Software eats everything. Someone said that once, and the founders in this section are proof. They’re building the applications, tools, and platforms that run businesses, connect people, and occasionally break in production at the worst possible moment.
These interviews cover the full software landscape. Enterprise SaaS. Developer tools. Consumer apps. Infrastructure. The kind of software you use every day without thinking about it, and the kind that solves problems so niche you didn’t know the problem existed. Both are fascinating.
The founders here talk about what it actually takes to build software. Not the glamorous version. The real one. The version with technical debt, feature creep, and the ongoing negotiation between what users want and what’s actually possible to build without the whole thing falling over.
You’ll find insights on product development, engineering culture, pricing strategy, and the art of building something people will pay for. Also the challenge of competing in markets where everyone seems to be building the same thing. Whether you’re a developer, a product person, or someone trying to understand the software industry, these conversations deliver.
People look at my email inbox and are astonished that it’s always nearly empty. If I can respond immediately to a query, then I knock that tennis ball right back…
Meet Todd Scallan – VP of Product and Engineering at Axcient
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Spending a small amount of time each day to learn something seemingly unrelated to my business. John Turner is the CEO and Founder of UsersThink as well as the maker…
Call your clients on a regular basis just to follow up or to say hello. If there is something a client is dissatisfied with, you’ll have built up enough goodwill…
Software expert Rachel Kramer is the business development representative for QASymphony, an Atlanta-based company responsible for the creation of purpose-built testing and test management tools for utilization in software development….
A big lesson I learned the hard way early on was to work as hard as you can to bring talent in house. Outsourcing seemed like the cheap and quick…
Be a good friend to the people around you. From an existential standpoint, life’s too short to skimp on friendship; from a practical one, those are the people who will…
Showing up–consistently–and just getting stuff done is, to me, more important than anything else. Tim Chaves is a serial entrepreneur with two successful exits before the age of 30. Tim…
Learn how to market and sell. You can market or sell your way out of any challenge. Rob Nixon has 22 years of experience as an advisor to accountants, with…
FOCUS. The nature of being an entrepreneur is that you constantly feed yourself and your surroundings with ideas. Tobi Andersson has spent his entire career in two fields: marketing research…
Ideas are eventually about execution, and execution is just a step-by-step process. You have to believe in the direction, have patience while developing it, and have a team that has…
To bring ideas to life, I think it’s critical to begin with research and planning, then look for collaboration partners and resources to help. Steve Mezak is the Founder and…