Entrepreneur's Toolkit: Useful Tools and Techniques for a Software Business by Phil Sherwood - Thursday, September 11th, 2014 at 18h00
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Detroit Area Fox User Group (DAFUG) presents:
1) “Entrepreneur's Toolkit: Useful Tools and Techniques for a Software Business” by Phil Sherwood of Sherware, Inc.
Have you ever thought about owning and running your own software business? This session will cover the tools and techniques I've used in running a vertical market software company for the last 20 years.
We'll discuss topics such as:
-Software development (Source control, Teams, Tools)
-Marketing (tools for marketing the software, advertising, web sites and trade shows)
-Finances (business finances, employees and taxes)
-Sales (pricing your product, making sales)
-Customer support (keeping the clients happy)
We won't go into depth on any topic, but you should come away with some ideas of how a software business works and some ideas on what to do and use as well as some things not to do.
You will learn:
-The benefits and pitfalls of owning your own software business
-Tools and techniques you can use to market your software
-Tools and techniques you can use to sell your software
-Tools and techniques for keeping your clients happy
-What the financial model for a software business looks like and how it works
2) Along with anything else people want to talk about.
Are you interested in presenting to DAFUG? Show off something cool in software development you believe your peers might be interested in hearing about? We are always looking for volunteers and topics.
Future Planned DAFUG Meetings and Speakers:
-October 9, 2014 - VFPX.Edition("2014") by Rick Schummer of White Light Computing, Inc. [Southwest Fox Rehearsals]
-November 20, 2014 TBD
-December 11, 2014 TBD
Mary Pilon, Secretary for DAFUG