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November 8, 2010
Beowulf Farms, Using iPhones to Track Time In the Field
Beowulf Farm trains and breeds horse in British Columbia, and co-owners Eric Denhoff and Karin MacMillan wrote us to let us know that since the industry standard equestrian billing software available was not up to snuff for them, they were using...
August 12, 2010
Streets United: Turning Extreme Pogo Stick Freestyling into a Viable Business
Like many good ideas, Streets United began as an inspiration over a few beers. It has grown into a business that is a resource base for street sports, music, art, entertainment, and community programs. We got to talk with the Streets United crew...
July 21, 2010
Coming Soon: Manage Retainers in Harvest
We have heard from many customers who need to track retainers in Harvest. You can invoice for a retainer today in Harvest – say, you invoice a client for $5,000. That works, but there’s no easy way to invoice the hours you worked, and draw from that...
June 29, 2010
La Grande Life: Revitalizing a Town by Sharing Resources
La Grande is a small rural community in Eastern Oregon struggling with city and state funding, school programs that are are getting cut, and a downtown that has been ghostly for years. We got to chat with Chris and Mike, the engine behind La Grande...
April 9, 2010
WPA-2010: Bringing Back Civic Participation
Our latest New Founders, WPA-2010, have looked back to the Depression era to make their own New Deal with the American public. They are bringing back the WPA (Work Projects Administration) “because the government hasn’t,” and are opening two WPA...
October 8, 2009
An Interview with Betahaus: A Platform for Crazy Ideas
betahaus is embracing the new wave of free agents looking to work outside the box, which landed them a spot as the latest addition to our New Founders Program. They have opened a coworking office/café/meeting space in Berlin just four months ago,...
July 7, 2009
Scheduled Maintenance: Thursday July 9, 4-5 AM EDT
We will be making an infrastructure upgrade this Thursday, between 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM EDT (what time is it for you?). During this time, Co-op, our team collaboration service, will be briefly unavailable while Harvest will continue to be accessible to...
February 3, 2009
Harvest New Founders Interview: OpenFundraising
James Briggs and Tim Longfoot are the minds behind Open Fundraising. Inspired by recent successful fund raising campaigns conducted online, Open Fundraising is bringing good causes from around the world to the web to get the word out. They are...
December 11, 2008
New Founders Interview: Dr. Peter Morse
Dr. Peter Morse is a science-communicator, videographer, researcher and hi-tech visualization man who has made a career bringing unseen corners of the Earth to life on planetarium and video screens across the world. Peter has successfully made the...Start tracking time today
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