
Business of Software Podcast
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.
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Latest episodes

Aug 9, 2023 • 43min
Ep 115 Autobooks Connecting Sales with Marketing (with Derik Sutton and Kyle Bazzy)
Explore Autobooks' journey in restructuring its operations, transitioning into new roles, aligning sales incentives with customer success, controversial scaling strategies, early stages of implementing sales and marketing, and their excitement for an upcoming session at BoS USA conference.

May 16, 2023 • 38min
Ep. 114 How to Hire an Agency (with Lucy Heskins)
Mark Littlewood talks to Oh Blimey's founder Lucy Heskins about how you can/should hire an agency.

Nov 16, 2022 • 36min
Ep 113: Mergers and Acquisitions (with Christopher Moore)
Quiet Light knows how to help SaaS founders like you to get the best value and deal terms for selling the business on. Christopher Moore joins Mark for a chat about the market for SaaS and Software companies.

Oct 11, 2022 • 42min
Ep 112 Are You Recession Ready?
Jason Cohen of WP Engine fame introduced Mark to Jonathan Slain at Recession.com earlier this year. He and the WP Engine team work with Jonathan and found he is a pretty interesting guy. We invited him on the podcast to discuss how SaaS and software companies can prepare for, and take advantage of, a recession.

Jun 28, 2022 • 26min
Ep 111 JTBD in your Copy (with Claire Suellentrop)
Typically, when software companies write up their homepage, features page, or pricing page, they use messages and words their internal team is accustomed to using – but often, those words mean very little to their customers, users or prospects. Then they wonder why it’s so hard to acquire new customers.

Jun 14, 2022 • 54min
Ep 110 The Lost Art of Meaningful Content (with Dave Collins)
Stand up against the pointless content that only distracts or overwhelms you, with Dave Collins

Jun 7, 2022 • 44min
Ep 109 Customer Centered Innovation (with Tony Ulwick)
What are your customers trying to achieve, and how can you help them get there? Simple questions, but creating a disciplined approach to uncovering and capturing the answers is a huge step forward for your business.

May 31, 2022 • 44min
Ep 108 - Things I Wish I’d Known Before Selling My SaaS Business (with Jon Hainstock)
Mark Littlewood talks to Quiet Light's Jon Hainstock about selling a SaaS Business.
Meet the Quiet Light team at Business of Softwares ONLINE Jobs to be Done Conf on 8 June and at the IN-PERSON conf in Boston, MA on 26-28 September 2022

May 24, 2022 • 30min
Ep 107 A BoS Conf Retrospective (with Steve McLeod & Joe Leech)
Joe's website: https://mrjoe.uk/
Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjoe
Steve's company, Feature Upvote: https://featureupvote.com/
Steve's podcast: https://bootstrapped.fm/
Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/steveofmcleod

May 17, 2022 • 35min
Ep 106 Strategy and Making Progress (with Bob Moesta & April Dunford)
BoS Online Fall 2021 started with a conversation on Jobs to be Done and marketing with April Dunford and Bob Moesta.
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