Raise your hand if you are an introverted business owner like me! The longer I have been in this entrepreneurial space, the more introverts I come across. One of the ways I have been working to beat those introverted tendencies is through coffee chats. This practice is perfect for any business owner – introverted or extroverted.
When I first started hosting coffee chats, I didn’t think they’d have nearly as big of an impact as they ended up having for me. Several people have asked over the past few months about my process and how it has helped my business, so this post will share it all!
A few weeks ago I got an interesting question from a designer going through the 
Your time is valuable. Only 24 hours in a day, right? Factor in work, family time, household tasks, that nighttime yoga class and making dinner on the daily and those hours become even more sparse.
Something I’ve become more and more passionate about over the last two years is making things simple. With two businesses, a podcast, a joint product with another developer, and a little one at home, doing what I do would be impossible if I hadn’t narrowed in on what was important and started to simplify.
I’m sitting in bed in my hotel room during the last hour of my CEO retreat writing this post. It has been such a transformational 36 hours and I’m so glad I made the time and space for myself to do something like this.
When you’re used to being in control of your web design projects, the thought of bringing someone in to take care of a major part can be intimidating. Not to mention all of the horror stories we hear about working with developers. Either the developer disappears part way through a project or the end result isn’t anything like you expected.
There’s nothing quite like starting a fresh web design project. The branding is done (and perfect ;)) and now it’s time to make your client the website of their dreams. The process is great, you have full creative control, and you and your client love the end result.
One of my “fun” personal quirks is that I’m ultra organized and detail-oriented. Those tiny details that most people ignore and look past in any given project? They were probably what I thought of and planned for first. It’s kind of extreme, but it’s totally why being a developer for designers has served me so well.