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Business of Software Podcast

Business of Software
Business
Entrepreneurship
Business of Software is a place that brings together the brightest minds and greatest practitioners in software into one place. World-Class software leaders such as Joel Spolsky, Gail Goodman, Seth Godin, DHH, Dharmesh Shah, & Kathy Sierra come to teach everything except the code in how to scale great software companies that stay profitable in the long term. Expect the latest thinking and fresh perspectives from some of the world's leading software practitioners. Stay up to date and hear about new talks, videos, podcasts and conference updates. http://businessofsoftware.org/updates
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Episodes

Designing Organisational Culture

Alexander Osterwalder on Designing Organisational Culture. Watch the talk here; http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/how-to-design-organisational-culture-alex-osterwalder-bos-usa-2015/

Mar 16, 2018•52 min

Your Company Should Be Your Best Product

Jason Fried, CEO of Basecamp, talks about how they treat their company as a Product by iterating on it to fix 'bugs'. A peak behind the curtain to see how a well established SaaS company designs its employees' user experience. Watch the talk here: http://businessofsoftware.org/2017/08/build-customer-driven-product-team-jason-fried-basecamp-bos-usa-2016/

Mar 08, 2018•1 hr 10 min

How We Almost Messed Up Trello

In early 2017, Trello was acquired by Atlassian for the mammoth sum of $425 million. In 2016, Michael Pryor sat down with Paul Kenny at Business of Software Conference USA to discuss how they almost messed up Trello. Seems like they managed to do alright in the end...

Mar 01, 2018•59 min

The End Of Competitive Advantage

In this week's episode, Thinkers50 nominee Professor Rita Gunther McGrath of Columbia Business School talks about the End of Competitive Advantage - how do you stay ahead in a rapidly moving, fast-paced business environment?

Feb 22, 2018•53 min

Interview with David Heinemeier Hansson

Joel Spolsky says: "Never rewrite your software from scratch". DHH says: "Rewrite your damn software". In this interview, he explains why.

Feb 09, 2018•58 min

Agile Master Class | AMA With Jenni Jepsen

Jenni Jepsen is a partner at goAgile, a Denmark-based Agile consulting firm. Her focus in on helping people deliver value faster and create lasting change. By getting to the core of WHY Agile works and helping people thrive through change, Organisations become Agile – increasing motivation, effectiveness and transparency. Watch her talk at BoS Europe 2015 here: http://bit.ly/2qu9O7O

May 02, 2017•17 min

The Job Your Product Does | Clayton Christensen | BoS USA 2011

This is probably one of the most important talks you will ever see if you are an entrepreneur in any discipline. Professor Clayton Christensen talks models of disruptive innovation, what the job of your product is and explains why there will always be room for disruptive innovation an entrepreneurs in the world. Trust us, you just don’t want to miss this talk.

Apr 20, 2017•2 hr 32 min

Want to go from stuck to creative spark? | AMA with Scott Berkun

Scott Berkun, bestselling author and popular speaker on philosophy, culture and business, introduces a fresh way to understand creative thinking, how ideas work, plus how to be more productive. He's recently published a new book, The Dance of the Possible with challenging chapters on topics like creative confidence, making bold decisions, and separating the need for feedback from the desire for encouragement. Scott shares with you fundamental principles and useful tips to use in your business....

Apr 12, 2017•57 min

SaaS & The Art Of Software Pricing | Jeff Lawson | BoS USA 2011

Beware! Jeff knows a lot of words that could offend some. It doesn’t stop him giving one of the sharpest talks on Software Pricing we have ever seen at the 2011 Business of Software Conference. He is also an expert in drawing owls and can teach you his patented method… Learn about the simple, universal pricing formula that is used by many SaaS providers and how to measure value and put a price on it. Jeff talks about the difference between cost based, value based and competitive pricing, as well...

Apr 11, 2017•52 min

5 Habits Of Highly Successful Cloud Businesses | Tim Barker | BoS EU

Recorded at BoS2014 Europe, Tim Barker draws on his years of experience in cloud enterprises, not just to write a great click bait talk title, but also to think about the ways great SaaS businesses move the needle. In this talk, Tim will discuss the top-5 lessons for building and scaling a tech business based on his first-hand in his own startups, his experience at Salesforce.com (one of the fastest growing tech companies of all-time) and the lessons he’s adopting and applying to growing DataSif...

Apr 06, 2017•1 hr 1 min

The Buskers Guide To Running A Tech Startup | Bridget Harris, YouCanBookMe | BoS EU 2016

Bridget is the co-founder and CEO of YouCanBook.me, a SaaS tool which allows your customers to easily book your time, fuss free. At BoS Conference Europe 2016, she discussed the growth of the company, and likened her busking background to that of her experience of growing a company. She touched on many of her experiences in growing YouCanBook.me, from dealing to VC’s, to remote working, to the hiring process and their policy of ‘blind hiring’ to ensure the best people get the job based on merit ...

Nov 10, 2016•57 min

Rich Vs King- Founder's Dilemma | Noam Wasserman | BoS USA 2008

According to Noam Wasserman, a professor at Harvard Business School, if you're an entrepreneur then you will often face situations where you need to confront this dichotomy. When you start up, do you set off on your own (and stay king), or find a co-founder (losing control, but increasing the odds of success)? Do you choose investors who stay in the shadows (remain king), or ones who are hands-on (get rich)? When you reach your limits, do you remain CEO (and stay king) or take a back seat and hi...

Oct 31, 2016•1 hr 5 min

The Number One Goal Of Your Website | Rob Walling | BoS 2010

What’s the primary goal of your website? Not to sell software. With most visitors returning multiple times before making a purchase, your primary goal should be to draw visitors back to your site. In this talk, Rob looks in-depth at why this is the case, and how to make it happen.

Oct 05, 2016•50 min

How Data Will Make You Do Totally The Wrong Thing | Jason Cohen | Business Of Software 2012

Jason has been worried that too many people take A/B Testing too seriously, or at least take it seriously without understanding what it can do for your business. He is worried that not enough people know when to use AB Testing and when you should do something else. In this talk, he makes the case for optimising for the big wins in any start up, before you start to dig too deep into data: “When you’re a small company you need to seek very large outcomes from any optimization because any subtle th...

Oct 03, 2016•51 min

Motivation Matters | Kathy Sierra | BoS EU 2014

Kathy takes a deep dive into the psychology of motivation and look at simple but powerful tools to help us think about and create products, services, support, and marketing. But secrets to motivation are counter-intuitive. Typically we struggle to get and keep our users motivated by trying to ADD motivation, when the real solution is to find and fix what’s BLOCKING the motivation they already have (or easily could have). We can use these tools to help new, existing, and even potential users find...

Sep 29, 2016•1 hr

Building A Successful Software Business | Dharmesh Shah, Hubspot | BoS 2010

Dharmesh is obsessed by code and making customers happy. In this talk at Business of Software 2010, Dharmesh talks about why venture capital is neither necessary, nor evil, how value is created, why user experience is EVERYTHING and how Hubspot developed its key metric, the ‘CHI’ – Customer Happiness Index.

Sep 29, 2016•1 hr 5 min

How To Sell Using... Sales | Steli Efti | BoS USA 2015

The inbound dream: Every sale you make comes to you magically through the internet with no human touch. Does that mean you can’t do better? Is there another way to more sales? Steli has accelerated sales in some of the fastest growing Silicon Valley startups as well as growing his own SaaS business, Close.io. Steli offers some proven techniques to grow your sales revenue and improve your sales processes. You can apply many of the same ideas to get things done in your own organization, regardless...

Sep 14, 2016•1 hr 8 min

The Things I Wish I Could Have Told Young Mr Fishkin | Rand Fishkin, Moz | BOS EU 2016

Rand Fishkin, Founder, now Wizard of, Moz gave a very honest and open talk at BoS Europe this year reflecting on what he could have told his younger self. We’ll let Rand provide some context for the talk from his blog post about it but take it from us, it will both make you smarter and move you. A talk that is not just about SEO and Inbound marketing but the entrepreneurial journey. Thanks to Rand and Geraldine for sharing this story.

Sep 05, 2016•1 hr 1 min

The Job Your Product Does | Clayton Christensen | Business of Software Conference

This is probably one of the most important talks you will ever hear if you are an entrepreneur in any discipline. Professor Clayton Christensen talks models of disruptive innovation, what the job of your product is and explains why there will always be room for disruptive innovation an entrepreneurs in the world. Trust us, you just don’t want to miss this talk.

Aug 23, 2016•2 hr 32 min

Difficult Conversations when Scaling | Paul Kenny | Business of Software

Difficult Conversations for Growing Companies. Every business person faces hard conversations at some point in their growth. One of Paul Kenny’s best talks at Business of Software Conference. Not about sales, but about the challenges that everyone faces in growing a business. He discusses why having those difficult conversations, with co-founders, co-workers, employees, employers, partners are so difficult to have. More importantly, he offers some excellent, practical advice about how you can ma...

Aug 15, 2016•1 hr 1 min