My story
I've decided to start blogging I guess because my story might be interesting to others trying to build a software company or who might be at the same stage as me. I've gone from a one-man "micro ISV"...
View ArticleHow to become a cynic part 1
After I had spent five years on the side making my app to its first "releasable" state, sort of a "lite" version of what was already on the market (systems which sold for around $500K typically), I...
View ArticleHow to become a cynic part 2
Here's another truism I learned starting a new company: a lot of people will say they want in on it and want to help, but when it comes down to actually quitting their job, or putting up money, they'll...
View ArticleGovernment Whore
Even though I once worked for a defense contractor, I never thought about federal government contracting until a government contractor approached me about subcontracting on an extension to a contract...
View ArticleHow to sell your software for $20,000
I guess you can either sell $20 software to 10,000 people a year, or $20,000 software to one business a year that buys 10 seats, and either way have a pretty good lifestyle business. I don't know which...
View ArticleHow to hire an idiot
Wow, I remember how idealistic I was when I was about to bring on my first employee! After dealing with bad bosses over my career, after doing a whole lot of thinking about how I was going to be a...
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