It’s been a crazy few months, not least because we’ve been busy retooling our services, bringing on new clients, in addition to working with the clients we currently have. We faced some setbacks in 2012, not the least of which was a partnership that turned out to be not-so-beneficial to us, so we’re reviewing what [...]
Welcome to the new Blue Volcano Media!
January 24, 2013 By
Hard to believe, but we just celebrated our 3rd (!!!) anniversary on January 1st, 2013. I never would have imagined that BVM would last this long — not because I had no faith in myself or my business model or clients, but rather because, given the challenges of launching any business in any industry, especially [...]
Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Effective Time Management Strategies for Entrepreneurs
July 20, 2012 By
Small business owners and entrepreneurs get so little respect. Sure, politicians pander to us and some of my favorite magazines are devoted exclusively to our needs, But unless they’ve been through the small business fire themselves, few people really understand the pressures and pains that come part and parcel with small business ownership. Time management [...]
Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Sometimes Bigger is Not Necessarily Better
July 13, 2012 By
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that entrepreneurship can be a real bitch. Fun, yes, but really, really painful at times, too. Blue Volcano Media has gone through a whirlwind of changes the past few months — some good, some not so good, all eye-opening. We’ve grown faster than I ever imagined we would, brought on [...]
5 Open Source Solutions for Entrepreneurs Part II
March 16, 2011 By
As discussed in Part I of this series, you simply can’t beat open source for your business’ computing needs. Since open source is free, it will save you money right from the beginning, and using an open source operating system like Linux will give you not only fast and efficient computing capability, but your computer [...]
5 Open Source Solutions for Entrepreneurs Part I
March 14, 2011 By
If you’re a new business owner and you’re looking to bootstrap your startup, you might want to look into open source for your computing needs. Open source refers to operating systems and software for which the source code is publicly available for free. Open source is developed by a wide community of people, not for [...]