Jason Cohen. A (very) smart bear talking about how to contextualise advice, when to break the rules and using the founder's advantage.

Video & transcript of talk from Business of Software 2010.

http://thebln.com/2011/08/jason-cohen-one-smart-bear-talking-about-how-to-take-advice-and-when-to-break-the-rules/

Peldi, Founder and CEO of Balsamiq talks about all of the things that he worries about, some of the things he doesn’t and the secret to sleeping well at night.

If there is a better, more concentrated source of advice for the founder of a startup or growth business, let us know. We will give the person that offers the best answer a guest pass to this year’s Business of Software Conference.

http://thebln.com/2011/08/the-best-advice-i-have-ever-heard-for-founder-entrepreneurs-balsamiqs-peldi/

Why I sold CD Baby & gave the money away. Video & transcript of talk by Derek Sivers at Business of Software 2010.

http://thebln.com/2011/08/why-i-sold-cd-baby-gave-the-money-away-video-transcript-of-talk-by-derek-sivers/

Business of Software, Boston, MA, October 24-26th 2011 http://businessofsoftware.org For people growing sustainable, profitable, software businesses.

Dan Bricklin invented the spreadsheet amongst other things. In this talk he shares the knowledge he has gained from producing software that people buy for over 40 years. A brilliant talk from someone with absolutely nothing to prove.

http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2011/08/there-is-always-new-technology-when-should-we-care-how-do-we-take-advantage-of-it-dan-bricklin-video.html


Business of Software, Boston, MA, October 24-26th 2011 http://businessofsoftware.org For people growing sustainable, profitable, software businesses.

Time Magazine’s, 25 most. important management books of all time.

http://thebln.com/2011/08/time-magazines-25-most-important-management-books-of-all-time/

Most software, business (and life) decisions come down to a multiple choice question. Should we launch Product A or Product B? Should we develop in house or outsource? Should we choose design schema 1, 2, or 3? This is where 99% of the software world stops, selects an option, and goes on to spend countless hours justifying their decision. And then there’s the top 1%...

http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2011/08/an-unconventional-alternative.html

Most software, business (and life) decisions come down to a multiple choice question. Should we launch Product A or Product B? Should we develop in house or outsource? Should we choose design schema 1, 2, or 3? This is where 99% of the software world stops, selects an option, and goes on to spend countless hours justifying their decision.

And then there’s the top 1%...

http://thebln.com/2011/08/sometimes-it-is-worth-considering-plans-c-d-e-f-g/

Because companies tend to innovate faster than their customers’ lives change, most organizations eventually end up producing products or services that are too good, too expensive, and too inconvenient for many customers. By only pursuing “sustaining innovations” that perpetuate what has historically helped them succeed, companies unwittingly open the door to “disruptive innovations”.

http://thebln.com/2011/08/why-entrepreneurs-beat-incumbents-at-disruptive-innovation/

Why entrepreneurs beat incumbents when it comes to disruptive innovation. (And why they should be careful when they targeting a mature market with incremental change).

http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2011/08/why-entrepreneurs-beat-incumbents-at-disruptive-innovation.html