-
Hi! I'm André Ribeirinho, an entrepreneur from Lisbon, Portugal. I've co-founded Adegga.com, an online wine community and also the AVIN (an ISBN for Wine). My Startup
Adegga is an online wine community where people can discover new wines through the opinions of other people.
Monthly Archives: August 2003
How to Keep Your Customers Happy
What Customers Really Want is a 4-tip article giving your advice on customer service. 1. Under promise, over deliver 2. Hire the right people. 3. Proactive communication. 4. When you make a mistake, apologize. It’s a small but very useful … Continue reading
Tagged customer service
Leave a comment
Dressing down sends productivity up
Interesting to read that dressing down sends productivity up. An UK survey has found out that dressing down can send productivity high up. 53 per cent said that dressing down was very good for productivity. Who do you want to … Continue reading
Tagged productivity
Leave a comment
Blogstakes
A new weblog marketing tool called is now available. Blogstakes is a new type of contest where there are 2 winners. The usual contest winner and the referer. So there are always two prizes! The site started with two contests. … Continue reading
Tagged e-marketing
Leave a comment
The myth of discoverability
The myth of discoverability is a very nice article which uses real world situations to explain how the Web might work.
Tagged usability
Leave a comment
Users Matter the Most to Ebay
And should matter to you too! According to an article in this week’s Fortune magazine Ebay’s CEO, Meg Whitman, the women behind the largest auction site in the world is doing a hell of a job by investing in the … Continue reading
Tagged e-business
Leave a comment
Making Money From Your Website
Ben Hammersley has written a nice article on how can a website owner make money from it’s popularity or content. It talks about how micropayments are a solution to the selling content problem. How another good choice are blogads or … Continue reading
Tagged e-commerce
Leave a comment
Open Source Ideas
idea a day is a mighty cool site! The site will publish a fresh new idea each day for you own pleasure. The ideas published are even copyright-free. This is Open Source Ideas which you can freely use, distribute or … Continue reading
Tagged open source
Leave a comment
From Market to Fridge with a Mouse Click
The US grocery market is worth $400 million. That’s a lot of cash! Despite early failures new ventures are taking the online market one step further. Specialists estimate that 3% to 6% of grocery shoppers will do it online. We … Continue reading
Tagged e-commerce
1 Comment
Business is about people
I read an article by Dirk Knemeyer that talks about the most important business asset: People. It is really pretty simple: you must understand people to design and brand a successful product. You must understand people to create a healthy … Continue reading
10 (of 20) Tips to Minimize Shopping Cart Abandonment
Bryan Eisenberg writes the first of a 2-part article and gives us some tips on avoiding shopping cart abandonment: 1. How many steps are in your checkout process? 2. Include a progress indicator on each checkout page. 3. Provide a … Continue reading
Tagged e-commerce
Leave a comment
