Winning business strategies for building companies that build software.

Developing software is hard, but, as many developers-turned-entrepreneurs have discovered, not nearly as hard as building and running a software company. Written by a software developer for developers, this book arms you with the knowledge and skills you need to achieve business success. It provides patterns that describe problems software companies typically face and business strategies the most successful ones have developed for overcoming them. Each pattern opens with a vignette based on the author's years of experience as a high-profile consultant to software firms in the UK and abroad. This is followed by a concise statement of the problem, the obstacles to its resolution, a proven solution, guidance on how to construct and implement the solution and likely outcomes. Patterns can be taken individually to address specific problems or linked to form a panoramic picture spanning the company lifestyle.