If it isn't broken there's no need to upgrade it
Alan and Jim spend a fast half hour talking when you should consider upgrading older pieces of custom (homegrown) software. You don't have to upgrade older software just for the sake of upgrading it -...
15 Sep 201642min
A Brief History of Application Programming Interfaces -- and why you need them.
Jim and Alan spend an hour arguing about whether you should consider bolting an application programming interface onto older applications as a path to modernizing them. The conversation meanders into ...
6 Sep 20161h
A Founder's Guide to Brand Marketing -- It's Not About Advertising
The first of many conversations with Brian Walker CEO of AE Marketing Group. We've found that Marketing is often the third wheel at small companies -- behind product development and sales. Brian's...
23 Aug 201644min
How do PE firms differentiate themselves?
We all know there are tons of Private Equity funds. So what are the ways they try to stand out from the crowd? We cover the four biggies: Focus, Size, Sourcing and Team.
11 Aug 201655min
Slowing Down Sales ... On Purpose!
Alan, Jim and Kristina talk about a rare phenomenon in technology -- slowing down sales -- intentionally! Faced with the need to undertake some major software refactoring, we chose to put the cap on ...
5 Aug 201646min
Migrating Legacy Applications with Amazon WorkSpaces
We recently had to find a home for a legacy client/server accounting application, running in a location that was far, far away. The software came to us through an acquisition of another company. Ou...
1 Aug 201644min
Surviving in the Valley of Anguish
Jim and Alan talk in detail about the Valley of Anguish and how to survive it. All large projects (ERP implementations, software re-writes, data center moves) start out with heady expectations and h...
26 Jul 201638min
The Seven Deadly Sins of Private Equity
Devin and Jim discuss the seven deadly sins of private equity -- sins that will turn a good deal into a bad deal. -- Pride: Don't admit what you don't know. -- Envy: Make a bad acquisition. -- Lust: ...
13 Jul 201643min
