Gifts Done

Never Miss a Gift

craft scale plan

we are growing faster than initial projections, so we need to craft a new scaling plan

list out challenges / risks for rest of month

prep for discussion w cofounder

convos with craftspeople

discussing volume, capability, preferred lead time, breaks, etc.
- just 4 today. more tomorrow

plot out planned gifts for next year; financial planning

work through some new recipient preferences

we have free form text for descriptions / often they are blank or look just like our sample text. I'm plotting out some common options for simple Boolean logic

send an email about possible acquisition

we can serve a much larger market faster if we can be acquired. Sent out the first inquiry

handle customer service

normally, we get so much positive email. Sometimes, we have to address disappointment and challenges.

clean up an admin notifier route

So many of my admin notifiers are still the on the fly test versions because, well, they work. But, they are not pretty, clean, or organized. I'm slowly getting them in line.

fix a missing route

last API update left something pointing to, er, nothing

mock up new corporate user page

corporate users have different needs than personal users. they deserve their own layout.

update corporate user story to narrow down project for site update

calculate new supplier costs

need to make sure that keep a thumb on the stripe fees

meet with new supplier for onboarding

Small business makers are the heroes of our business. The first "in person" meeting is our chance to see how they best fit into our gift automation.

send out a new supplier request message

When I see small businesses making cool stuff, I try to reach out, but I don't do it often enough. We need a wider variety of makers in different parts of the country to keep shipping down and provide more awesome gifts.

revise admin weekly update again

we need even more breakdown as the lists are getting long and impossible to read

update the "from" field on transactional email

we switched to using maligun, and we left in the whole email address rather than an alias name to show up in user emails