How can Business Networking improve your business?

Ryan Doom — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:10:00 GMT

Many entrepreneurs and salesmen know that networking with other people is an important factor in creating a successful business. However, I fear that many people overlook this simple and effective way for growing your business, increasing your income and meeting great people. I attribute much of Web Ascender’s success to the "soft skills" of building relationships and working towards lasting friendships with everyone we meet...

Software is easy. Marketing is hard.

Ryan Doom — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:05:00 GMT

It may not be the case for some but for me the idea of a great software product has come pretty easy. There are many times a day that a developer, or a manager due tasks that appear to be mundane, and would love for improvements. The opportunities for software ideas are all around you every day. After you spend a few years developing software or managing software projects these opportunities become a bit more obvious. You may see opportunities for code generation tools, ORMs, load testing technologies, deployment process improvements – there are many areas right in your industry that have ways to ease pain with a software product. When you look past what you are up to you head in all day (development) you can then see many areas for general business improvements or areas where a niche piece of software could dominate a vertical. There are tons of opportunities and ideas out there, I stress that that is not the hardest part of having a successful ...