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• Recording notes from yesterday. Lots of numbers and business talks yesterday. • Reviewing video footage from yesterday. I watched the last 20 minutes of the packaging GoToMeeting section (start at 1:38-1:58). It has a great dialog on how our model has changed, grown, and how we are positioned to really move into the different markets. Kind of fun. The last five minutes talked about some pieces that make adilas unique (1:54-1:58). • Tech support calls and fixing a small bug with the teacher/student interface. • On the phone with a developer going over business plans and decisions. He wants to get things under control very soon and quickly. I hope that everything goes well with some of the transitions that are needed. • Went in to Logan to work with my guys. • A developer and I went on a walk around the block. We chatted about sales, numbers, and shop dynamics. There are some concerns with decisions and management stuff. Normal HR (human resources) stuff between people and personalities. • Met with a guy today who is a technology consultant that works with another friend who I’ve been chatting with. We met and talked about options and what adilas could bring the table. I used the interactive map flyer and the GPS core layout flyer to explain what we can do. Those graphics really help to explain the concepts of 3D world building and the data assembly line concepts. Those pieces are part of the story or why we do what we do. • After he left, we had our normal morning stand-up meeting. As part of the meeting a developer presented some of his plan. It was received with mixed reviews. We all talked about some options and what we want to do. Lots of emotions and different people somewhat jockeying for positions. Basically, debts are high, funds are low, and spirits are somewhere in between. Things aren’t super bad but finances and money are definitely tight. I’m hoping and praying for a miracle. • There is a lot of potential but it is hard to convert raw potential into raw money, capital, and cash flow. If we got paid for all of our outstanding invoices we would be okay. However, our receivables are kind of slow and our payables are mounting daily. Anyway, I didn’t see how the meeting ended. I had to leave and go get a Boy Scout physical for Scout camp next week. When I came back to work, everybody was busy working. • Around 1:30pm a client came by to our shop for an appointment. We met and talked for a good 45 minutes to an hour before his partner came to participate in a group brainstorming session. We all had fun and used up the whole whiteboard (wall) going over a two-deep affiliate program. We talked needs, listed out ideas, options, goals, rules, and various dreams. • There was good dialogue between the group of us there. Lots of drawing, sketching, and consulting going on. My sister took some notes of the session. There was also lots of good learning going on. Both of the partners have been involved with numerous businesses over the years. They are both quite seasoned and are a wealth of knowledge. • See entries back from 12/4/10 for some notes that I took while watching one of the partners do a foam clothing class (cold weather survival stuff). Some of the concepts and principles that I learned from him have played a huge part of what adilas has become. Concepts such as systems, acquisition of knowledge, function over fashion, they why and how that is developed over time, etc. Great stuff and very pivotal both now and especially back then. • Just for fun, I looked up my notes that I did back in December of 2010 and showed them to him from inside the adilas developer’s notebook application (elements of time). That was kind of fun. • After those guys left, I worked with numerous different developers on their different projects. Crazy day! Fun, long, emotionally charged, and a lot of learning and applying concepts. Good stuff! 30 miles. • Spent the evening defining multiple different developer pay models. I created an hourly system, titles, qualifications, add-ons, prices and costs, and other options. There are developer models for training, interns, developers, trainers, leads, independents, 3rd part solutions, and custom or open models. Lots of options • Anyway, I created a spreadsheet for the different models and what each one gets, requires, and may or may not need/use. Lots of different options. Trying to create a hybrid solution of sorts. I sent out an email to Steve, the project manager, and developers and asked for their feedback. |