I made an interesting discovery recently while spelunking in our time tracking system. The distribution of sick time, over all the people we’ve ever employed,
I made an interesting discovery recently while spelunking in our time tracking system. The distribution of sick time, over all the people we’ve ever employed,
Atomic Object launched a new website back in November. While I believe the end result is very good, the time and effort it required surprised
I’ve always believed that innovation comes from people who care. When you care about your profession, your clients, your peers, and your company, you’re never
A company can’t reach the milestone of celebrating its 100-year anniversary unless it can out-live its founder. In fact, it can’t even get to the
My company is 13 years old this month. We’ve reached the average age of US corporations. We’ve succeeded in replacing me — our Grand Rapids
Keeping up with the 150 or so emails I get every day is a challenge, one that I fail at quite regularly. Happily, I’ve recently
When I started Atomic Object with my co-founder in 2001, I followed my instincts and engineering training, as I had no formal business education and
I’ve lately come to appreciate what people at Atomic Object call the “worry gene”, especially in the people I work with. Pushing the genetic metaphor
Can a company really be anything like a family? Is drawing the comparison naive, or a selfish attempt at employee manipulation by a cynical CEO?
Editor’s Note: Since this post’s publication, Atomic has continuously refined its approach to determining a valuation. Here’s a more recent post on the topic from