Running a Startup or MicroISV can be a stressful endeavour. What do you think are the most crucial issues that your Startup or MicroISV face on a day to day basis and where do you turn for answers?
I built and ran my own software business for 15 years. For me it was the satisfaction of having built something from the ground up that could run on without me. The business was self sustaining and had a life of its own. That's cool.
Autonomy. I have worked for too many businesses that failed because of the leadership, but it was the rank and file that paid the price. My business might fail, but at least I have a significant role in the decision making process.
For me it's being able to reap all the rewards of being successful.
Of course the offset is that you personally accept all the problems of failure, including seeing your ideas fail, seeing people reject your stuff, never feeling like things are as…
What do you think is the most rewarding part of running your own micro ISV or Software Company?
Is it the freedom that it provides to follow your own dreams and reach your own goals? Seeing the growth of something you have worked so hard to achieve…
Good post Bob.
With the rise of social media as a marketing process and word of mouth marketing, keeping your story and thus your corporate identity in order is a daunting task.
Do you have any suggestions as to how companies might be able to mai…
Hi Jason,
I will be attending this year and I am helping promote the conference, so hopefully this will be the biggest and best one yet!
I will have a quick go at your questions:
- Which speaker at BoS 09 most interests you?
That’s a tough one;…
I hope you can make it to the Business of Software Dinner #4 at the Counting House pub, situated just a couple of minutes from Bank tube station. This beautiful historic pub in the city's financial heart serves a large selection of great real ales,…