If we took the money...(Wes)
Wes tells a funny story about a conversation with an investor.
Dec 05, 2017•5 min
Wil and Wes and the Schedulefly Journey
Wil and Wes (owners at Schedulefly) talk about all kinds of things related to Schedulefly and our journey running a software company (with Charles, Hank and Tyler) just the way we want to run it.
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The hay is out back, 1st bail is free (Wil)
Wil tells a funny camp fire story about Schedulefly and they way we do business.
Dec 05, 2017•5 min
Old school (Wes)
Wes talks about being old school and focusing on stuff that does not go out of style.
Nov 26, 2017•4 min
When an experience turns into a commodity (Wil)
Wil talks about a restaurant he once loved that made some small, seemingly insignificant, changes that actually hurt the customer experience.
Nov 21, 2017•7 min
Mattering (Wes)
Wes talks about mattering and the life long journey of figuring out what really matters.
Nov 21, 2017•8 min
Hundreds of new features (Wes)
Wes talks more about competing on features and the race to a big slow mess.
Nov 13, 2017•8 min
Just because we can, doesn't mean we should - part II (Wil)
Wil talks more about things we could do but don't and why...
Nov 12, 2017•7 min
Fishing with a VC (Wes)
Wes walks through a hypothetical idea from an investor to make Schedulefly successful.
Nov 08, 2017•8 min
Danny Meyer and the little things (Wil)
Wil talks about restaurateur Danny Meyer and his approach to hospitality and a call Wil received from someone on his team.
Nov 08, 2017•6 min
What I learned waiting tables (Wes)
Wes talks about the things being a server taught him about life and business.
Nov 06, 2017•7 min
Reliving the movie Airplane when ordering stationery (Wil)
Wil talks about a humorous, frustrating experience when re-ordering Schedulefly stationery.
Nov 06, 2017•6 min
A future we never wanted (Wes)
Like Dr. Emmett Brown said best - tiny decisions and interactions made now can have drastic effects on the future. Wes talks about an opportunity that could have erased the future as we know it.
Nov 03, 2017•9 min
A constant in a world of change (Wil)
Wil talks about how frequent changes in technology and products can be dreaded by customers who are looking for products and services they can rely on. Useful ones that don't keep changing.
Nov 03, 2017•3 min
Taking pride in polishing a glass (Wil)
Wil talks about a conversation he had with Van Nolintha - the owner of 2 very successful restaurants.
Oct 18, 2017•6 min
Never leave fish to find fish (Wes)
Wes talks about a lesson that's been learned over and over again - leaving fish to find bigger fish. It rarely ever works.
Oct 18, 2017•6 min
Technology doesn't make a restaurant successful (Wil)
Wil talks about what makes a great independent restaurant successful - and it's not technology.
Oct 13, 2017•4 min
When breaking up is easy to do (Wes)
Wes talks about a customer that we lost due to them needing more from their scheduling software. Rather than add more software to try and grow with them - we congratulate them and send them on their way - so we can stay focused on the right places
Oct 13, 2017•9 min
We're not for everybody, and that's okay (Wil)
Wil talks about our philosophy on not being here to serve all types of restaurants and why.
Oct 07, 2017•5 min
The sales person wins, the company loses (Wil)
Wil talks about sales people and their incentive to bring on new business. In some cases, aggressive sales can actually back fire and tarnish the company's brand.
Oct 03, 2017•11 min
Timing is everything (Wes)
Wes talks about the the teeny tiny chance that mentioning Schedulefly to a restaurant owner would actually coincide with it being an important problem she is looking to solve. So rather than bother people, we let them find us - when the time is right for them.
Sep 30, 2017•9 min
Just because we can, doesn't mean we should (Wes)
Wes talks about features and settings and things that could be added to our software and why we typically leave them out.
Sep 19, 2017•9 min
We'd be honored, if you would join us (Wil)
Haha - that's what Darth Vader said to Han Solo, Chewbacca and Princess Leia when they surprisingly walked into a room where he sat - in the movie Empire Strikes Back. Will tells the story of a gentleman who surprised him just the same.
Sep 19, 2017•13 min
The perfect customer (Wil)
Wil talks about our focus on the perfect customer and how we are building a sub culture - or community - of like minded customers. The cool thing is many of them are very similar to us.
Sep 14, 2017•11 min
Being an admirable company (Wes)
Wes talks about doing less and resisting the urge to write more software, add more products and hire more people. Doing so helps Schedulefly stand out from the pack and even causes some to admire how we run our business.
Sep 14, 2017•12 min
K.I.S.S (Wil)
Wil talks about keeping things simple and while most people and companies would like to - it's really tough to do so - especially once success has begun to happen.
Sep 07, 2017•8 min
What's your exit strategy?
Wil talks about the topic of having an exit strategy for your business. Should you have one? Maybe. Maybe not. I guess it depends on what makes you happy.
Sep 06, 2017•4 min
Golfing with a VC (Wes)
This is the story of randomly being paired up with another golfer who happened to be a VC that's invested money in one of our competitors. He was actually a great guy.
Sep 05, 2017•11 min
What would you do with $1,000,000? (Wil)
Wil tells the story of a VC who asked us - shortly after we got started - what we would do with a $1M investment. The answer is great.
Aug 31, 2017•8 min
Ignoring your competition (Wes)
Wes talks about how we are raised and taught to compare ourselves (as chlidren and as adults) to other people and also to other businesses. Worrying about other people and what they are doing and to competition is such a huge waste of time and will likely just send you down a unhappy path to a place you never intended to go. It causes decisions to made purely out of fear that end up making you just like everyone else.
Aug 31, 2017•7 min
Keep making fries (Wil)
Wil tells a story about a company that wanted to purchase Schedulefly and claimed they could easily build a product like ours and compete with us if we didn't sell. We knew better, and he talks about why.
Aug 30, 2017•7 min
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