Three years ago this month I started Dev to Agency... whoa, that's a long time. Originally this was a place for me to decompress... to work through my thoughts and feelings after selling my agency (while taking 12 months off to travel Australia). But I slowly realised I enjoyed sharing
The world has changed. AI is no longer a futuristic concept confined to science fiction movies, it's here, it's powerful, it's accessible, and improving by leaps-and-bounds every month (or day?) In 2024, millions of businesses - small, medium, and large - will be turning to their software development providers for
If you want more clients for your dev agency or freelancing business, then I wrote a book for you - it's called Client Bytes - Dev Agency and Freelancer Sales. My good friend Nat [https://twitter.com/natmiletic] (who runs a very successful dev agency in Calgary) co-authored the book
Clarence Ho is the director and founder of Atlasopen, a software development company based in Melbourne, Australia - and he's been an entrepreneur for a long time. I've been friends with Clarence for quite a few years, as we used to work out of the same co-working space. He's a
There are a million things you need to focus on in an agency, and recently I wrote an article about wearing many hats [https://www.devtoagency.com/wearing-many-hats/] around how learning to do lots of things is a superpower in your agency. This is because it’s what worked for
The world has changed, AI is easier to integrate today than ever before - and Dev agencies have a big opportunity.
As an agency owner, one of the biggest challenges is having to juggle multiple tasks and responsibilities - wearing many hats. Unlike larger companies with specialized departments, as a small business owner, you are responsible for everything from development, sales and marketing, accounting, and customer service - you have to
Parkinson's Law tells us that “work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion” - meaning the more time you have the more time things take. And the origin story is about a woman who had to send a postcard. For many people, that may be a 3-minute task.
Writing an article on the internet about burnout feels a bit like writing about “how to wake up early”, or “eat better and feel great!” - it feels clickbaity and it’s all been said. Am I really that hard-pressed for content? But the truth is, burnout’s a bitch…
Nat Miletic is the founder of Clio Websites, a web development agency that's been running for over 15 years.
Unfortunately, not all clients are easy to work with. Some may be overly demanding, always negative always blaming you - or even disrespectful or abusive. Often times these are also the clients that are always asking for discounts or penny pinchers - and the ones you have to chase up
Without boundaries, you don’t have a clear cutoff point of what you’re willing to do, and what you’re not willing to do. Whilst this may be ok at the beginning of your business, in the long term knowing exactly where your boundaries are, and communicating these to