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/
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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/
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...
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?
What Is Jobs To Be Done? (with Bob Moesta & Chris Spiek)
Bob Moesta & Chris Spiek demonstrate how to use JTBD practically in your business by conducting a live interview with a BoS attendee.
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.
Why A SaaS Pricing Consultancy Gives Away Free Software | Patrick Campbell | BoS USA 2016
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The Five Habits Of Highly Successful SaaS Companies | Tim Barker | BoS EU 2014
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Looking Good For Fun And Profit | Robert J Moore| BoS USA 2015
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Lessons Learned In 17 Years Building And Exiting A SaaS Company | Gail Goodman | BoS USA 2016
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How To Grow And Market A SaaS Business | AMA with Duane Jackson
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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
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.
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....
Things I Wish I Could Have Told Young Mr Fishkin | Rand Fishkin | BOS EU 2016
Things I Wish I Could Have Told Young Mr Fishkin | Rand Fishkin | BOS EU 2016 by Business of Software
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...
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...
The Secret Psychology Behind Online Persuasion | Nathalie Nahai | BoS EU
In this revealing presentation, Web Psychologist Nathalie Nahai reveals how you can understand the brain’s primal, emotional and rational systems to predict the behaviour of prospects and tailor your marketing communications for more engagement.
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 ...
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...
Why I Sold My Business And Gave The Money Away | Derek Sivers, CD Baby | BoS 2010
Derek A/B tests his possible talks with the audience before talking about how and why he grew one of the most successful online music distribution businesses in the world. Why did he sell it and why has he given the money away?
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
Beyond Happiness | Jennifer Aaker | BoS USA 2009
Jennifer Aaker gives a talk on how we can achieve happiness, and how the pursuit of that is a miserable business.
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.
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...