Posted in Managing engineers, Strategy on Jan 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Very large companies have very large software projects. It is not uncommon to find projects with hundreds of developers with schedules lasting years. Such projects cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Sometimes the projects go wrong. The companies put more people on the project, meaning more money. The deadline slips, the project is extended more […]
Posted in Start ups, Strategy on Sep 5th, 2007 No Comments »
The essence of selling is trust. Most start ups look at what the existing competitors have invested in building their product. What you cannot ignore is how much the existing competitors have invested in building their customers’ trust.
You have heard the old axiom, “No one was ever fired for buying IBM.” Have you […]
Posted in Management, Start ups, Managing engineers, Strategy on Aug 31st, 2007 No Comments »
The markets are a sea of change, and the change comes faster with each passing year. The value of a company is no longer based on its ability to produce a particular product. Rather, the value is now based on the company’s ability to produce new products. You still need a factory to build products; […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Software, Strategy on Jul 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Picture the pool of available skilled workers as an inverted pyramid.
At the bottom of the inverted pyramid are the hard core software and computer engineers. The hard core workers create the basic stuff necessary for computers, such as compilers and operating systems.
The next level up are architects or engineers. Architects build large-scale […]