Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 7:09pm
How Do I Manage Growth at Snowdrop?
Snowdrop is running into a pretty cool problem: too much work. I never really gave much thought to the idea that Snowdrop could eventually have too much work spread over too many projects, but after putting in 98 and 107 hours each of the last two weeks, respectively, I realized it’s time to start managing growth a little better.
To do this I’ll actively try two new things:
- Value My Time A Little More - Colleagues at work always ride me for charging too little, so from now on I will make a better effort to charge for value, not for time. Through this I’ll probably piss off a few more people, but the clients I do take will be much more valuable.
- Ask For Help - If there are several interesting or profitable projects running in parallel, I’ll turn to colleagues, outsourcing websites, and other outlets to offload and share work. I’ve already started to do this and it has worked out well so far.
May will be Snowdrop’s biggest month ever in terms of profit and revenue. Since the beginning of the year, business has grown almost 300%, but to maintain that type of growth we need to be smart about our decisions.
