Software Business

2025 Expanded Edition Your Ultimate Guide to Mastering Modern Cybersecurity 🔒 Do you want to dive into cybersecurity, from basic concepts to advanced strategies? Are you a developer, tech enthusiast, or IT specialist looking to elevate your skills and expertise to the next level? Interested in exploring data protection, securing networks, hacking strategies, and uncovering advanced cybersecurity insights? Authored by Shawn Walker, a seasoned expert in cybersecurity, this comprehensive handbook offers practical, real-world strategies to protect against the serious consequences of security...

This audiobook is a summary of the advice I’ve given to software engineers over the years–and then some more. This audiobook follows the structure of a “typical” career path for a software engineer, from starting out as a fresh-faced software developer, through being a role model senior/lead, all the way to the staff/principle/distinguished level. It summarizes what I’ve learned as a developer and how I’ve approached coaching engineers at different stages of their careers.

Steve Jobs called Jony Ive his “spiritual partner at Apple.” The London-born genius was the second-most powerful person at Apple and the creative force who most embodies Jobs’s spirit, the man who designed the products adopted by hundreds of millions the world over: the iPod, iPad, MacBook Air, the iMac G3, and the iPhone.

Every SaaS company on earth is careening towards its next revenue plateau. It’s called a Growth Ceiling—a moment in time where growth stops, and you’re losing just as many customers as you’re bringing in. It’s not an opinion—it’s just how recurring revenue businesses work.

What if you could build a multi-million-dollar software business—without ever coding a single line? The SaaS Code reveals a proven, step-by-step system to create, scale, and sell a subscription-based software business that generates predictable, recurring income. Inside this book, you’ll learn: ✅ How to launch a profitable SaaS business in 30 days—without building software from scratch ✅ The $97 Golden Rule—why this pricing model maximizes revenue and customer retention ✅ The Automated Lead Engine—how to get paying users on autopilot with paid ads ✅ How to upsell high-...

The Compound Effect contains the essence of what every super achiever needs to know, practice, and master to obtain extraordinary success. Inside you will hear strategies on how to win-every time; eradicating the bad habits that are derailing your progress; painlessly installing the few key disciplines required for major breakthroughs; the real, lasting keys to gaining and sustaining motivation; capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum; and the acceleration secrets of superachievers.

Quietly and steadily, the number of women making six figures or more is increasing and continues to rise at a rate faster than for men. From entrepreneurs to corporate executives, from white-collar professionals to freelancers and part-timers, women are forging careers with considerable financial success. In Secrets of Six-Figure Women, Barbara Stanny, journalist, motivational speaker, and financial educator, identifies the seven key strategies of female high earners.

Attention all aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners! Are you ready to take your bookkeeping skills to the next level? Look no further than "From Scratch to Success," the ultimate guide to building and growing your own bookkeeping business. In this comprehensive eBook, you'll learn everything you need to know to start and manage your very own bookkeeping service. From understanding the importance of bookkeeping to assessing your own qualifications, researching your market, and developing a solid business plan, every step of the process is covered in detail. We'll show you how to ...

"Fierce and utterly compelling" An absolutely glorious study into how Agile and its pervasive commercialization have risen to such a toxic extent that it has poisoned the well of not just software development but all disciplines aching to be agile without a pause for some critical thinking. According to the dictionary the term agile means: to have the “agility to move swiftly, gracefully, accurately and with quick, easy grace;” The term Agile has become ubiquitous in the fields of Business and Industry, however, the term 'agile' in a technology context has its provenance in the Agile ...

If you are a business owner, you just need to work on two key points to grow your company - Win more customers and do more business with your current customers. How you store and manage customer related data will determine as to how much do you understand your customers and how many leads do you eventually convert into customers for your business. HubSpot CRM is a robust and free product for storing and managing customer related data. HubSpot provides additional capabilities for customers with free and premium features in Marketing Hub, Sales Hub and Service Hub platforms. HubSpot can be ...

Why read this book? Do you want to learn how to write, refine and deliver user stories? Are you a Product Owner or Business Analyst who needs to understand this powerful technique? Do you work in an Agile (Scrum or Kanban) software development environment? Do you want to learn how to run refinement sessions and deliver better products? Do you need to be confident that you’re writing and using user stories correctly in order to develop your career? You might have worked with User Stories before or are being asked to look at them for the first time, either way, this book will take you from ...

At most technology companies, you'll reach Senior software engineer, the career level for software engineers, in five to eight years. At the career level, your company's career ladder won't require that you work towards the next promotion; being promoted further is an exception rather than expected. This is also when many engineers are first given an opportunity to move into engineering management.

There are few people we admire more than the Founders and Leaders of software companies who have the courage, determination and, some might say, sheer madness to put their livelihoods and reputation on the line, to leave their own ‘dent in the universe’. It's a day to day, up at dawn, pride swallowing siege to lead such a business. And we know this for a fact because we’ve walked in your shoes many times. Over the last 25 years, we’ve been involved in the start-up, scale up and exit of several successful technology businesses, that between them have realized close to billion dollars...

Start learning what AI is and what it is not. Gain unique knowledge on why computers will never become conscious. Understand how technology and AI impact human activities by mimicking, replicating, and augmenting tasks. Learn about what can make AI beneficial for all and what can make it detrimental. Finally, learn how you can harness AI to improve your life. You have AI in your pocket. If you have a smartphone, you are interacting with AI applications. But you have little say in what type of AI will be built. Your only leverage is voting with your dollars about what AI-built technology you...

Software was supposed to radically improve society. Outdated mechanical systems would be easily replaced; social media platforms like Facebook would bring people together; and generative AI would solve the world’s greatest ills. Yet in practice, few of the systems we looked to with such high hopes have lived up to their fundamental mandate. In fact, in too many cases they've made things worse. How did we get to this point? In Fatal Abstraction, Darryl Campbell explains that the problem is "managerial software".

Why should you pay for a business plan writing software or pay a professional to write your business plan for you? Of course, there are hundreds of business plan writing software that are supposed help you write your business plan with ease but I personally don’t encourage the idea of using a business plan writing software without first learning how to write a business plan. You can be sure that there are hundreds of other people who would use the same software or templates and your business plans might end up looking identical – this is the fattest way to piss your investors off. These...

Harness the potent power of Kanban and Scrum with this bundle and take your project-management skills to the next level.

Creative Selection recounts the life of one of the few who worked behind the scenes, a highly respected software engineer who worked in the final years of the Steve Jobs era - the Golden Age of Apple. Ken Kocienda offers an inside look at Apple’s creative process. For 15 years, he was on the ground floor of the company as a specialist, directly responsible for experimenting with novel user interface concepts and writing powerful, easy-to-use software for products including the iPhone, the iPad, and the Safari web browser.

Technical knowledge alone isn't enough - increase your software development income by leveling up your soft skills Early in his software developer career, John Sonmez discovered that technical knowledge alone isn't enough to break through to the next income level - developers need "soft skills" like the ability to learn new technologies just in time, communicate clearly with management and consulting clients, negotiate a fair hourly rate, and unite teammates and coworkers in working toward a common goal.

Unlock the Power of AI—Without the Complexity Artificial intelligence isn’t just changing business—it’s leveling the playing field. AI For The Little Guy is the ultimate guide for small business owners, freelancers, and entrepreneurs who want to harness AI and automation to save time, slash costs, and boost efficiency—without needing a tech degree. What You’ll Learn: 🔹 The 5 Highest-ROI AI Tools – Automate customer service, marketing, bookkeeping, and more (with free options) 🔹 Step-by-Step Implementation – Follow 30-day plans to integrate AI without disrupting ...