Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality 1st Edition

by Bob Walsh (Author), Joel Spolsky (Foreword)

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*Uniquely and squarely focuses on the needs of a startup ISV

*Several leading companies in their market segment are actually micro-ISVs, including Fog Creek (FogBugz) and Sun Belt Software (Counter-Spy). It’s possible to be small AND successful, and this book is perfect for those who wish to try

*Volume of Micro ISVs is increasing, signifying a deep, broad audience for this book

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Bob Walsh is the founder of 47Hats, a consulting firm/blog/startup dedicated to helping startups succeed, the author of Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality, podcaster-in-chief of the Startup Success Podcast, co-moderator of the Joel on Software's Business of Software forum, and creator of StartupToDo.com, a online productivity app and community for startup and microISVs. At his company, Safari Software, Inc., Bob was a contract software developer for more than 20 years before launching, selling and ultimately selling off a Windows personal task manager commercial application. Before getting into information technology, Walsh was a reporter for several news organizations, the most worth bragging about being United Press International (UPI).

Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (January 13, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590596013
ISBN-13: 978-1590596012
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P. V. de Metter

A must read for anyone involved in an ISV

March 30, 2008

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I only read half the book. Then why still rate it four stars?

Having my own ISV for over six years now I have arrived at the point of having 10 people in my staff and having experienced most things any startup will bump upon. Sometimes that makes you think you've seen it all by now, but this is an illusion.

No matter how many staff you have working for you, there will always be a Micro ISV within the company... you! Exept for any partners, no one will do your job of creating the company or product vision and has the same kind of commitment. Some would say that's sad to hear, but I think this is reality. You hire most people to complement you on your own skills, so most of the time don't expect the vision to come from them.

Going through this book I sometimes skipped some of the pages. Some things I knew just to well to read about again, some applied on starting your own business and some parts applied to US / UK law only. Still, I managed to gain a lot of knowledge, ideas and feedback from this book.

Thinking of starting your own ISV business? Then get this book first! Already a business owner with some experience under the belt? The pick your paragraphs and read what you have to. Great book, especially for ISV startups!

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Chuck Brooks

From Soup To Nuts: An Excellent Guide

December 28, 2007

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This excellent book deserves to become the definitive manual of the mechanics of software development for small (`micro') Independent Software Vendors. Not only for the in-depth content (some of which will quickly become obsolete given the speed of technical progress), but perhaps more importantly the description and outline of an approach to the business. Each of the seven chapters have right-now, to-the-point tips and tricks, along with the reasons for them, as well as an outstanding index and rich external references. This covers all the bases, and a few other things as well, and although well written by a seasoned and successful master, it has all the depth necessary to become a well-used reference manual. An excellent companion to this book is `The Business Of Software' by Eric Sink, from a broader perspective animated by anecdotes of his company's path to success.
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Dmitriy Zasyatkin

An inspiring book that goes way beyond what you would expect

March 17, 2009

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This book was very inspirational to me and it went far beyond what I had expected. It covers everything from paper prototyping, to "GTD - Getting Things Done", to copyrights.

Its filled with excellent interviews of other ISVs, that give you the confidence to venture out on your own and the helpful advice from the entrepreneurs that have already learned things the hard way.

The only downside to this book is that it doesn't talk about OSS, open source software, which is really important for start-ups because it is free and has much lower maintenance costs. If it had a chapter about utilizing OSS and cross-platform development then I might be developing in PHP and MySQL right now.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who has just started or is considering starting their own company.

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Silverbox

Good scope, lots of helpful references

March 26, 2007

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I read this book after about ten years of running my own ISV, and while there weren't any huge surprises, it still had a number of helpful items in it.

I like the fact that Bob goes into a number of useful tools (both software and otherwise), and that the book has lots of screenshots and graphics. The sidebars include lots of interviews, and while many of the people interviewed are obviously pushing their own products, it's always nice to be able to read many different perspectives in a single book.

It's a good overview of running a small software company - I recommend it.

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Bluesman

Great for understanding how to start & run a Micro-ISV

August 5, 2006

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This is a great book. When thinking about doing software on the side or as a fulltime ISV - you'd like to have serious discussions with people who have done it successfully. This book is a great resource for what the issues are when being a Micro-ISV. But don't think it's only Micro-ISV information. It's just plain information on knowing what many of your software development "options" are. A great example is the testing of installations on different OS-environments using the PC-emulation software. That tip alone is worth the price of the book.

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A. Struthers

Excellent book if you develop software

September 13, 2011

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If you are developing software to sell publicly, this is a must. There are a lot of fillers - interviews the author had with experts. Some useful, others a waste of page space.

There is not much available that addresses this market. So when you find one you tend to be glad to get anything. This book not only delivers decent info, but actually satisfies a good number of questions.

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Lot's of great information

May 2, 2008

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This book has a lot of good information on starting your own Micro-ISV. It does focus a lot on PC based software instead of Corporate Enterprise Software, but to be fair it's harder to build and sell Enterprise Level software with a few people.

There are lots of good interviews with people that have succeeded in starting their own company and as expected it's not an easy route, but most seemed to be enjoying what they do.

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Roberto P

If you want to write a shareware this is a book you should read.

March 25, 2007

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If you want to write a shareware through a micro-isv (micro independent software vendor) this is a book you should read. I like it covers all the aspects neccessary to be a micro-isv. It includes information applicable to the U.S. and U.K., but no other countries.

It mentions software to help you throughout the phases of development of your software, but sometimes it is windows or visual studio oriented. Java programmers need to search for equivalent software elsewhere. In such cases the good part is that with the help of the book you know what to look for.

It has four stars because it is really good, but the information can become obsolete quite quickly (legal changes, new software appears, etc).

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