Posts Tagged: Capesquared

Capesquared / Qurly — No Comments
20
Aug 10

Capesquared in the News

Even though we only got a one line mention, it’s still worth posting this link to the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Capesquared: The Web services company focuses on Web design.

We also got a stealth mention for our new product:

Qurly: This business developed an online engine that allows people to shorten and share multiple weblinks.

Even though Qurly is technically the flagship product of Capesquared, we’re glad to have the word getting out.

If you haven’t tried Qurly for yourself yet, hop on over to http://qur.ly and shorten up a bunch of links.

Capesquared / Upstart — 2 Comments
5
Aug 10

The Value of Community or Power Through Distribution

Capesquared has had a busy summer working in the Syracuse Technology Garden’s Student Sandbox. Two-thirds of the Capesquared team has also relocated to California this summer, one to Los Angeles and one to San Francisco; both to take on full-time positions and bask in the sun on the Golden Coast. Also, the basking part is complete BS – it’s never sunny in San Francisco.

What we’ve learned though this process, however, is that the value of being able to connect to others who are in a similar position is huge. For us, this means meeting up with other entrepreneurs who are driven by the idea that they might be able to make the world a better place through their work. There is some strange exchange of energy that seems to happen when you get these type of people together in a room. It can be seen at events all across the world, including Austin, Texas‘ SXSW, at technology incubators like the Student Sandbox, YCombinator, or TechStars, and in the basements, garages, and backrooms where many of these ventures begin.

In that vein, Capesquared is actively pursuing a larger, more engaged (and engaging) entrepreneurial community. Stay tuned to this space to learn more about this project, and to become a part of it. We will be seeking active, bootstrapped, and profitable participants in the not-too-distant future to pool resources, talents, and abilities with the goal of making our world, and each other, better.

Onward, together.

-Capesquared

Capesquared — No Comments
1
Jul 10

[Fiscal] Year In Review

As July dawns, and the days of summer truly begin, Capesquared is proud to celebrate a great 2009 Fiscal Year.

We completed the year by closing contracts with two clients, both located in Central New York. We hope that our work will help them enhance their web presence and provide their users and customers with a consistent place to get pertinent and accurate information.

We are also very thankful to have been offered a spot in the Tech Garden’s Student Sandbox. We are enjoying our time there this summer, finding it to be quite a productive place, and enjoying the interaction with the other companies in the Sandbox.

We have spent time this summer working on several projects – some of which will yield products and some of which will help us refine our own processes:

  1. Working Distributed. This summer has presented us with the challenge of continuing to move forward with our projects when our partners are located in different cities. In addition, schedules have been less than regular, and travel has consumed more of our time than we’d have liked. But, despite these potential setbacks, we have been able to forge ahead by learning new ways in which we can distribute and manage our own internal work processes.
  2. Human Conversations. While we can’t quite spill the beans yet, we are very close to launching the first instance of a tool that will let people have more meaningful, richer conversations with their trusted communities. Our new product will expand the conversation from a singular content addition to an infinite number of content additions – allowing for contrast, comparison, and other human-generated groupings. By allowing humans to group this content together in the course of their own conversations, this product will yield a distilled, concentrated, and human-verified version of what today’s popular search algorithms. This service will be free to use, and we are hoping to launch by the end of August, 2010.
  3. Work/Life Balance. It’s great, of course, to be able to devote some extra time over the summer to the various Capesquared projects that we’re involved in, but it’s also important to realize that the work/life balance that we all seek can be hard to achieve consistently. All three of the Capesquared partners have spent considerable time this summer with their families, in transition, and spending time with those they care about.

We are going to work through the summer, keeping up our momentum, and push hard through August. We are also looking forward to attacking a new set of problems, clients, and projects in the Fall.

Calendar year 2010, though half-over, has been great for Capesquared so far. Here’s to a strong second half, and a great start on FY 2010.

Capesquared — No Comments
3
Mar 10

New Math: Business + Blog = ?

Inc. Magazine has a blog post about the challenges that companies face when trying to use a blog to promote themselves.  The short version: it doesn’t work.

At Capesquared, we’ve read the article, and we agree.  That’s why we’re going to continue the roll out of the Capesquared blog, but with a conscious focus about relevant content.

What would relevant content be?  Well, things that we’re about, but also things that you’re about.  We’re interested in technology and how technology works, but we’re also in how technology changes the way you work.  So, we might post an article about Work and the iGeneration.

We’re interested in design, both aesthetically pleasing and functional.  So, we might post an article about some really cool letter press business cards.

We’re interested in human-driven solutions, collaboration, and innovation.  So, we might post an article about WorldChanging.com – and how we don’t always agree with this approach.

Finally, we’ll talk about projects that we’re involved with – and there are a bunch in the pipeline.

In short, we envision this space to be a place where interesting topics are discussed, where conversations are generated, and where our work, interests, and clients can intersect.

Please keep an eye on this space.  As the blog, and the business, continue to grow, it’s going to be a great ride.  We’d love to have you be a part of it.