Kula Blog

January 2012

Starting a business: My talk from Podcamp Halifax 2012

By Jeff White: Jan 27, 2012

Filed Under: Business, Education, Jeff

I’ve had the pleasure of giving a talk at each of the Podcamp Halifax events since it was begun four years ago by Craig Moore, Ryan Deschamps and Jon McGinley. I thoroughly enjoy the event. It’s well organized, and the excitement and interest is infectious.

Since I get to give a ton of talks for my business that usually have something to do with the web, design, social media or the like, I like to give presentations on subjects I don’t normally get to talk about. Last year I discussed saving the oval mixed with typographic trivia and this year I spoke on how to start and run a business. There isn’t really time or space enough to recap the entire talk here, but I thought I’d share some of the major points.  Read More »

Eight years.

By Jeff White: Jan 05, 2012

Filed Under: Jeff

Three years ago on this day, I wrote this post: Five years ago today, my life changed forever.

If you want to know how I started this business originally, have a read of that post. The basic gist of it is this: my oldest child was born on this day in 2004. The company I was working for (who had attempted to recruit me for most of a year) laid me (and the rest of the department) off one week later. I vowed to never be an employee again and here we are eight years later, and I seem to have kept that resolution. Read More »