November 2011
1 post
The Hustler's Manifesto
Four years ago, I began my journey of learning all about the Software Craftsmanship/Agile movements. Let me be clear about exactly what I mean when I refer to the craftsmanship/agile movement. I’m referring to the concepts of Test Driven Development, Iteration, Pivotal Tracker, Retrospectives, etc. which, at least in the Ruby community, are basically tenets. So it came as somewhat of a shock to...
October 2011
1 post
People Paid Us $10,000 Last Week To Learn How To...
We had a few key experiences with Niroka so far. In order to jumpstart our growth, we approached AppSumo and worked out a deal to have them promote our first class. Within 24 hours, we signed up 202 people and sold $10,000 of digital classroom time. So was it as easy as we made it sound? You’re reading a blog post about how we miraculously just created this web site, and instantly made...