How to Start a Two-Bit Operation: Small Business Tips

Posts from ‘August, 2006’

Human nature and the impact of money on user behaviors

One of the funny things about our generation is the limitless optimism we have.  We expect things will always turn out better and we have high expectations – this can probably explain why we can’t be satisfied with a "good" job or just "settle" for anything.  If we were to take an informal poll of [...]

Some quick feedback on feedback

On a recent trip, I picked up Seth Godin’s latest book Small is the New Big (ok, I was suckered in by the cover – it’s amusing ) and there’s an interesting section on “How to Give Feedback”. Since we’re in a private beta now, the topic of feedback is one that is [...]

Christmas in October for new startups – Y Combinator winter cycle

After starting our business and this blog we’ve heard from a number of people who are interested in starting their own business.  It brings joy to our eyes to see more people taking the plunge   If you’re one of those people and you are in the ideation phase and looking for some capital [...]

Beta-max

It’s been a hectic couple of weeks here at this little Two-Bit Operation. We set up a new web hosting server in preparation for running a private beta test, but as always, the process took longer than we had anticipated. Recently I’d been telling people that they’d be able to check out the [...]

Is my mac a dud?

I watch the Apple commercials and they tell me that my mac (I’m assuming that includes my newish MacBook Pro) doesn’t ever need to restart.  It then makes me sad everytime I have to reboot and John gets to laugh at me with his Windows laptop which has been exhibiting the stability I wish I [...]