That was the view from my apartment earlier this afternoon. We’re in the midst of yet another big storm that will probably drop over a foot of snow and ice on us by tomorrow morning. If you asked me on Monday how I thought my Wednesday would go, I would have said I’d be up [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Intelligent IKEA Packaging
Check out how my new pillows from IKEA came packaged: And then opened up: After fluffing it up for a few minutes it became un-wrinkled and took the form of a normal soft puffy pillow, much more so than that picture shows. I slept on them last night and they were super comfortable. Amazing! They’re [...]
Why I’m Now Super Productive at Starbucks
When I participated in the One Laptop Per Child’s Give One, Get One Program back in December 2007, they gave us one year of free T-Mobile hotspot access in addition to the computers. I was super psyched because, at that time, a T-Mobile subscription was the only way to access the web at Starbucks. Up [...]
Something I Just Don’t Get About Shipping
Last week I saw that Yankee Candle was having a 2-for-$20 sale on their 2008 jar candles (normally over $20 each) so I ordered a few. When they arrived, they were packaged like this: It has slots for six candles when I only ordered two! Two thirds of that box is completely empty. You’re telling [...]
You Aren’t Your Business
One of the things that I think is important to understand about running a business – and this was re-iterated to me during my week off – is that your business doesn’t define who you are. To me, your core values and beliefs, the relationships you have with others, your experiences, those things define you. [...]
Forum Marketing for E-Commerce
This is a guest post by my business partner Greg. Each owner of Pure Adapt will be writing a post while I’m on vacation. Forum marketing has become an outstanding tool for us to market our website www.detailedimage.com, which is our automotive detailing supplies store. Forums are essentially an online common place where members can [...]
2008 Online Holiday Shopping Season in Review
This is a guest post by my business partner Mike. Each owner of Pure Adapt will be writing a post while I’m on vacation. A brief intro, my name is Michael Li and I’m a long time friend and current business partner with Adam at Pure Adapt, Inc. and I will be guest posting today. [...]
8 Tips to Financial Stability for Small Businesses
This is a guest post by my business partner George. Each owner of Pure Adapt will be writing a post while I’m on vacation. Financing a small business can be very stressful when you are working with limited capital. Not having a solid cash flow can make or a break a company, so properly handling [...]
Vacation Time! Guess Who’s Filling In?
I’ve mentioned a few times that the last real vacation I took was a family trip to Florida back in January of 2005. A few months back we decided that since sales would likely be lowest in January (although we’re doing pretty good so far), we’d all take a vacation that month. Greg was away [...]
13 Ways to Find More Time in ’09
A while back a friend of mine asked me “how do you do it all?” I kind of looked at him perplexed. “All of the websites, your blog, reading books and blogs, getting to the gym on a routine basis, spending time with friends and family, etc.” Not knowing how to reply, I just said [...]
