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Michelle Wiss is now a member of Business of Software Jan 6
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Benchmark Survey on Pricing and Bundling of Sofware and Services

Utrecht University is investigating the practice of bundling in the software industry, by software vendors but also by, for example, resellers and system integrators. Bundling, refers to the sale of closely related products (software and hardware) and services. Often, this happens by combining several of these products and services into one package, which then is offered to the market. An example of this is; a software vendor that offers its product together with implementation services. With…See More
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Insights from Business of Software 2010

Posting my notes from BoS 2010. Great to look back a year and see new ideas this year.The first talk was by Seth Godin, insights sharedCompetence is no longer a scarce commodity.If you can write it down and spec it, I can find someone to build it cheaper.Build a company with indispensable peopleYou have everything you need to change everything now.Find a tribe, connect them and lead them… and you will be Bill GatesMarketing management is now tribal leadership.Art is of creating something worth…See More
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11th European Software Conference for (Micro)ISVS is coming up on Nov 19 and 20 in London. Join us! http://ning.it/sjqhUE
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I want to thank you very much for allowing the live streaming of the conference.  Fantastic!  I'm in sales & marketing, and enjoyed every minute.   I am hoping to be able to afford to attend next year.  If so, I'll…
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Sjaak Brinkkemper

Benchmark Survey on Pricing and Bundling of Sofware and Services

Utrecht University is investigating the practice of bundling in the software industry, by software vendors but also by, for example, resellers and system integrators. Bundling, refers to the sale of…Continue

Tags: bundling, pricing, survey, benchmark

Started by Sjaak Brinkkemper in Sample Title Jan 4.

Ken Hughes

Use Twitter ?? 80 Replies

Anyone for sharing twitter usernames ??@kjhughesContinue

Started by Ken Hughes in Uncategorized. Last reply by Andy Britcliffe Oct 24, 2011.

Ellis Pratt

How do you decide who should write the user guides/Help/Assistance for the software you develop? 3 Replies

How do you decide who should write the user guides/Help/Assistance for the software you develop? Is it knowledge of the application?Knowledge of the users' needs?Is it technical writing and…Continue

Tags: documentation, guides, help, assistance, user

Started by Ellis Pratt in Sample Title. Last reply by Maureen Bruen Sep 18, 2011.

Russell Thackston

microISV Research 7 Replies

(I was directed here by some readers of the Business of Software forums on JoelOnSoftware.com, so I apologize if this is a repeat for some readers.  Good reading in the forum, by the way...) As a…Continue

Tags: research, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Sample Title. Last reply by Russell Thackston Aug 2, 2011.

Russell Thackston

2011 microISV Pain Point Survey 1 Reply

The 2011 microISV Pain Point Survey is opening on August 1st and all microISV operators are invited to pre-register today. We'll send you an email link to start the survey as soon as the survey…Continue

Tags: research, survey, point, pain, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Uncategorized. Last reply by Russell Thackston Aug 2, 2011.

Mark Dalgarno

What key takeaways did you have from #BOS2010? 8 Replies

1.5 days into a 2.5 day eventmay be a little early to identify your key takeaways but I'm keen for people to share these before they get back to their day jobs.Here are my key takeaways (so far):…Continue

Started by Mark Dalgarno in Sample Title. Last reply by Matt Richards Apr 29, 2011.

Kendra Von Achen

Looking for CRM tool that can also handle/integrate with ecommerce and inventory tools. Suggestions? 6 Replies

I am working with a client that has a manufacturing/distribution company of jewelry.  They need a basic CRM tool that can capture their customer and vendor information, but that can also support…Continue

Tags: product, customers, management, inventory, ecommerce

Started by Kendra Von Achen in Sample Title. Last reply by Roshan Mar 28, 2011.

Jeff Widman

Suggestions for a simple CRM? Highrise just doesn't cut it & Salesforce = bloatware 7 Replies

I need something that's friction-free between e-mail/address book, cheap, and smooth sharing between coworkers. (Privacy isn't a big issue--I trust all my subcontractors pretty tightly.)Basically I…Continue

Started by Jeff Widman in Sample Title. Last reply by CRM Logic Jan 16, 2011.

Mark William

SaaS vs. IaaS vs. PaaS vs. Cloud Computing , new trends to learn from the market

There’s quite a bit of confusion around the definitions of cloud computing.Some users and consultants use the term to…Continue

Tags: computer, service, crm, companies, security

Started by Mark William in Sample Title Dec 14, 2010.

Neil Davidson

QOTW: If you could wave a magic wand, how would you change your product marketing? 12 Replies

$20 of Amazon vouchers to the best answer.Post here ...Continue

Started by Neil Davidson in Uncategorized. Last reply by Sarah Dec 9, 2010.

Henrik Poulsen

Software reviews 1 Reply

First off hello all, this is my first post on this forum and I look forward to some nice discussions here.Now my questionI have some software on the market at the moment, and would like some more…Continue

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Started by Henrik Poulsen in Sample Title. Last reply by JB Brossard Nov 23, 2010.

Rudolf F. Vanek

Active Campaign - anyone using it? 3 Replies

Hi,Does anyone of you use Active Campaign for sending out mails?What's your opinion?Continue

Tags: software, marketing, mail

Started by Rudolf F. Vanek in Sample Title. Last reply by robertflorish Nov 16, 2010.

Usman Sarfraz

Feedback required for new Collaboration and Social apps from Banckle 2 Replies

Hi everybody, We have just launched a new website http://banckle.com/ and offering a complete set of Collaborative and Social applications for the end users, SMBs…Continue

Tags: banckle, apps, social, collaboration, feedback

Started by Usman Sarfraz in Uncategorized. Last reply by Usman Sarfraz Nov 5, 2010.

Nico Westerdale

Introducing TipFrom.Me 1 Reply

Myself and six others have been working hard on a new website allyear, we think it's going to be of interest to anyone selling software(or anything else for that matter) on the web, and site's called…Continue

Tags: network, affiliate, facebook, software, social

Started by Nico Westerdale in Sample Title. Last reply by Dan from FastSpring E-Commerce Oct 15, 2010.

Jay Cincotta

Who's attending BoS2010? 9 Replies

Are you planning to attend BoS2010 in Boston this October? If so, add a comment to this post introducing yourself. I had a great time at BoS2009 and am planning to attend BoS2010.  But one of my…Continue

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Started by Jay Cincotta in Uncategorized. Last reply by Kyle Cordes Oct 3, 2010.

Russell Thackston

2010 microISV Pain Point Survey Drawing

The 2010 microISV pain point survey has closed out and we held the drawing this morning. The winners are listed on our website at…Continue

Tags: drawing, survey, point, pain, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Sample Title Aug 28, 2010.

Max Pi

My micro ISV is launched - Power Sayings

Hello,Please take a look on my website and application at powersayings.comTell me your thoughts, ideas and criticize it.Thank you,Max.Continue

Started by Max Pi in Sample Title. Last reply by Max Pi Aug 27, 2010.

Russell Thackston

2010 Pain Point Survey Closing Saturday at Midnight

First, let me thank the members who responded to the survey.Second, let me encourage anyone who has not yet taken the survey to do so. I've gotten well over a hundred responses so far. This means the…Continue

Tags: survey, point, pain, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Sample Title Aug 19, 2010.

Russell Thackston

2010 microISV Pain Point Survey is now open 1 Reply

The 2010 microISV Pain Point Survey is now open and all microISV operators are invited to participate. …Continue

Tags: survey, point, pain, microISV

Started by Russell Thackston in Sample Title. Last reply by Russell Thackston Aug 4, 2010.

Sean Campbell

Our new book: Go Beyond Google: Gathering Internet Intelligence...

Just released our new book: Go Beyond Google: Gathering Internet Intelligence...…Continue

Tags: Sales, B2B, Marketing, Intelligence, Competitive

Started by Sean Campbell in Sample Title Jul 28, 2010.

Neil's blog

Good luck Noel

Good luck to Noel Clarke who will be teaching the first #suckless programing course this morning for the first time at Melrose Lincoln School this morning from 7.30 am.

Today I quit my job to focus on my startup

Guest blog post from Dan Nolan who came to Business of Software and then quit his job to run his startup. Good luck Dan! I recently attended Business of Software in Boston, and at the conclusion of the event Paul...

"What’s Your Tuva?" Guest blog from Lisa Wells, Product Principles

A nice guest blog by Lisa Wells, Product Principles on this year's Lightning Talks. Every Fall for the last three years I’ve made a pilgrimage to absorb wisdom face-to-face from software greats like Seth Godin, Joel Spolsky, and Eric Ries...

D came to BoS and quit his job. Talk about JFDI...

Anonymized from the conference feedback... "My BoS commitment was to free myself up so I could dedicate as much time and energy to building my company and getting v1.0 of my flagship product ready for launch. Realising this was going...

Business of Software 2011 talks online

To save me answering the same question by email 7 times per day, I will do what I should have done before... We will post all of the talks from Business of Software 2011 online over the next year. We...
 
 
 

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