Business of Software Podcast

Duane Jackson, Founder, Kashflow Come to one of our events! http://bit.ly/1Q9gzjG

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

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.

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 by Business of Software

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 as discussing the customer feedback loops, split testing, creating pricing options, audience segmentation, and using price levers. Jeff has used all of these principles to position Twilio as the undisputed cloud-based telco leader.

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 DataSift’s big data business globally.

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.

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 alone, and shared actionable tips on each of these.

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 hire somebody in to take your place (get rich)?