We’ve launched!!!
The story starts back in 2009 when I met Percy and Andrew while they were trekking in the Unkulunkulu mountains. We talked about how frustrating it was to try and schedule resources using a clunky old…
And the iPad winner is …
Robin Fisher!!! Creative Director at Nerv. Robin was clever and lucky enough to enter his email address on our pre-launch teaser site where we were running a prize draw for all those who spread the word about…
How to increase opted in email subscribers from 44.6% to 75% and other lessons from our teaser
Given that the life of our teaser site is drawing to a close it felt like an appropriate time to write a quick post about a few important lessons it taught us. Lesson 1: How changing…
How we found our developers
This is the first in a series of behind-the-scenes posts about the inner workings here at Resource Guru. We know there are lots of budding entrepreneurs out there who have great ideas for web apps and…
Are you treating your staff like robots?
Do people in your office work from 9am to around 5.30pm with a short break for lunch? They probably work much later than that, but let’s just take that as an example. So, when you’re doing…
When Apple had resource scheduling software
There’s something slightly creepy about this video from Apple – a demo of the Apple Lisa from 1983. But it shows how, even then, there was a need for a resource scheduling tool. http://youtu.be/W35vpsPIwlU …
Solving the resource scheduling problem
What is Resource Guru and why are we building it? If you work in a company that uses a spreadsheet for resource scheduling then you will understand the problem we are trying to solve. Before co-founding…
Video overview of business cloud computing
A quick video overview of cloud computing for business. We’re working hard to bring you fast, simple resource scheduling in the cloud. Stay tuned …
The Buzz Begins
We’ve just been mentioned on Smashing Magazine as having a best-practice viral launch page. We haven’t really started our marketing yet, so this was a nice surprise. The original idea came from a brilliant article on…
Our blog is live!
At last, The Guru has a voice! Watch this space for news and info on the launch of a brand new web app—Resource Guru. We plan to revolutionize the way companies schedule their resources and we…