They buy everything, don’t they? From office supplies to occupational therapy. Or do they? It’s actually a trick question; one of those questions that make you roll your eyes (and perhaps groan) when you hear the answer. Still, it’s worth considering, so I’ll give you...

Grad students have a wonderful saying: “Six weeks in the lab can save you two hours in the library.” The same applies to software companies. Building the wrong product is an expensive proposition, and for startups, it’s usually fatal. The good news is that a well-run research...

When you’re starting a software company, your two biggest risks are: Technology risk — the risk that you can’t make the product you want Adoption risk — the risk that customers don’t want the product you make In my experience, startups usually overestimate technology...

Nothing's perfect (Part one of this series was called SaaS: First, the good news) While there are many inherently good things about the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) business model, there are also some unique challenges. Higher cash requirements (Please deposit $24 for the next...

Whoopee! There are a lot of great things about the Software as a Service business model. Here are 7 of them… Cheap to start SaaS companies can be very cheap to start because you can leverage existing infrastructure (Amazon’s EC3, Google, etc.) and great open source tools and languages...