Brent Kirby loaded FedEx trucks in college. Five hour shifts, boxes coming down a chute with no break until the truck was full. So he turned it into Tetris: find the gap, find the box that fits the gap. As a kid he did the same thing with chores, inventing quests to get through them. Twenty years later he still describes building software the same way.
Brent Kirby has run Curb Media since 2009 on one principle: be honest with people, even when it costs you. That means telling clients when a feature isn't worth building, and sometimes talking them out of projects entirely. He says it has never actually lost him money, and he has kept the same handful of clients for ten and fifteen years.
Brent Kirby has run Kurb Media since 2009. He builds software for startups and Fortune 100 companies, and he has kept the same handful of clients for ten and fifteen years by doing the thing most consultants won't: telling them when their idea is bad, even when staying quiet would have paid better.
Brent Kirby has run his own software company since 2009. He works when his brain turns on, which is usually around nine at night.
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