An important discussion for most software companies–both in the software product planning stage and in the downstream active software product marketing phase–is the manner in which the product will be marketed. The decisions to be made in each of these phases are separate, but closely related. The discussions on this topic need to happen regardless […]
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Selling and Marketing Software Through the VAR Channel: Morettini on Management Video Series
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Starting Software Product Businesses Within Service Companies
The main focus of my consulting practice is on commercial software product businesses, whether traditionally licensed, mobile, open source, SaaS–or some combination of all of these. While many software product businesses are originally organized with that purpose in mind, a remarkably large number of others started in another business. Let’s take a look at software […]
Creating a Distribution Channel Where One Doesn’t Exist
One of the least well understood activities in growing a hardware or software business is the building of distribution channels. This looks very easy to the uninitiated, but in reality it’s extremely difficult. There are many subtleties that are far from obvious and some aspects that are necessary for success are downright counter-intuitive. Building a […]