Patrick Foley was kind enough to interview me for his excellent Startup success podcast. We had a brilliant chat about business, running a small company, Java, marketing, PDF, red handprints, the general Hannibal and a whole lot more. What is it really like to do 42 slides in 42 seconds each? The podcast is lively,…
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Business of Software Conference 2010.
Joel Spolsky warns BOS2010 audience to be careful about change
One of the most profound talks at #Bos2010 was by Joel Spolsky. As well as discussing VCs, he also talked about change. We live in an almost perpetual state of change and generally it is a very good thing. But change can also mean destruction. Craigslist has revolutionised the classified advertising industry and decimated the…
I am still having nightmares about Frank after #Bos2010
One of the ‘themes’ at #Bos2010 was Frank. Jason Cohen introduced ‘Frank’ as the sales guru he felt that he needed to hire at any cost because he was just a technical guy and sales is some black art known only to these mystic sales gurus… Paul Kenny developed the story, reminding us that Frank…
Bos2010 highlights – Balsamiq
One of the highlights of Bos2010 for me was the chance to meet Giacomo ‘Peldi’ Guilizzoni, the founder of Balsamiq. He gave a really personal and passionate talk about how he had started out at Adobe and decided that he wanted to setup a business. And what a success it has been – Mockups is…
Bos2010 highlights – Meeting interesting people
I am a snob – I like to hang out with intelligent, interesting people. In 2008 I was in two minds about whether to go so I asked the organizer, Neil Davidson, what was the real reason to go. He paused for a moment and then replied “You can get all the information in the…