Business of Software Podcast

In this (fireless) Fireside chat, we delve into what inspires and motivates David, how he came to start five different companies, and how he leads a high-growth company. Plus there are some great questions asked by the audience at the end that helps David open up about what he has done and what’s next. Filmed live at Business of Software Conference USA 2018 in Boston, MA

Agile methodology can be confusing and difficult, but B Pagels-Minor breaks it down to bite-size slices of delicious cakes that will will help every team work better, communicate better, and provide better returns. In this talk, you will learn how to understand which version of the many flavours of agile is right for your company based on your company with many cake references. You'll be pleased to hear, this podcast has zero calories. Recorded live at BoS Conference UAS 2018 in Boston, MA If you want to find out more about business of software head over to our website businessofsoftware.org, our twitter @bosconference, and don’t forget to sign up for the BoS newsletter where we share news, stories, latest talks, upcoming events and more. Sign up for free at businessofsoftware.org/update.

For most of us, sales means reciting features, benefits, pressuring customers into purchasing. Selling feels icky. It’s not our fault – that’s how most selling is done. There’s a better way. Bob Moesta has taken Jobs-to-be-Done theory and flipped it to apply it to sales. In this talk Bob talks about how to help people to buy, without selling. He takes us through the six steps of a customers journey from ‘first thought’ to ‘on-going use and building habits’. Knowing this journey can help you to position your product differently and help your customers buy. Recorded live online at Business of Software Conference USA Online 2020. For more great videos visit businessofsoftware.org/videos and don't forget to sign up for the BoS Newsletter at businessofsoftware.org/update

Back in 2016, Josh Seiden and Jeff Gothelf teamed up to explain how the Obama campaign testing their software systems early gave them an upper hand over the Romney campaign using facts and figures and rigorous testing. Recorded live at Business of Software Conference USA 2016 in Boston, MA For more great talks, visit businessofosoftware.org/videos

In this talk, Thompson Aderinkomi - co-founder Nice Healthcare- will share how he has come to understand why so many of the things people know to be true about growing a successful business are simply not true. His experiences as a serial entrepreneur have taught him to question the orthodoxy and why deciding on the right course is down to you. He will leave you with an understanding of how you can ask the right questions through some very honest and personal experiences. Recorded live at Business of Software Conference USA 2019 in Boston, MA. For more great videos visit businessofsoftware.org/videos Keep up to date with all the BoS goings on with new talks, masterclasses, and speaker sessions with the newsletter. Sign up for free at businessofsoftware.org/updates

How can you find fun in the usually mundane? Do you design your business software like game designers design games? Rahul Vohra founded Superhuman as the antidote to boring email platforms.  Being able to do things faster, without distraction, and with a goal of inbox zero makes you change your perspective on emails. Rahul talks us through the different aspects to think about when designing business software and how to make an everyday task exciting and surprising for the user. Recorded live at Business of Software Conference USA 2019 in Boston, MA. For more great talks, visit businessofsoftware.org/videos

Derek Sivers has been a musician, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. Long ago he started CD Baby, and wrote a great little book about it called “Anything You Want”. In this BoS Talk Derek will offer some perspectives on what we can do to be more mensch and make the world a better place, how can we end up on the right side of history, and why we should keep our eyes on how the game we play is going to end. Recorded live at Business of Software Conference Europe 2019 in Cambridge UK Fore more great videos visit businessofosftware.org/videos. don't forget to sign up for the BoS Newsletter to get updates when new talks go live. Visit businessofsoftware.org/updates

Alex is the author and inventor of Business Model Canvas, a best-selling book and tool to visualise, challenge and reinvent business models. At Business of Software Conference Europe 2017, he led us through an exercise to help identify the jobs your product should be doing to meet the needs and pains of their ideal customer. Recorded live at Business of Software conference USA 2017 in Boston, MA. For more great talks, visit businessofsoftware.org/videos or sign up for our newsletter to receive reminders of when new talks are live online at businessofosftware.org/updates

When marketing a product, it’s common for founders to focus on the product itself with pitches like “Look at our cool features! We help you do X activity better!” Which can just get lost in the noise. Capturing your customer’s attention requires focusing on their ultimate motivation (“job to be done”), to transform her current situation into a preferred one. Claire Suellentrop loves getting inside customers' heads, uncovering what those customers really care about, and using these juicy details to create great marketing. She's currently the co-founder of two companies: Userlist.io (behavior-based email for SaaS products), and Forget The Funnel (SaaS marketing training). recorded live at Business of Software Conference UAS 2018 in Boston, Ma for more great talks, visit businessofsoftware.org/videos

Software businesses contain an incredible number of moving parts and variables. How can we isolate and study them? For most of us, it’s a combination of trial and error and learning from others’ mistakes when they’re brave enough to share them. Matt has spent the last 10 years starting and running his own software company (Riskpulse), learning many hard lessons along the way. Recorded at Business of Software Conference USA 2018 in Boston, MA For more great talks, visit businessofsoftware.org/videos