Posts by DrSalonen
The fear of becoming irrelevant in your career and how to avoid it
I have a confession to make. I have had a fear my entire working career that there will be a day when my skills would not be needed or the space that I am working in would become irrelevant. Let’s call it “fear of becoming a paper pusher”. There are many paper pushers in the…
Read MoreChicken and egg – sustaining revenue model first?
I had an interesting discussion this week about whether a software company should have its revenue model defined first, or should the software company be focused on other factors such as value proposition and market segmentation. The question by itself is very interesting and typically our initial “gut feel” is to analyze first how much…
Read MoreWhat is all this talk about enterprise app stores about?
We are moving into app economy and that is happening very fast. There are many predictions on the marketplace on this trend with Gartner forecasting that 25% of enterprises will have their own enterprise apps stores for managing corporate-sanctioned apps on PCs and mobile devices – all this within 4 years. Others are saying that…
Read MoreeLearning is definetely on the rise
I got all of my degrees by the “old-fashioned” way by participating in physical classes and listening to professors in large auditoriums. My last degree is from 2004 and all of my courses and sessions were in person. Fast-forward to 2013 and I am realizing that I am using eLearning to deliver business modeling/management courses…
Read MoreHave you modeled your digital business based on traditional business models?
Some organizations are trying to move into the digital world, but keeping their traditional business processes intact. I run into one of these again yesterday. I have been contemplating of discontinuing my digital Wall Street Journal subscription for a while as I feel that it has become a bit weak on news and I can…
Read MoreThe art of staying focused and saying NO
One of the toughest things in my entrepreneurial journey is to stay focused. I see so many opportunities in the world where one can make money, but each one of these opportunities will take its due course of effort (sweat and tears). My career started in international software product development of packaged software solutions in…
Read MoreApp Ecosystem and APIs
I am a big proponent of APIs (application programming interfaces). Many of you might think that I must have a sick sense of humor, but I am seriously excited about this topic. We have finally moved to a new era where software development is moving away from trying to build colossal solutions that take years…
Read MoreWill your app developer be able to support your app use?
I believe in the new app ecosystem. I can see the change happening in front of my eyes and I can see this in many ways. I can buy and install value-added apps for our Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Online solution without having to call anybody and most of these solutions can be tried out…
Read MoreDoes your channel partner program play a strategic role in your cloud business?
In preparation to my upcoming workshops and seminars, I am updating myself on multiple different things in respect to ISVs (independent software vendors) and one of the key drivers based on the workshops we have delivered the past 2 years is by far the question how ISVs should align themselves with channel partners. Today when…
Read MoreWill your web-site work with different devices?
It surprises me how few software vendors have realized to change their web-site to work with any type of mobile or tablet device. Almost a year-and-a-half ago I made a decision to make things simple and base my web-sites on technology whereby I do not have to think about different devices, the web-site technology will…
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