Just five years ago, many of us knew nothing about Lean. Or at least, none of us had a name for it. Here’s Eric Ries, in the dawn of Lean, speaking at Business of Software in 2010.

Last year’s workshops were very popular, and we’re bringing them back again this year, to help people develop specific action plans for their business.

At BoS we believe in software entrepreneurship – and we really want to encourage future generations to get involved.

Over the past month we have been in contact with our conference alumni – the people that have come to BoS more than once, to see why they keep coming.

Great news! Steve Johnson is closing BoS2014, September 15-17th, Boston. For anyone who hasn’t seen Steve or his work, here is his rather wonderful talk from BoS2009 which deals with the challenges that Agile development poses to tech companies in general and product management in particular.

Jeff Gothelf left college to run away and join the circus. Not only does he have some great thoughts on keeping innovation fresh within larger, established organisations, he also spills the beans on how the human cannonball works.

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So – to borrow a Valley meme – here’s the thing. We know a lot of people out there have great stories that would make epic lightning talks. We know, because other people – their ‘friends’ – tell us so.

Our search for the 2014 lightning talk stars is continuing. We think every single person who gets on a stage at BoS and puts their story across in 7 and a half minutes is a hero. You can share the thrill (and win a free place at Business of Software) by applying for a Lightning Talk here before the 19th July deadline. 

The Conference Attendee Manifesto

Ian Clifford, Founder of YouRock, attended Business of Software Europe Conference last week and we were delighted to receive this guest blog post.

We LOVE the idea of an Attendee Manifesto.

One of the most interesting things comments in Dharmesh Shah’s great talk last year at BoS 2013 about scaling culture was the importance of making sure that your culture doesn’t become ‘toxic’.

Mikey delivered a brilliant talk at the 2012 Business of Software Conference at Business of Software Conference that offered a three part framework to understand the importance of culture in an organisation, what happens when culture goes wrong and how to ensure organisational culture is embedded within your company.

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How Big Data can win elections.

Most people are familiar with the story of how the first Obama campaign harnessed split testing to build their war chest for the election. Regardless of your political views, it was a big win for analytics.

Have you ever had that dream where you are standing on a stage feeling very unprepared (or naked) with an expectant audience in front of you? Well, at Business of Software we can make your dreams come true !  Unless your dreams involve nakedness – you’re on your own there.

Lightning Talks are always one of the highlights of BoS Conference and they are open for public application now.

Want to know how to price SaaS software?
Want to know how to price enterprise software?
How to price your software product?

‘Don’t just roll the dice‘ can help…

She’s back!

Kathy Sierra came back to BoS2013 with a deeper dive into the art of building awesome users. If you have seen Kathy’s 2012 Business of Software Conference Talk, Building the Minimum Badass User, you won’t need persuading about Kathy’s gifts as a communicator, teacher and provocateur.

Jim Geisman has seen nearly everything there is to see in pricing practice and has come to the conclusion that there is no right or wrong price, there is simply pricing that works.

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