Business of Software 2008
a Joel On Software Conference
Fall 2008 - Boston, MA
Registration for Business of Software 2008 is now open. Keep up to date with the conference news. Plus get a free eBook
The Conference
Over two days in September, you'll get the theoretical grounding, practical knowledge and personal contacts to help ensure success in the business of software. We've invited back a handful of the top-rated speakers from last year, with fresh content, as well as new speakers. The speakers include:
- Joel Spolsky, founder of Fog Creek software, author of several books and the man behind the joelonsoftware blog
- Seth Godin, Business Week's "Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age", is the best-selling author of 7 books (including Permission Marketing and Purple Cow) as well as the most popular eBook of all time.
- Eric Sink, founder of SourceGear, author of "Eric Sink on the Business of Software" and the person who coined the term "Micro ISV"
- Steve Johnson of Pragmatic Marketing and winner of last year's Software Idol competition
- Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system, now used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award, and the the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment
- Paul Kenny is one of the UK's top sales trainers, consultants and speakers. He has worked with many customers in three continents, including IBM, Perot Systems, The Guardian and tens of others.
- Tom Jennings is a Managing Director at Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm with offices in Boston, Palo Alto and London. Tom focuses on investments in growing and profitable software, technology, healthcare and life sciences companies
- Dharmesh Shah is a geek, serial entrepreneur, founder of HubSpot and blogger at OnStartups.com
- Mike Milinkovich is the Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation
- Jessica Livingston is author of Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days and a founder of Y Combinator
- Jason Fried is founder of 37signals (developers of Basecamp and Ruby on Rails) and Signal vs Noise blogger
For more information on the speakers and the conference, download the provisional program (.pdf)
Registration
Registration is now open. Visit the registration page to buy your ticket.
Business of Software Blog
Steve Krug to speak at Business of Software 2008
July, 23 2008
Steve Krug has agreed to speak at Business of Software 2008. If you haven't heard of Steve then you've probably heard of his book. Don't Make Me Think - a Common Sense Approach to Usability has over 380 five-star reviews... Read more
How to hire a manager
July, 18 2008
Earlier this year, I asked for advice on how to hire managers. Plenty of you answered - thank you. Since then, I’ve thought about the topic a lot. I’ve seen hundreds of CVs, sat through dozens of interviews, and hired... Read more
Interview with Linus Torvalds on Simple-Talk
July, 18 2008
Over on Simple-Talk, Richard Morris interviews Linus Torvalds. Linus talks about Microsoft, patents, micro-kernels, the GPL, innovation, and much more. An awesome interview. Here's an excerpt, where Linus talks about 'free' software: That word ‘free’ is actually a word I... Read more
Breaking the ice - table sessions at BoS 2008
July, 16 2008
As well as top speakers, excellent content and free beer, there's one more thing you're going to get at Business of Software 2008: mild social anxiety. We're going to try out an idea that Seth Godin blogged about, and split... Read more
Jumping to conclusions - rhinos, Big Macs and mental biases
July, 15 2008
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the dangers of stories and how, if you’re unaware of the biases baked into our brains, stories and the storytellers who tell them can lure you into tar pits. In this post... Read more
Curious what happened last year?
Business of Software 2007 was a huge success. 150 attendees came from 30 US states and 12 different countries, from as far afield as Brazil, Mexico, Denmark and the Czech Republic.
Amazing conference. It will be tough to beat.
Chris Kemp, I Love Rewards Inc.
Excellent content! Good food for thought!
Matt Ruma, President, Creative Logic
Great variety of topics. There were many moments where I felt validated or was shown our company's flaws. I'm not a developer but it was the right level of 'technical'!
Anon
Day one alone was worth the price of admission - great work on getting great speakers.
Austin Salonen, Lead Developer, SGS Mid-West Seed Services
Business of Software 2008 is sponsored by
Very diverse, great speakers. Great variety, great logistics. Thanks!
Felix Trepanier , Technical Lead, OZ Communications
Excellent speakers. It's what I came for and it's what I got.
Anon
Excellent overall. Great speakers, great content. Ton of opportunities to network.
Scott Lawrence, Software Development Manager, APS Healthcare Inc
The combination of small, intimate size and a diverse list of speakers made this the most valuable and provoking conference I've been to in a long time. It's a significant achievement that from every speaker I've come away with either something quite profound to consider or something concrete to do.
Rob Muir, Development Manager,FINCAD
I'm glad this type of conference is finally taking place. Thanks for your efforts.
Jennifer Desha, Project Manager, Numira Biosciences
Best conference!
Mark Belliveau, VP Marketing, Normsoft Inc
Some really excellent speakers. Liked the mix.
Anon
Thanks! Great conference
Joe Crevino, Development Supervisor, LAN International
I feel like I'm a lot more prepared to do my job after being here and will be more successful in the future as well. Thanks a lot!
Anon
Great job on the conference! The site and accommodation were excellent. An amazing experience!
Bryan Dykstra, Director of Business Development, Creative Logic