Get to the Top with Teamwork

Last month, Sean Ellis did an interview with Andrew Warner of Mixergy discussing marketing, startups, and entrepreneurship. As somebody who was recently turned onto Sean’s blog by Sean Craft’s post, Focus on the Love, I was listening intently. What was the one item I took from the interview more than anything else? Teamwork.

As Sean Ellis mentions in his recap of the interview, there is obviously a lot more than a “secret weapon” or “pure luck” that helps a company succeed. You can’t simply build a valuable product for your users and then stand pat.

Your product & development team must capitalize on the user’s needs for your product and listen to what they are saying to continuously enhance your product, such as with the Google Apps Integration. The marketing team must continue the momentum with customer acquisition based on what has and has not worked; they need to remain analytical instead of gut feelings and speculation. Everybody must collaborate together to get to the next level and continue doing so until you get to the top of the mountain.

Evolve. Grow. Succeed.

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What do you think it takes for a small business or startup to succeed? What have you found works or does not work in some of your past work?

What new features would you like to see on Mavenlink? As always, feel free to comment below or contact us directly at info@mavenlink.com.

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Riding a Bigger and Better Wave

"I got a fever and the only prescription is more Mavenlink.” - Christopher Walken

Okay, maybe that’s not exactly what Mr. Walken declared in his much loved SNL skit, but Mavenlink is the cure for the many wondering what to do after Google’s surprising announcement. Last week, Google made headlines by suspending Google Wave until at least 2011, which left people scrambling on cloud project collaboration. There’s no need to fear, Mavenlink is here!

The top features of Google Wave were: Blank Waves, Real Time Discussion, Task Tracking, and Shared Attachments. Mavenlink has all those features, but we just have slightly different names: Project Workspace, Real Time Messaging, Project Tracker, and Attach Files. As you can and will see, Mavenlink covers everything, plus much more.

Mavenlink is a real time, shared space in the cloud where people can collaborate on all types of projects or activities. Whether you are a small business owner, professor at a university, or busy scheduling charity events with your friends and family, you can efficiently manage all of those projects here. Message the whole group or specific individuals and attach files, pictures, and links and link them to specific tasks.

For all of you Google users, Mavenlink is fully integrated with Google Apps so all of your Google Contacts,Google Documents, and Google Calendar can be accessed and shared seamlessly. Also, just like in Google Wave and their Conversation Playback, you can keep track of different conversations in one place and once somebody is invited into a Workspace, they will be able to catch up on everything that has happened to date.

What are some features that Mavenlink offers that Google Wave didn’t? Glad you asked. We offerScheduling, Budget, and Payment options with PayPal integration and security preferences. We have in-depth Time Tracking and Billing that can be linked to activities in the Project Tracker. On top of that, the messages and attachments you link to each activities in the Project Tracker can be managed by our simple Filter function.

We continue to make improvements to Mavenlink everyday. With invoices, expense tracking, and private label about to be released, we are working hard to make your life easier and accelerate your productivity in our secure project collaboration cloud tool.

Come join us now! You won’t have to worry about this wave crashing. We are here to ride the whole thing out with you.

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Did you use Google Wave? If so, have you switched to Mavenlink for your project collaboration? If you have any questions or want to know more on how to use Mavenilnk, please comment below or email us at info@mavenlink.com. We will get back to you quickly. We promise!

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for one entry in the drawing for your FREE iPad from your friends at Mavenlink. If you already “Like” our Fanpage, you automatically have one entry.  For every person you refer that “Likes” our Fanpage, you will be awarded another entry. For instance, when you “Like” us and you refer 20 friends that “Like” us, you will be awarded 21 entries to win your free iPad.

 

Winner announced on September 1st.

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