There’s a right way and a wrong way to build a software company. Is there though? Mark (along with people on his team who were not even born when he started IDRSolutions) will share their heretical views and aim to challenge you in the hope you will strongly disagree on at least one thing.
IDRsolutions has been around for 25 years. They are life-long learners (which is why they keep attending BoS) but have also formed strong views. In this talk, Mark will challenge your views and make you think about how you run your software business. He’ll share how BoS talks have helped him tackle topics including size, money, hiring (no received wisdom is going to be sacred) and explain how IDRSolutions approached these problems.
Mark Stephens
Founder, IDRSolutions
Mark is the founder of IDRsolutions (which develops software to do lots of cool stuff with PDF files).
In 2009, Mark Stephens did a Lightning Talk at BoS, “Asteroid Impact – Are you a large lizard or small and furry” which looked at the challenges of running a software company.
He is a self-described passionate Mediaeval Historian, St. Andrews graduate and owner of a very dry sense of humour.
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