The VendAsta mnemonic
At some point in a new company’s life, you have to pay some attention to corporate identity. Things like brand, logos, mottos…
At some point in a new company’s life, you have to pay some attention to corporate identity. Things like brand, logos, mottos…
We have been doing a lot of hiring, mostly through word of mouth and the recommendations of our current team. In fact we have 5 new people starting within a month but we still have a long way to go. Hiring is one of the toughest and most crucial...
The Saskatoon Star Phoenix has printed a story on VendAsta’s funding announcement for its social software initiative MyFrontSteps. The article and some of our smiling faces can be found here
How many times have you heard someone ask “what’s it like there” when referencing a work place? Usually the answer reveals a lot about the company’s culture. But what the heck, really, is culture? About.com has this to say about culture: “A culture is the values and practices shared...
First of all I personally learned that our CTO – Jason Collins – is a swimmer. A swimmer that comes on strong in the end! It is highly recommended to sneak some flippers into the pool to give yourself an edge. PS: I lost. Twice. Second, we all learned...
VendAsta is an equal opportunity employer that offers a great benefits package. Social Application Developer VendAsta is looking for a Social Application Developer for its Web 2.0 social networking start-up. We will be starting with the development of a Facebook application and will then proceed onto Open Social. We...
When we first started up we were all working on our personal computer. We didn’t yet have any hardware or software. We needed to work. I don’t know if it was Allan or Jason but someone fired up Google Docs so we could at least get to work. That seemingly...
Overheard today in the common area of our building at Innovation Place: “You know, VendAsta. Those guys are really good.” I thought to myself, “Hey, that’s pretty cool.” As I eavesdropped some more, it became apparent that he was referring to foosball. Oh well, I guess reputation has to...
We had a great week at VendAsta. Jason C and Kevin P spent the week working with Sybase in Waterloo and. Ryan B was up from Regina working with Allan, Guy, Ches and Dale (remotely from London). Jon took off to Jamaica, and I had a lot of fun with a new...
I think we may have started a tradition at VendAsta. Come by any Friday after 3pm have a beer and get on camera.
