There are No More Jobs at Kaleidico

That’s right. We are getting rid of all the jobs at Kaleidico.

(Dramatic pause)

Now that we have given all our competitors a little time to do a goofy little victory dance—let me explain.

I have long been a fan of Seth Godin’s thinking, but as I read and reviewed Linchpin I knew I needed to go beyond being a fan and inject this thinking into my company, Kaleidico.

I have constantly preached it, forwarded his posts internally, given away his book to my employees, but this post—Everyone’s model of work is a job—got me up out of my chair to do something radical.

This is what I did. This morning I announced a contest to rout out the “jobs” and people that love their “job” at Kaleidico. We’re calling it the Entrepreneur of the Month contest and trying to closely simulate/emulate that ethos.

Here are the details:

1. Invent and “ship” a product (it can, but doesn't have to, relate to any existing Kaleidico product or service)
2. Create it and launch it to a unique Kaleidico.com URL (labs or blog)
3. Promotion is all on you. However, you can use any Kaleidico branded site (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) or friends and family.
4. Projects must be published to Kaleidico.com URL by 3/12
5. Web traffic, as measured by Google Analytics, will be the measurement to determine the "Entrepreneur of the Month"
6. The period of Web traffic measurement will be between 3/12-3/26
7. The winner will get a significant bonus in March
8. Like a "real" entrepreneur you have to get your "day job" done (maybe a little more efficiently) so you can make time to create your new idea and reach "escape velocity."

Stay tuned and support your favorites as they get launched and ask for your attention.