‘Awesome people’, ‘My tribe’,’Quality of other attendees’, ‘Being surrounded by people smarter than me’.

A guest blog post – a quick read with 31 real life lessons learned building a SaaS business. Introducing Duane L Jackson, he’s like ‘Startup Jackson‘, but real.

I was very surprised to overhear this comment from a woman at BoS in September. Nothing could be further from the truth. If this is an environment where women feel that, then I can’t imagine how tough it is on other places. We can take some pride I hope in creating a community where people feel safe, introverts become extroverts for a few days. It is not perfect.

Kathy Sierra, friend, scholar, teacher, badass awesome human. <3

Feeling sad and reflecting on why some people are just abominable. We should know Kathy for things like this.

We are great believers in encouraging the next generation of software entrepreneurs!

Sadly for her, my daughter, Violet has just started ‘big school’ so won’t be joining us this year. She had a brilliant time last year…

If you are thinking of bringing your children here are some things that you might like to know:

Is product management the most overlooked market opportunity for software right now? Nils Davis, BoS attendee, is throwing down the gauntlet:

Follow next week’s Business of Software Conference USA, follow us on Twitter or follow hashtag #BoS2014.

We will be posting some of the highlights here on the BoS USA 2014 Storify.

Hey, we are looking for a couple of volunteers to help us out with things at Business of Software Conference USA next week in Boston.

The BoS Bad Ass Team needs a couple of extra hands to help out at Business of Software USA Conference next week.

Very short (1 minute) video. Captures the spirit of Business of Software Conference Europe held earlier this year in Cambridge, England.

If you are getting in early for Business of Software Conference, this is the perfect way to see a little of Boston, meet some great people and get the inside scoop on Boston’s best bars.