Good Advice
Good advice often comes in small sound bites at the end of a long post… In the end, screw it, just build the best company you can, for you. You’re wrong about most of what you think about those...
View ArticleCompany Culture in Austin (and at BP3)
Two recent posts by entrepreneurs in Austin got my attention with respect to culture. First, Mass Relevance’s move to Downtown. I have to admit, Sam Decker is the last guy I thought would move his...
View ArticleThe hole in the SaaS bucket
Jason Cohen often shines a light on basic business model issues – with software, with consulting… and this time with SaaS businesses. In this case he’s picking on Marketo: Marketo filed for IPO with...
View ArticleWP Engine News: I’m a Happy Customer
We’ve been using WP Engine for a couple of years now to power BP3’s site. It’s a great service and a great company, run by one of Austin’s favorite (and widely-read) entrepreneurs, Jason Cohen. The...
View ArticleBinary
We learned a long time ago that to get outstanding results you need outstanding people. That success is binary – and if you have all the process and technology, but don’t have the right people, your...
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WP Engine Going Strong
Last week the news broke that WP Engine has completed a $15M funding round. We don’t have a financial interest in the company, but we’re very happy customers. WP Engine runs our WordPress...
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Scale is another word for Opportunity
In the process world, large scale is just an opportunity for process improvement. At small scale, many improvements won’t earn back their investment in a reasonable time frame. But at large scale, or...
View ArticleDesigning a Bootstrapped Business
Another example where process and startup intersect: designing a bootstrapped business. Jason Cohen holds court on designing a Bootstrapped (Self-funded) business. Great nuggets of wisdom in this...
View ArticleWP Engine, Local Austin Startup Goes Big
Recently saw this news in the AustinStartup blog, about our hosting company, WP Engine. In just about any business, these numbers are exceptionally good: [T]he company has surpassed 23,000 customers...
View ArticlePricing Determines Your Experience
We talk a lot about customer experience at BP3. A recent post by Jason Cohen of WP Engine explains, contrary to conventional wisdom, that pricing determines your business: But I disagree. Price is as...
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Scale is another word for Opportunity
In the process world, large scale is just an opportunity for process improvement. At small scale, many improvements won’t earn back their investment in a reasonable time frame. But at large scale, or...
View ArticleDesigning a Bootstrapped Business
Another example where process and startup intersect: designing a bootstrapped business. Jason Cohen holds court on designing a Bootstrapped (Self-funded) business. Great nuggets of wisdom in this...
View ArticleWP Engine, Local Austin Startup Goes Big
Recently saw this news in the AustinStartup blog, about our hosting company, WP Engine. In just about any business, these numbers are exceptionally good: [T]he company has surpassed 23,000 customers...
View ArticlePricing Determines Your Experience
We talk a lot about customer experience at BP3. A recent post by Jason Cohen of WP Engine explains, contrary to conventional wisdom, that pricing determines your business: But I disagree. Price is as...
View ArticleThoughts on 10x Growth
Jason Cohen, founder of WP Engine, has a brilliant take on the age old question of startups “How do we 10x?”. As he says, “a great question when a startup is young. Does it always remain the right...
View ArticleJason Cohen: Look at what we did
I love Jason Cohen’s blog. To start the new year, he does not disappoint with this blog post. “You must be so proud of what you created” — the reflexive conclusion delivered by visitors to our...
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