We Hire Innovators

I am a huge champion of the Web Innovators Group and so is Litle & Co., which is why we’re sponsors of the upcoming WebInno31. A decade ago, our company was founded by people who saw unsolved payments problems faced by companies positioned solidly at the forefront of the future of commerce—digital and direct. We also saw how innovative approaches to applied technology—agile software development, Extreme Programming—including paired programming—could solve business problems faster, in real-time. We also found that those approaches to technology were adopted and led by people whose passion for problem-solving is indelibly connected with achieving real accomplishments in real-time—in Web 2.0 time.

This is what the companies and people associated with WebInno are all about. Like us, they’re about actionable ideas and applied intelligence. They’re about solving problems practically and speedily. They’re about seeing problems and creating solutions for the customers they support and the people around them at work. They’re not about burdensome process that is not focused on the aforementioned. Like us, they’re inclined to believe that Yammer, Chatter and Twitter can do more to create valuable dialogue within companies and communities than long-labored emails, paper trails, and even meetings. They see blogging, within a company’s secure walls, and publicly to the world at large as more valuable than dense white papers enshrouded in explanatory industry-speak.

We are innovators and we seek levelness—that’s to say, we don’t see walls. We all believe we are as responsible for our customers’ success and our businesses’ success as our leaders. In fact, we see no walls within our workplaces. We are as responsible for success as is our CEO. We hold each other accountable and accessible accordingly. Open access to all and transparency are what we’re about.

Web Innovators seek balance as well, their passion for work and problem-solving is matched by the requirement of support from their companies: civic-involvement, support of community, support of self (more freedom in society and in the workplace, more spiritual time-whether it’s yoga class or calorie- or stress-burning in an onsite gym) and meaningful moments with the people around us (pick-up and organized sports, a summer-time ice cream truck that’s the envy of all the companies around you).

We’re particularly thrilled to work for big-time innovators right here in Massachusetts—like Constant Contact, which captured companies’ demand for developing digital dialogues with customers well ahead of the curve; and CSN Stores (now Wayfair.com !!), which is quickly becoming the East Coast’s equivalent of Amazon.com for home and hearth.

We’ve been rocking innovation here in the Commonwealth since the big tea party in Boston Harbor, or at least the Ford administration. Litle & Co. speaks to that reality in our support of WebInno and our passion for solving problems for real-people in real-time. Here’s to wishing the companies and people involved in WebInno31 huge success! Here’s to changing the rules of the game and knocking down walls that stand in the way of meaningful progress. Here’s to living outside of the box and shaping progress.

Oh, and while I’m at it innovators…we’re seeking a boatload more of innovators right here at Litle & Co. Send your friends our way for the many open positions we have. And there’s more where that came from, check back often or just get in touch with us to start a dialog – we’re on LinkedIn, twitter, Facebook.

You know what really is true about innovation? It creates opportunity. It creates jobs. This is one of the reasons that Massachusetts is surfing through this global economic mess so well. Get on your board! Go!

Ben Saren (3 Posts)

Ben is Vice President, Marketing at Litle & Co. A previous founder and CEO of two Internet startups, Ben is also a guest writer on numerous other blogs, a regular at industry conferences and within the Boston high-tech and entrepreneurial scene. Ben actively blogs at Your Suspect and can be found here on LinkedIn and twitter.