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Whether to delegate

This post outlines a few gems I wish I’d had learned years ago. One of the things I’m most excited about in my shift to CTO at Crowd Favorite is reducing the cognitive load that managing hiring, HR,...

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Pixel Jar Joins Crowd Favorite

I’m really excited to start working with Brandon and Jeffery; this is a great addition to the Crowd Favorite family. UPDATE: Check out Chris Lema’s post and the announcement on Pixel Jar’s blog. This...

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RAMP v 1.4.4

We’ve pushed out a few new versions of RAMP recently, addressing: v1.4.4 More obvious error messages when media fails to transfer v1.4.3 and v1.4.2 both address issues with backslashes being removed...

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On Selling Crowd Favorite

On Friday Karim and I signed the final papers to bring my Crowd Favorite team together with his VeloMedia team. Whew! I’ve told the story of how I came to build Crowd Favorite countless times. I tell...

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Is WordPress the Right Tool for the Job?

I recently got an email that asked: Do you ever question whether WordPress is the correct CMS for something? I am a big WordPress fan too and I’ve solved some really cool content management challenges...

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Every New Hire Has Three Jobs

At Crowd Favorite we’re getting ready to hire several developers. I’ve been told that our on-boarding process can be stressful, but I’ve also been told that this is the case for most high performing...

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Crowd Favorite is Hiring

We’ve got a ton of great stuff going on at Crowd Favorite right now. We are hiring for front and back end web developers, and we just put out a call for junior developers. While our first preference is...

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Crowd Favorite to acquire Forty, a UX and design agency

I’m super excited that I’ll be working alongside my friend James Archer and his talented team. This is a great next step for Crowd Favorite. This post is part of the thread: Crowd Favorite – an ongoing...

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You can do a business deal anywhere!

Fun coverage of the Crowd Favorite / Forty negotiations . This post is part of the thread: Crowd Favorite – an ongoing story on this site. View the thread timeline for more context on this post. #

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Colorado Mountain College

A pretty cool case study we released last week on creating a WordPress-powered website for Colorado Mountain College. This post is part of the thread: Crowd Favorite – an ongoing story on this site....

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Web App 2.0 Interface for Glassboard

We’ve been working with my friend Justin to create a new web app experience for Glassboard. He’s teasing the new UI – I’m pretty pleased with the design we came up with. We’ll have lots more on this...

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Chris Lema Joins Crowd Favorite

I’m very pleased to welcome my friend Chris Lema as the new CTO of Crowd Favorite (I will be sliding into a Chief Software Architect role). I look forward to working with Chris to make the Crowd...

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On Medical Leave

About a month ago I made the decision to take a medical leave of absence from Crowd Favorite. My goal is for this to be a relatively brief hiatus. I love our team and can’t wait to get back to doing...

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Forty is Hiring a Content Strategist

The great folks at Forty, the design arm of Crowd Favorite, are hiring a content strategist. Ideally they want a local candidate to join them in their office in Tempe, AZ, but they will consider...

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Returning to My Indy Roots

Back in September I went on medical leave at Crowd Favorite. That ended on March 15th and due to a number of reasons, I’m not going to be re-joining the team in my previous capacity. Instead, I will be...

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