I found this over on the website www.startup.co.nz. It was very inspirational! The HP garage has long been recognised as the birthplace of Silicon Valley. The guys at Bleeding Edge TV were lucky enough to get a guided tour of the garage recently along with the “Shed” the Hewlett used to live in. For all you Start-UP entrepreneurs currently working out of your spare bedroom or garage this video should provide you with all the encouragement you need. View the Vid!
I noticed yesterday that Rod Drury – CEO of http://www.XERO.com has decided to quit blogging. I wish him all the best and know that he’ll still be hard at work, but as a software CEO myself, I can also appreciate that there is little time in the day to blog, tweet, msn, txt or chat online – there’s simply too much to do. I also saw in the comments that people were wanting to know of any other New Zealand technology or entrepreneur blogs. There are heaps, but here’s a list to get people started. (Send me any others and I’ll keep expanding the list)
I’ve been talking to someone today about what the software industry and SaaS game is like to work in. Just saying it’s “fast-paced” or “ever changing” didn’t quite cut it. Those of us in the industry will appreciate my description as they’ll be aware of the ever deepening layers of complexity when you consider software trends, business models, competition, social networking and all the factors that software co’s are based on – are changing rapidly – and often.
So here goes! My attempt to describe the industry:
Continue reading about The Software Industry – in a Nutshell!
About a year ago, I did a series of YouTube vids for a laugh and also to share some advice I’ve learnt along the way developing www.proworkflow.com . Although I’m a year older now, and a bit more wise and weathered, this advice still stands. Please excuse the poor quality of the sound – I was experimenting with a camera and got some lag. But I bet Twitter wished they’d listened to the first vid!
One of our latest ProWorkflow customers is an effects shop in San Francisco called “Ordinary Kids”. Check them out over at their website – http://www.ordinarykids.com/. I have to say, this effects reel is absolutely brilliant – they’ll go far!
