Skillfully Doing Business

New Ninjas believe in doing work that is meaningful.
We believe that small business is important.
We believe that running a business can be fun.
We build the tools that help small businesses grow.

Shhh, there’s loads of work being done here

05
Dec
When last I wrote, I mentioned that we were working on something and we'd have a Gabbo up soon.  Unfortunately we haven't delivered that Gabbo, but instead we've been hard at work on the actual product. We've decided to push ourselves to launch the actual product ASAP and start doing A/B testing and some marketing tests as soon as we can. We're not quite ready to tell you exactly WHAT we're...
Posted by: Brian | Date: 05 Dec 2011 | General | 0 Comment | 


We’re back (with assets)!

23
Oct
The New Ninjas took the summer off, but we got back together to start working on some of our plans for world domination projects which will propel the business to the next step. The group has new digs, in the basement of Ninja Dave's house, and in true start-up style we're working off foam floor tiles, some inexpensive chairs from the Rona clearance section, some collapsable 6 foot tables, and some...
Posted by: Brian | Date: 23 Oct 2011 | Ninja Stuff | 0 Comment | 


Please Just Talk to People

12
Jun
Its amazing how everyone knows communication is important but yet when it comes to actually communicating they are not good communicators at all. What is worse than not communication is the crutch people use to not communicate. I call this crutch “Process”. IE creating a system where people don’t need to communicate as everything is written down and managed; all the variables are known…...
Posted by: Matt | Date: 12 Jun 2011 | General | 0 Comment | 


It’s very quiet in here

29
May
If you're a regular follower of the New Ninjas you'll notice that we've been pretty quiet lately.  May was a big month in terms of us figuring things out, but a quiet month in terms of new updates. Don't worry.  You will know what crazy shenanigans we're up to shortly. (ooooh, ominous)
Posted by: Brian | Date: 29 May 2011 | Ninja Stuff | 0 Comment | 


Know Your Hedgehog

13
May
Jim Collins in his amazing book "Good to Great", talks about the Hedgehog concept, which is the core of your business. If you understand your hedgehog concept, and stick to it with devotion, your company can become great. Collins uses the parable of the clever devious fox and the simple hedgehog. The fox keeps coming up with new ideas to eat the hedgehog, but the hedgehog beats him by employing...
Posted by: Brian | Date: 13 May 2011 | Business | 0 Comment |