Mandell Enterprises

Chat Roulette

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:26:58 +0000

Perhaps I am behind the internet by a few weeks, but Chat Roulette entered my life. There is a certain amount of trepidation with which I approach this technology. When I approach a stranger in real life, there is an acknowledgment and a nonverbal communication that cannot be replicated online.

This coupled with the astoundingly fast speed this technology found the lowest common denominator is quite a marvel.

chat roulette from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.

What is your take on this?

Marketing Ideas

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:05:46 +0000

One of my main focuses and mindshare over the past few weeks has been working on an integrated marketing strategy. While moving around the tubes, I found the video below.

Some of the ideas are not tied to a product, but it is a great example of thinking differently and has my creativity on an upswing. I hope it does the same for you.

Note: There is a soundtrack.

FatFree CRM & QuickBooks

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:59:41 +0000

Having been in the internet works and transacted well over 100,000 transactions, I have found a big problem with online and accounting. No accounting system I have found integrates well with traditional computer accounting systems.

While accounting was one of the first things that was automated by computers, web software in my estimation has not handled this data well. While there are huge systems that cost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to integrate with extensive accounting, there is a hole in the market for smaller companies. If you are looking to work with the large systems, give my friend Tom McFayden a call, but I am not at that level right now.

My current customer relationship management (CRM) system for CityCentric is FatFree CRM. While I love the open source and easy to develop backend of Fat Free, I want to have the double entry accounting and management of QuickBooks for each customer.

With WordPress managing a front end, FatFree CRM managing my CRM, PayFlow Pro managing my payment processing and QuickBooks managing my bank account and bills, there is too much going on. Right now I am working on solving this problem and I will keep you updated, but if you have any ideas or thoughts, please let me know.

Welcome

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:11:57 +0000

Hey,

My name is Matt Mandell, a successful entrepreneur who has built, operated and exited a few startups in my twenty and some change years. These include:

Spotlight Productions: Lights, Music & FunFoods
VarsityText: Trade books between students sans multinational companies
CampusSnacks: Late night food delivery to GWU
DCSnacks: Late night food delivery to Washington, DC
Store4Summer: Summer storage for college students
CityCentric: Online scheduling of all services
PathosInteractive: Web Development with the idea of: Simple Solutions to Complex Problems

My passion is focusing on three main areas, listed below in no particular order.

Customer Service: My favorite thing is making people happy and enjoy going above and beyond.
Learning and Sharing Experiences: If my mind stops moving quickly, it is easy to get stir crazy.
Web Development: While I don’t code, I understand high level coding and am learning more as fast as possible.

Though this is something I have spoken about for a while, I have decided to take my own advice, and take the time to share insights to those who are looking to consume.

Writing is not what I have been good at, but growth sometimes involves frustration and sharpening the sword in areas that are not a strength. While I don’t yet have the clout to have a short Godin’esque post, I look forward to hearing your responses and thoughts.

Feel free to email me anytime at matt @ mandellenterprises.com with your thoughts.