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.
Set timelines that are very strict, because you’ll likely keep pushing for months beyond those deadlines. Ian McHenry is the co-founder and President of Beyond Pricing, a first-of-its-kind revenue management…
Meet Ian McHenry – Co-Founder and President of Beyond Pricing
Keeping a daily log. At the end of the day, I recommend taking the time to do a brain dump and write out your day’s happenings in Evernote. It’s a…
I start with my email. Then, I make a list that prioritizes my tasks for the day on a piece of paper. I try to be available as often as…
Brain cycles are the most critical asset we possess. Even the best parallel thinkers end up on mental bandwidth overload if they continue to noodle on too many things. You…
I continually ask myself ‘what’s the most important thing I ought to do right now that has the biggest impact on achieving my life goals’ As I recall, Ayn Rand…
We listen to our customers and then build. Then, we listen and build again. Deren Baker is the CEO of Jumpshot, a well-funded, fast-paced, hardworking, and fun marketing analytics company….
One of our investors told me once, “Anything you need to do yourself suggests that you don’t have the right people.” So my focus is to empower my people and…
To continually grow, evolve, learn, visualize, and to think great thoughts. Thoughts become things and you evolve to what you think. Therefore, I recommend to think big. The career of…
Being able to identify market trends is very important, but the main thing is to create products and services that fill a need in the marketplace. As a veteran entrepreneur…
Meet Jody Rookstool – Founder of Bizaga, FastReviews, and ProfitCast
My failure was more about putting off trying, with the usual mental excuses – not smart enough, rich enough, talented enough, well-liked enough, or tough enough to pull it off….
Take risks. As an entrepreneur, you simply can’t avoid risk. I’ve signed high-risk documents that could’ve cost me my house if things had gone south. But as an entrepreneur, you…
Joe Kraus once said: Merely measuring something has an uncanny tendency to improve it. Saleem S. Khatri is a Co-Founder and CEO of Instavest, Inc, a collaborative investing network. He…