How do you convince clients to trust you with their valuable and much-loved product? In my experience, the best way to sell work to clients is to apply user-centered design not only to the work we produce, but also to the clients who commission that work.

How do you convince clients to trust you with their valuable and much-loved product? In my experience, the best way to sell work to clients is to apply user-centered design not only to the work we produce, but also to the clients who commission that work.

During recessions or economic downswings, businesses are more likely to cut costs than convince customers, who are also looking for ways to save money, to spend more. It’s a good opportunity to make owners think outside the box – and outside their company – to find financial answers to their current problems. If a new product or service won’t help grow your company, then finding ways to cut costs just [...]

Samsung may be working on a smart watch to complement its Galaxy line of phones, according to screenshots found by Slashgear Thursday. The watch, allegedly named the Galaxy Altius, runs an OS titled “AltiusOS beta2,” so though it follows the Galaxy path, it’s unclear whether the watch will be part of the Android family.

For decades, Mercedes-Benz and BMW have made rear-wheel drive central to their definitions of performance and luxury, even as the rest of the industry embraced front-wheel drive long ago. But both German marques, among the last holdouts, are about to cave.

For many an entrepreneur, the hardest part is finding that one killer idea to monetize. Fortunately, you don’t have to. Just buy a franchise, since it’s an already proven business model that someone else took the time to develop and perfect. You don’t have to create a product line, set pricing or devise any of the other standards required to maintain uniformity from one location to the next. All you [...]