Episode 12 - A Conversation with the AppendTo cofounders
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Project Idealism
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In this episode I interview Jonathan Sharp and Mike Hostetler of appendTo, a JQuery development shop that was founded by the two in 2009.
They took the time to talk about the growth of their organization, how they go about getting clients, being a small business that works with big clients, and the point at which they turn business down.
We also talked quite a bit about pricing, managing teams that are geographically dispersed, and the benefits and challenges that come with working from home or in a small office.
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