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These series of articles and interviews are with companies that are disrupting businesses – read on to learn from their experience and example.

Lean Logistics in Luxury Mattress Industry: An Interview

by Pete Abilla on April 18, 2011

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Today, we’ll hear from Ronald Rudzin, CEO of Saatva Mattress, an efficient manufacturer of Luxury Mattresses; their current business model is disrupting the luxury mattress market, and Lean Manufacturing principles are at the heart of their innovation. What is Saatva Luxury Mattress? Saatva is a manufacturer of luxury mattresses and sell direct to the customer [...]

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Less is Less with Jason Fried

by Pete Abilla on February 18, 2010

Most of you know who Jason Fried is – the founder of 37Signals and the author of several books, including Rework, his most recent publication. He’s on shmula.com to answer your questions – on Lean Thinking, Design, Less is Less, Customer Development, and other principles he lives by and encourages others to consider in his [...]

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Aza Raskin on Cooperation & Fence Throwing

by Pete Abilla on November 7, 2007

Aza Raskin is the founder of Humanized, the son of Macintosh inventor, Jef Raskin, and an all-around good guy.  A few months ago, Aza Raskin agreed to answer several readers’ questions.   In today’s post, Aza Raskin tackles a reader’s question about Product Management, cooperations with other groups, throwing stuff over the fence, why large teams [...]

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Aza Raskin on Google Search Results

by Pete Abilla on November 6, 2007

In a previous post on Ethnography, I invited Aza Raskin, founder of Humanized and son of Jef Raskin, the inventor of the Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems — to possibly answer reader’s questions about design, visual management, ethnography, genchi genbutsu, man-machine interactions, or anything related.  Several readers [...]

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Aza Raskin on Feature Bloat & Clutter

by Pete Abilla on August 26, 2007

In a previous post on Ethnography, I invited Aza Raskin, founder of Humanized, a company that designs more humane products — from consumer packaged goods to software interfaces — and, son of Jef Raskin, the inventor of the Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems — to possibly answer [...]

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Aza Raskin on Quasimodal Design & The ATM

by Pete Abilla on August 21, 2007

In a previous post on Ethnography, I invited Aza Raskin, founder of Humanized, a company that designs more humane products — from consumer packaged goods to software interfaces — and, son of Jef Raskin, the inventor of the Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems — to possibly answer [...]

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Aza Raskin on Poka-Yoke & Humane Interfaces

by Pete Abilla on August 19, 2007

In a previous post on Ethnography, I invited Aza Raskin, founder of Humanized, a company that designs more humane products — from consumer packaged goods to software interfaces — and, son of Jef Raskin, the inventor of the Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems — to possibly answer [...]

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Humane Interface – Ask Aza Raskin Anything!

by Pete Abilla on June 21, 2007

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In a previous post on Ethnography, I invited Aza Raskin, founder of Humanized, a consultancy that aims to help companies design more humane products — from consumer packaged goods to software interfaces — and, son of Jef Raskin, the inventor of the Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems [...]

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