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Ade in Business
http://www.adeolonoh.com
Chronicling the journey of Ade Olonoh, who founded Recursive Function, an Indianapolis, Indiana web-based software development company.
Recent Posts
Finding the “Right” Idea
Photo by programwitch It’s to figure out whether your idea for a startup is the “right” one. If you’re on the verge of starting a business, chances are you’re starting with a few (or dozens of) viable ideas, and w...
You’re not 37signals
Last week 37signals launched Haystack, a directory for finding web designers. I don’t have a strong opinion about the site itself one way or the other, but upon it’s launch I couldn’t get this thought out of my mind: 37signals cou...
Freemium
The Town of Fishers has evidently been paying attention to the freemium model: Sign up now for a completely free stop sign in your residential neighborhood. If you would like to upgrade to the rolling stops package you can do so for only $155 per ...
Go Shake Some Hands
Photo by johnjoh When I started my first business in 2000, we didn’t have new-fangled tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to make connections with potential clients and partners. We had to go to Chamber of Commerce networking events...
Indianapolis Needs More Critics
I saw a handful of negative comments toward FormSpring pop up on Twitter last Friday from a critic. I was a bit startled at first, but welcomed the dialogue and was glad we had the opportunity to respond publicly. Even though I ultimately think mos...
Is Business Success a Coin Flip?
Jason Cohen recently wrote a great post about Survivor Bias, the tendency to focus on learning only from successful companies. I think much of what he says is on the money, but I couldn’t help but question the comparison of repeated business...

