Month: January 2016

How else could you spend those hundreds of hours and that $15,000?

About this time in 2009, we began planning to exhibit at the annual National Restaurant Association trade show in Chicago. We paid to rent a booth, began the process of designing a backdrop and our collateral, and started the 5-month process of getting ready for the show. Fast forward to early June, and we had […]

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We’d split it 3 ways and keep doing what we do

This morning I am sitting in the kitchen typing this post while my two boys are running around the house like crazy people listening to the song Happy by Pharrell Williams – at volume 10. I started thinking about how happy we actually are and how happy I am about Schedulefly and what it has […]

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Build a brand your customers want to be a part of

Yesterday I ate some of the best pulled pork BBQ I’ve ever had, at Buxton Hall in Asheville, NC. I’ve been eating BBQ since I was old enough to eat solid food, and this is as good as it gets. As I was enjoying some delicious banana pudding after my meal, I talked to owner […]

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Just do what works

In 8th grade my basketball coach was constantly correcting me because I didn’t have the correct form when I shot the ball. I’m right handed, and my right elbow bowed out to the right side when I shot. He told me it should be directly below my hand. He showed me several examples of college […]

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Why we aren’t slaves to growth

A couple of years ago a CEO of another company called (we’ll call him John) and said he’d like to partner with us. He told me his company has 20,000 restaurant customers and he said he could get us connected with them and help us get from the 4,000 customers we had at the time […]

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Here’s our new video "The Barista"

We took last year off of making videos, but we’re back it in 2016 and we’re stoked as heck to present “The Barista.” Enjoy… https://player.vimeo.com/video/150449974(If you’re viewing this in an email and don’t see the video, hit this link. We’ve got a few more vids planned this year. If you like this, here’s our “people […]

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Top 10 things we did not do in 2015

Last day of 2015! What a great year for our company. I wanted to thank the almost 1,800 new restaurants that started subscribing to Schedulefly in 2015. Wow! We truly appreciate you choosing us to help make life just a little easier at your restaurants. 2016 will be our 9th year as a company and […]

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