Big Dave’s Blog

I’ve been a little lax lately with posts, but there is a good reason. Yesterday afternoon, Inquisix launched Private Beta. It’s been a very busy few months building the site and getting everything rolling. Being a very early startup, we operate without a lot of resources, but that makes it fun. There is nothing like…

Chris Herot’s post on Zingdom Communications, formally Convoq, closing its doors recently is a must read for anyone in a startup. While the news is bad, the lessons learned should be posted on every wall. The same mistakes get made too often – especially iterating in the conference room instead of the marketplace. Don’t ever…

If you are a software developer or manager of a software development team, how many times have you heard something like “This is cool, we should do it!”? Whenever I hear that, I get nervous. Don’t get me wrong, cool stuff is, well, cool, but that doesn’t mean it is valuable to the customer. Remember…

I’ve been a little busy for the last few months. As I hinted at a couple of times, I’ve been working on a new venture. Well, that venture is starting to get more public. My partner and I have been working on Inquisix. Inquisix is a site designed for sales people to help them meet…

Why does it seem so hard to manage engineers, especially software engineers? In my years, I’ve seen a lot of unproductive situations. I’ve worked for and with some amazing people. I’ve also had the pleasure and privilege of managing some of the finest engineers. In general, I found the secret to managing a development team…