Ben B |
2/18/15
Relevant Skills:
Business Planning, Business Systems, Wireframing, UI Design, UX Design.
I can’t talk publicly much about this project out of respect for Voltage, but I wanted to include it in my projects because it was a great opportunity for me to continue honing my skills of UX/UI Design as well as back-end architecture. Steven and I worked together to lay out early wireframes of the Read More >>
Ben B |
7/14/13
Relevant Skills:
Magento, Shopify, PHP, JavaScript, Leadership, Business Planning, Business Systems, Responsive, Liquid.
One of my first entrepreneurial endeavors was MyNiceTie. When I got home from serving in Russia a friend, and business partner, gave me $7,000 to start what we thought would be a nationwide necktie company. I took the investment, flew to South Korea, and bought 2,000 ties. At that time, having a website wasn’t even Read More >>
Ben B |
5/29/13
Relevant Skills:
PHP, Operations, Paypal API, Oauth 2.0, Node.js, Photoshop, PHPmailer.
The idea for HappyFreebie came when I featured my neckties (MyNiceTie) on a niche giveaway blog and found it to be very effective but difficult for both the user and business. I decided to make giveaways easier online. I built the business from nothing to 3,300 subscribers through an innovative and low-cost marketing strategy.
Ben B |
5/16/13
Relevant Skills:
WordPress, Graphic Design, UX Design, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, jQuery UI, Key Metrics, EasyXDM, Accordion, API Integration, UI Design, Business Planning, Business Systems.
Update: this site is now called goodsbee.com I did 90% of the development on the site.
Ben B |
5/16/13
Relevant Skills:
Magento, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Back-end Development, eCommerce, Business Planning, Business Systems, Leadership.
MyNiceTie was the catalyst that propelled me to learn to code and also gave me some great business experience. This is a website I built ~ 3 years ago in Magento. Although its old, I include it to show that I’m very familiar with the platform. One highlight is the way I used the existing category and Read More >>
Ben B |
5/16/13
Relevant Skills:
Excel, Business Systems, Key Metrics, Business Planning.
I was promoted quickly at Payless to a planner role in the International Athletics Department. In addition to my responsibilities of planning and buying shoes, I redesigned almost every excel tool that international planners used. One tool in particular took massive amounts of data and summarized it in easy-to-use charts and graphs. This allowed planners Read More >>