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

Posts from ‘April, 2007’

Attending Bootcamp for fun, profit, and accountability

Coming off the fun time we had at Tech Cocktail 4 last week, we’ve been following up with all the great contacts that we made at the event. One of the nicest guys we hooked up with at Tech Cocktail was Mike Carruth, founder of Digital Bootcamp, a Chicago training facility that offers courses [...]

Menuism beats out Highrise at Tech Cocktail 4!

Chicago, IL (AP) April 13, 2007 — Coming off a wave of solid growth fueled by a clean site redesign and exciting new features, Menuism.com ran away with the title of “fan favorite” at last night’s renowned Tech Cocktail 4 event. Menuism dominating the shell-shocked competition, including the notable new 37 Signals product, Highrise. [...]

Business Cards: Vistaprint vs. Overnight Prints

You may remember our previous business card experience with VistaPrint.com (I won’t even give them a link!). Even after complaining and getting them to ship another order for free, there was no change in quality. The black wasn’t gray and the cutting was off. The oddest thing was that some of the [...]

Quick review of online tax services: TaxCut, TaxAct, TurboTax

So it’s that time of year that I hate (tax time), but luckily it’s always followed by the time of year I love (NBA playoffs). We had our small-business taxes done by Ann over at Bayley Davis, but I decided to give it a try for my own taxes again. I was mostly [...]