Since we started DV, we set out to be different. We wanted to be able to serve YOU, the small business and individual. We didn’t want to charge you ridiculous amounts of money to have a professional presence. Our main competitors, either charge too much for a great looking product or charge little, for a not-so-great looking product. We wanted to be the best of both worlds -> Quality for a fraction of the cost. Just as important, we wanted you to have a good experience while working with us. 

As forward thinking as we’ve been with our mission, its been very hard to market and make DV as big as it can be, mainly because most of our inhouse processes are manual, hence limiting the number of projects we can handle concurrently. We have the capacity to deal with 100s of projects simulatenously, but our business process only allows for us to handle at most 20 projects at any given time.

To change this, we are working on a custom project management software, that will not only improve the experience of our customers when working with us, but in addition, will allow for DV to take on more projects seamlessly.

Our code name for this mission is  ”Project Station” but are open to any name suggestions, that are consistent with Digitalvaliance’s theme (valiance / military / web design)! Please feel free to make any suggestion in the comments below. Some other examples we’ve thought of are: Fort Elaine, commandBase, projectServe.

Check out one of our latest custom Logos for The Ometa Group.

Ometa means Three Os (the initials of the company’s partners) in Yoruba, one of the most widely spoken languages in Nigeria. The company also seeks to go by O3G. The Logo incorporates the OOO initials, meaning of the company,  along with the Christian trinity symbol. You will also notice the inner G formed where the rings all meet.

The Ometa group is focusing on “Technologies with a Conscience”.

We came across a good small collection of entrepreneurship related quotes. My personal favorite was :

“A business plan that doesn’t require a wonderful economic environment in order to succeed… is a good idea all the time.” – Marc Andreessen

“Forget about shortcuts. Run a business as if it’s forever.” – Norm Brodsky

“Consider spending less time talking, and more time prototyping, especially if you’re not very good at talking.” – Paul Buchheit, FriendFeed

See more at 

http://venturehacks.com/articles/talking

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Check out some of Google’s valentine’s day logos. Does anyone find the current one kind of scary?

Happy Valentine’s day to all.

Times are tough. The economy is collapsing. Everyone has been talking about it. It’s in the papers, on the news, online and even at the jobs we no longer have. I think I speak for everyone when I say, we are sick of hearing about it. How can anything get better when everyone is miserable and terrified of what’s going to happen next? Sometimes things are a little beyond our control and letting it victimize us isn’t going to help anything, so why not laugh about it? Optimism is the key. The glass is always half full, things will get better, blah blah blah, although mockery has always been America’s best defense, we may as well continue the tradition. Check out some possible post-recession logos of some of the worlds leading brands.

via LogoBlog

Greetings everyone,

Its been a while since we posted our last post. A lot has been happening at Digitalvaliance. We have 3 new team members to help transition DV to the next level. We’ve been working on a bunch of exciting new projects, logos and websites and will be unveiling them all shortly!

Team

A brief introduction of the team members and their roles:

Demetric - Demetric is a skilled designer who continuously leaves his mark throughout the Stanford Community . He will be helping DV with Business Development.

Ashley - Ashley is an entrepreneur that is passtionate about business and helping people. Ashley will be helping DV with our marketting and customer service efforts.

Temi - Temi, an aspiring dentist & web designer, will be helping DV with its customer service efforts, in addition to honing her skills as a designer. 

Look for a more formal introduction of our new creative commanders!