Connecting stacks, screen recording, maps & territories, go small

A business stack at its finest, would be a collection of apps, linked together and built into a cohesive system. This guy seems to have that nailed down.

He uses Zapier to link applications, collect data, and keep himself organized.

• Zapier tying it all together

• Google Sheets

• Content Snare

• Buffer

• AirTable

For simplicity, I lean towards all-in-ones, (Odoo, Zoho) but do admit you lose the expertise and specialization that comes from apps that were made for their ‘one’ thing.

In which case, if you don’t need a whole suite, taking the best and connecting (however that may look) would be the next ideal thing.

I took it upon myself to assist with the thumbnail game, though, tell me what do you think? Yay or nay? Hit reply and infuse or bruise my ego.

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Cool apps for recording… there are so many right now with AI and podcasts popping off.

Flexclip is a screen share and front camera recording software that makes it easy to record a video for sharing later, where you predominately want to share your screen. I did not test flipping the camera mid-stream.

This comes across as a competitor to Loom, which wins in the ease of use, but Flexclip wins for editing options. The only thing I didn’t like was that the editor seems like it was lagging and the download took forever. Overall though, I would be likely to reuse.

I use Loom to create work instructions for training. And I love how quickly I can click record and go, right from the chrome browser. The editor is ridiculously simple and is great for done over perfect.

Descript would also be more of a competitor for Flexclip. I liked Descript for podcasts, and would likely opt for it over Flexclip, but I am basing this on memory as it has been a couple of months since I used Descript. From memory, the UI/UX seemed a bit better to use and edit with.

I also didn’t get a chance to try all the features of Flexclip, because they didn’t give a trial of all the features, just some of them.

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Like you, I’m growing a business, balancing customer demands, people additions, administration, accounting, and on and on.

Part of that means creating templates, that we can use to delegate tasks and standardize processes.

But that creates new problems - how do you know when it’s time to change the template?

A mantra that has been beat into me is, “make the best decisions we can with the information we have,” and then as new information comes in we adapt.

Adapt or die.

Seems a similar idea as the map isn’t the territory. As a business person, you cannot be complacent with the current process, information or systems.

You need consistent results, you need repeatable processes— you also need to be constantly ready to accept the process doesn’t align anymore.

Another one we hate to recognize— that as a business changes so do what we need of people. Sometimes people fit in the beginning and don’t after awhile.

I have found that’s ok, and sometimes while it hurts to acknowledge— everyone is happier when the right people are in the right places.

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Small businesses can be fascinating. You can do things the big guys can’t.

Big business and public companies have shareholders 🙄, people who want answers.

Small means agility, velocity, and creativity.

Working for a small business gives you the chance to have authority, and responsibility that a large company wants a MBA for.

I have no “formal” education, but have been running a production facility, building financial reporting packages, and even doing inventory audits for over 5 years.

Go small it’s way more fun.