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Asteroid impact: are you a big lizard or small and furry?

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Are you worried about how your software business will cope with the impending end of the world? What? You didn't know that the world was about to end? You should definitely listen to Mark Stephen's fantastic talk from last year's Business of Software conference. It's witty, it's insightful and it's short (under seven minutes long). Here it is:

 

Mark will be writing a blog post on this topic soon, so keep an eye on his blog.

Registration for Business of Software 2010 is now open. Confirmed speakers include Joel Spolsky, Seth Godin, Dharmesh Shah and Jason Cohen. Find out more on the Business of Software conference web site.

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The problem with releasing early, and releasing often (cartoon)

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Rob's strict adherence to "release early, release often" in all areas of his life was starting to irritate his colleagues

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The geek gods are easily offended (cartoon)

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My second attempt at a cartoon. I have no idea whether it’s any good or not. If you like it, retweet it …

Nigel’s decision to break with tradition and *not* sacrifice a cat at today’s daily stand-up meeting was a brave one.

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Twenty percent projects (cartoon)

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I’m feeling a bit stuck for material for my blog, so I thought I’d break things up with a cartoon or two. If you like it, let me know (or retweet it). I’ll keep an eye out for the tumbleweed.

Here’s the first one. You’ll need to click on it see it properly.

“Richard’s 20% project didn’t go entirely to plan”

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Video of Geoffrey Moore at Business of Software 2009

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One of the highlights of last year’s business of software conference was Geoffrey Moore’s talk about innovation. Everybody’s told me the same thing: this session changed the way they do business. For me it was the insight that you need to differentiate between what you have to do brilliantly and what you just need to do well enough. Too often, we get these categories mixed up. We spend too much time overcooking the meat and not enough effort on the sauce.

Here’s the video. Set aside an hour of your time and watch it.

 

I’ll be posting up videos from the other speakers over the next few weeks. Subscribe to my blog feed or follow me on twitter to stay up to date.

Registration for Business of Software 2010 is now open. If you’re at all interested in building long-term, profitable software businesses then come and meet 400 like-minded people and hear Joel Spolsky, Seth Godin, Dharmesh Shah, Jason Cohen, Eric Ries and many others. It’s in Boston, October 4th-6th 2010. Find out more at the Business of Software conference web site.

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How to get a job where you actually get to make mistakes and do something

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Last week, Seth Godin wrote this in reply to Harvard Business School students seeking advice on how to find a job:

“Go to a small company, work for the CEO, get a job where you actually get to make mistakes and do something”

Brilliant advice.

But what’s the next step?

Well, I’m one of the CEOs (we have two) of Red Gate Software. We’re the 14th best small company to work for in the UK. We were featured in this month’s Wired UK magazine as one of twenty businesses worldwide reinventing the way people work.

I’m looking for somebody smart and hardworking to work with me for the next twelve months. You’ll take on a number of projects, but the first two will be:

• Making Springboard, our incubator program, a success in 2010
• Setting up and running a million dollar challenge

Interested? Get in touch with me and persuade me that we should chat. You need to be able to work in the UK, and be willing to relocate to Cambridge.

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#BoS2010 coming up

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I’m about to start promoting Business of Software 2010. It’s in Boston, October 4th to 6th. The speakers are going to be fantastic.

Here’s a sneak preview of the summary video from last year:

(You can see a longer, higher resolution video here).

If you want to sneak in before I officially announce registration and grab the special early-bird price ($1,595 for the first 100 registrants) then go to the conference web site.

(P.S. Next week I’m going to start posting up videos of last year’s speakers. The first one to go up will be Geoffrey “Crossing the Chasm” Moore. Follow me on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up to date).

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