Don't try TINYpulse...

unless you're a leader who's committed to:

  • Change. It takes dedication and patience to improve
  • Sharing. You'll share the good and the bad with your team
  • Action. After engaging with your team, you take action

TINYpulse is a patent pending, lightweight solution that captures anonymous feedback from your team to reveal insights, trends, and opportunities to improve retention, culture, and results.

Killer Company Culture Video – Can’t Just Watch Once

May 15, 2013
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I love it when a company’s leaders and people all care so much about creating a great culture…while having FUN! This video from Killer Infographics in Seattle is simply AMAZING. Not only did they win the 2013 GeekWire “Geekiest Office Award,” but it should win some AMA award. It definitely gives out positive, funky, inspiration [...]

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David Niu Finalist for GeekWire Bootstrapper of the Year Award 2013

April 24, 2013
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It’s been less than a year since my careercation and about five months since we publicly launched TINYpulse. But I’m happy to announce that I’m a finalist for GeekWire’s Bootstrapper of the Year Award. I’m honored to be a finalist along with: Adam Doppelt and Brenda Spoonemore of Dwellable Steve Murch of BigOven Matthew Matsudaira [...]

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Paul Chu Balances Eastern and Western Management Styles at RedWolf Airsoft

April 4, 2013
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“What is your favorite gun?” is a question I never thought I’d ask during one of my careercation interviews. But that’s exactly what I asked Paul Chu, Founder and CEO of RedWolf Airsoft “RedWolf.” For those who don’t know (including me at the time), airsoft guns are highly realistic replicas that run on batteries, compressed [...]

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Killer Dedication to Measuring and Improving Company Culture

April 1, 2013
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One of my favorite Seattle companies is Killer Infographics “KI.” Not only do they have a “killer” product, but they are also great people with a great culture. I was referred to Amy Balliett of KI through Neil Patel and proceeded to use KI at my previous company, BuddyTV. I was so impressed with their [...]

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Six Tips from CEO’s on How to Improve Culture by Sharing Employee Feedback

March 6, 2013
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Every leader wants to improve their organization or team’s culture. They know that they have to collect feedback and continuously monitor the pulse of their employees since culture is organic and constantly evolving. But after they’ve collected the golden feedback from employees by talking to them, by using a survey tool like Survey Monkey, or [...]

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“Honey Badger Don’t Care But My Company Does” TINYpulse Shirts

December 12, 2012
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First, if you haven’t seen the Honey Badger video, I’ve embedded it here for your convenience. Otherwise, none of this post will make any sense. And if you’ve already been one of the 55,000,000 views, have another laugh and view Second, since we’re TINYhr and not BIGhr, we’re always looking for ways to have fun [...]

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Four Lessons Learned from buuteeq about Company Culture

November 29, 2012
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I’m building TINYpulse because I possess a passion to “make employees happier.” I often get feedback from both employers and employees who use TINYpulse about what they like, don’t like, and other general feedback. Their thoughtful responses and kind words keep us motivated to create a world-class offering that is simple, innovative, and impactful. Recently, [...]

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What TINYpulse Respondents Are Thankful For – 2012 Thanksgiving

November 24, 2012
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Since this week’s TINYpulse coincided with Thanksgiving, we decided to allow respondents to share what they were thankful for. I thought it would be fun to create a tag cloud. You can also read the individual responses below. “I am thankful for my family, our health, my job, my friends… life in general” “I am [...]

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Inspiration for TINYpulse from Humble Start to Launch

November 1, 2012
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It’s been a long, exhilarating, fun, action-packed, soul-searching, fulfilling journey. It really kicked into high gear when Alice, ten-month old Keira, and I started on our careercation earlier this year. We sold everything, stuff everything else into storage and bought one way tickets to New Zealand. We met new people, saw new site, experienced new [...]

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HR Tips From Groundspeak – A Hidden Seattle Success Unearthed

October 5, 2012
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For the first TINYhr interview, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeremy Irish of Groundspeak. Groundspeak is one of the most successful and influential Seattle companies a lot of people have never heard of. If you’ve ever gone geocaching or heard of someone who has, you can thank Groundspeak, which is the parent [...]

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