M&A and Financing
Mergers, acquisitions, valuations, IPOs, VCs, investors, and other funding and exit strategy issues.
Comparing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of SaaS vs. On-Premise
As Cloud technologies continue to evolve, more and more software buyers are seriously reviewing and evaluating software as a service (SaaS) solutions against on-premise offerings. While there are many factors that influence which deployment model... More »
How to Penetrate a Mature Software Market? BonitaSoft CEO Says Open Source is Key
Business process management (BPM) isn't exactly new; as a management and improvement approach, it's been around. As a market for software developers, BPM doesn't, at first glance, appear to be rife... More »
Microsoft Dynamics in the Cloud: Are You Ready?
This year’s Microsoft Convergence Show had a record-breaking 10,000 attendees. During the show, Microsoft showed off its hybrid cloud strategy for their Dynamics products . Dynamics CRM can now deploy identical software both onsite and... More »
14 Ways You're Likely to Blow It When It Comes Time to Sell Your Software Company
Falcon Capital Partners , based in Radnor, Pa., has helped more than 200 technology CEOs find a path to liquidity (and, sometimes, retirement) via mergers and acquisitions. Managing director Mark Gaeto has more than 25... More »
Most Software Startups Blow It In Beta; Mobile Developer Apsalar Shows Another Way
A few months back, San Francisco-based developer Apsalar raised $5 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to $5.8 million from three investors. While it's true that Apsalar is in a hot space --... More »
How Mindbody grew fast in an overlooked niche: 14 tips
by Grant Buckler , Senior Writer, softwareceo.comMindbody Software started in what looks like a pretty small niche: appointment scheduling for yoga and Pilates studios. Not as small a niche as you think.... More »
Microsoft Dynamics in the Cloud: Are You Ready?
This year’s Microsoft Convergence Show had a record-breaking 10,000 attendees. During the show, Microsoft showed off its hybrid cloud strategy for their Dynamics products . Dynamics CRM can now deploy identical software both onsite and... More »
Comparing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of SaaS vs. On-Premise
As Cloud technologies continue to evolve, more and more software buyers are seriously reviewing and evaluating software as a service (SaaS) solutions against on-premise offerings. While there are many factors that influence which deployment model... More »
Marketing, sales, and finance tips: no-cost help for the bootstrapped ISV
by Gordon Graham , Editor, softwareceo.comNo successful software CEO spends money unless he really has to. That's why we keep scouring the web for free resources for software execs. But time is money too,... More »
13 Tips: How SaaS firm eProject prospers in the land of the giants
by Adam Stone , Senior Writer, softwareceo.comMost software CEOs would be terrified of venturing onto turf controlled by the likes of Microsoft and CA . But not Seattle-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor, eProject . The... More »