadband category for the 2007 Webby Awards. After a little call out to the community, some funky dreams (can’t figure out why I seem to care so much) and a whole lot of compulsive stats checking, we got the news. Blip.tv is the proud winner of not one, but 2 Webby awards, both the people’s choice award and the jury award. A little UI & design on our part, a whole lot of development, planning & hustling on their part, combined with the dreams of thousands of show producers, actors and a few degenerates, and blip is a true phenomenon. I have to say that the people’s choice award has some significant meaning to me. It strongly backs up my faith in their …
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What Goes in a Proper Invoice?
When I first started contracting, I was amazed at the amount of paperwork stuff I had to figure out. Frankly, I just wanted to get paid. So in that vein, for those of you have sent the following type of message: Dear Client, Where is my money – its been over a month? – xoxo Contractor and recieved the following in response Dear Contractor, Upon reviewing your invoice, we noticed you are missing everything except for the amount. Please send us a revised invoice and we will place you back in the payment queue for next month. -xoxox Your every loving AP department representative I highly recommend getting a proper invoice figure out.
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We vs. I
When should we say “we” and when should I say “I”? Shane and I have often stumbled over the we vs. I issue. Here’s what “I” think: “We” serves the function of exchanging credibility with the others included in “we”. If I make something and say that “we” made it, I am at once sharing credit with the team (even if I’m the only one working on it) and sharing responsibility. If something goes wrong in my creation, it is our fault, not mine alone. “We” also serves the purpose of inspiring confidence by implying there are many people involved in a given commitment. For example, “we are accepting applications for the open position.”
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The Best Office In Town: Firefly Coffee
We needed a public place to work where we could focus. Meet the people who work for us. That has free wifi. And if it could be, where we felt the camaraderie of Cheers. There are a lot of coffee shops in town we frequent and a few months ago we fell in love. Solution: Firefly Coffee
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Managing People & Managing Cost: A Question of Priorities
We learned two really good lessons this week. Why do good lessons always cost thousand of dollars? Lesson #1: Manage The Right People Our most expensive contractor costs us a lot of money and he is totally worth it. Problem was, Peter & I spent so much time running around managing our Jr’s and making sure they knew what they were doing, we didn’t pay him or his project enough attention. In retrospection, we innately assumed, at that rate he should manage himself. Truth be told, he did well, but did not approach things as we would have preferred (it happens). The problem is that when your $15/hr Jr. goes astray, that’s one thing. When your head developer or project manager goes astray , that is insanely more expensive. So thousands of dollars later we are back on track and …
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