There are a lot of ways to look at the journey of starting and growing a tech startup company to maturity. One way to look at it is like solving a puzzle. A big, scary, complex puzzle with thousands of shapes, colors and pieces. Every tech startup, from the most royal, well-funded ones to the […]
Building a SaaS Company on a Budget by Outsourcing
SaaS companies are started in many different ways. Some have a big idea, go get Angel or VC funding and start hiring executives and employees in droves. Others grow out of an existing business such as a software services company or a VAR. But what about the guy or gal that has an idea on […]
B2C Strategies to Enhance Growth of B2B Software Companies
Traditionally the difference between B2C and B2B SaaS and mobile software businesses have been pretty stark. The B2C business has been characterized by low price points, a focus on ease-of-use, low cost and marketing-oriented customer acquisition models. Meanwhile, the typical B2B software business focused on higher price points, rich feature sets (often at the cost […]
7 Key Questions that Often Become Recurring Nightmares for Founders of Tech Startups
So what keeps you up at night? If you’re a tech startup CEO or founder, the list of possibilities is very, very long. I like to say that the act of starting a software or hardware company is barely a rational act. The deck is stacked against tech startups and the odds of success are […]
6 Egregious Habits of IT Company CEOs
When I got my first job in the IT industry at HP way back when, the enlightened management style that I encountered was a revelation. I had worked early in my career at large, “old-school” industrial companies where “top down”, authoritarian management approaches (and other practices much worse) were still the norm. The management style […]
