SKMurphy goes to SDWest 2008 March 3-7, the conference offers business and technology tracks with sessions for software entrepreneurs.
SKMurphy goes to SDWest 2008
Join us at SDWest 2008 March 3-7, the conference offers both business and technology tracks and has an interesting mix of sessions for software entrepreneurs. In addition to the technology oriented sessions you would expect, the conference has added a “Business of Software” track that should prove valuable to folks in–or planning to be in–a software startup. As a part of the business track, Steve Blank is speaking on “Starting and Running an Entrepreneurial Company: Customer Development.” He is often worth a listen to.
Come visit us at Booth #318 and see our Startup Resource Center.
Whether you are considering leaving you day job for a startup, you are consulting while you develop a product, you are open for business and looking for early customers, looking for smarter customers, or you’ve found your niche and you are looking to scale up, drop by. We will also have a startup resource center that can help you if you need
- to get your startup incorporated and on a solid legal foundation
- to find a good name for your company (or your first product)
- to make sure your taxes are in order (you still have a few weeks)
- to find someone to help with your books
- to find your first office (or maybe just rent a conference room)
- to investigate whether filing a patent makes sense
- to get help drafting a business plan that demonstrates why your firm deserves investment
- to get assistance with a number of other challenges you face bootstrapping your software startup.
We are still focused on the “early customers early revenue” challenge, but we can recommend some good firms who can help you with some equally important concerns.
- SKMurphy @ SDWest
- What The Heck Do You Guys Do?
- And Why Are You At SDWest?
- Some Questions We Help Answer
- I Have an Idea, I Need a Path to Revenue
- How To Find Our First Customer?
- How to Find Smarter Customers?
- We Need More Customers
- Getting So Big You Can’t Do Everything?
- Typical Stages In a Software Firm
- Idea/Formation
- Open For Business: New Product/Service Offering
- Early Customers
- Find Your Niche / More Customers
- Scaling Up
- Typical Challenges An Engineering Team Faces
- New Product Introduction: Finding Early Customers & Early Revenue
- Consulting & Want To Develop Products
- Learning Sales & Negotiation
- Leverage The Customers You Have: Success Stories, Testimonials
- Workshops
- Great Demo! (This Saturday March 8, In Partnership with Peter Cohan)
- Mapping Path From Idea to Revenue
- Getting More Customers (April 18)
- Engineering Your Early Sales Process: Selecting A Sales Model
- Consulting
- One Page Action Plans
- Shared Private Workspace for All Work
- Customer Development Model
- Sales/Marketing/Business Development
- Complements Product Development
- Early Market Exploration
- Technology Assessment
- Bootstrappers Breakfast
- Come Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast™
- www.BootstrappersBreakfast.com
- For Bootstrappers Who Want To Become Better Entrepreneurs
- Next Steps
- Browse the Startup Resource Center
- Enter Your Business Card In A Drawing
- Peter Cohan’s “Great Demo!”
- Steve Blank’s “Four Steps to the Epiphany”
- Take a Card for Bootstrappers Breakfast
- Next One is Friday March 7 in Palo Alto
- Two a Month in Sunnyvale and Palo Alto
Related Blog Posts
- We’ll be at SDWest Booth 318
- SKMurphy’s Startup Resource Center at SDWest 2008
- SDWest 2008 Birds of a Feather Sessions offer an interesting mix of topics.
Press Release on Conference
(From https://ubm-tech.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=17177&item=41080)
CMP’s 21st Annual Dr. Dobb’s Software Development Conference & Expo West 2008 Returns to Santa Clara Convention Center, March 3-7
Top Software Developers Gather for a Look Inside at the Latest Technologies, Tools and Trends; Conference to Feature over 200 classes, Packed Exhibit Floor and Revolutionary Keynote Speakers
PRNewswire SAN FRANCISCO Feb 26, 2008
CMP today announced the program line-up for Dr. Dobb’s Software Development Conference & Expo West (SD West 2008) (http://www.sdexpo.com/), returning to the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, March 3-7. The conference will gather the software development industry’s top experts, visionaries, and technology gurus from all corners of the software development world. Attendees will enjoy a comprehensive mix of training on the latest languages, tools, technologies and trends, special events and a packed exhibit floor. Conference highlights include new tracks such as Next-Gen Web and IT For Developers, a stellar list of keynote addresses by industry leaders such as Bjarne Stroustrup, father of C++, and Agile guru Scott Ambler, the 18th annual Jolt Product Excellence Awards hosted by Robert X. Cringley, and the Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award.
“2008 marks SD West’s 21st year of presenting the most cutting-edge conference content and impressive lineup of speakers the industry has to offer,” said Tamara Carter, Dr. Dobb’s Conference Director. “With this year’s comprehensive slate of classes, which cover the entire software development lifecycle, special events like the annual Developer Bowl, and an exhibit floor packed with the industry’s top companies, SD West is a must-attend event for the software development community.”
SD West will feature over 200 classes, 80% brand new or completely updated, and tutorials in 13 technical tracks. Conference tracks will focus on the latest technologies being used by the industry’s most innovative minds, including the 4th installment of the C++ super session by Bjarne Stroustrup & Herb Sutter, and classes on Java Programming, .NET Development, Ruby, Modeling & Design, Web Services/SOA, Security and more.
Other SD West highlights include:
- A new All-Access Pass which grants access to everything SD West 2008 has to offer including the “Stroustrup & Sutter on C++” super session, all conference sessions, parties, networking events, keynotes and the SD Expo.
- Keynote from MIT’s James McLurkin, one of the world’s leading designers of robot “swarms” — groups of robots that work together for a greater purpose.
- An extraordinary line-up of world-renowned instructors, including Juval Lowy, Scott Meyers, Terry Quatrani, Robert C. Martin and many others.
- The Developer Bowl with teams from CodeGear, Google, IBM and Intel
hosted by Jonathan Erickson, Editor-in-Chief of Dr. Dobb’s Journal - Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings including “Inside LinkedIn: Developing Scalable Social Networks in the Real World” and “Sci-Fi 2008”
- Jam-packed Expo Floor sponsored by IBM, Intel, and Black Duck Software featuring over 50 of the industry’s biggest players, showcasing their latest products and innovations and an exciting passport to prizes program
- Networking events such as the opening floor reception and Conference Luau Party
About Dr. Dobb’s
Dr. Dobb’s (http://www.ddj.com/) is recognized worldwide as the leading resource for the professional software development community. With an award-winning monthly publication (Dr. Dobb’s Journal), world-wide technical events and conferences (Dr. Dobb’s Events,) and one of the web’s most comprehensive sites (Dr. Dobb’s Portal), Dr. Dobb’s attracts the industry’s most authoritative audience of professional developers, architects and managers and provides marketing partners highly actionable integrated marketing solutions to reach the software development buying team.