Podcast Episodes

A Brief History of Application Programming Interfaces -- and why you need them.

Jim and Alan spend an hour arguing about whether you should consider bolting an
application programming interface onto older applications as a path t…

10 years, 1 month ago

A Founder's Guide to Brand Marketing -- It's Not About Advertising

The first of many conversations with Brian Walker CEO of AE Marketing Group.   We've found that Marketing is often the third wheel at small companies…

10 years, 1 month ago

How do PE firms differentiate themselves?

We all know there are tons of Private Equity funds. So what are the ways they try to stand out from the crowd? We cover the four biggies: Focus, Size…

10 years, 2 months ago

Slowing Down Sales ... On Purpose!

Alan, Jim and Kristina talk about a rare phenomenon in technology -- slowing down sales -- intentionally!  Faced with the need to undertake some majo…

10 years, 2 months ago

Migrating Legacy Applications with Amazon WorkSpaces

We recently had to find a home for a legacy client/server accounting application, running in a location that was far, far away.  The software came to…

10 years, 2 months ago

Surviving in the Valley of Anguish

Jim and Alan talk in detail about the Valley of Anguish and how to survive it.   All large projects (ERP implementations, software re-writes, data ce…

10 years, 2 months ago

The Seven Deadly Sins of Private Equity

Devin and Jim discuss the seven deadly sins of private equity -- sins that will turn a good deal into a bad deal.

-- Pride: Don't admit what you don…

10 years, 3 months ago

Is Business School Worth It?

Devin interviews podcast darling Kevin Fitzgerald on his return to private equity after two years at Harvard Business School. Kevin talks about why h…

10 years, 3 months ago

Don't Make These Mistakes When Implementing NetSuite

Jim talks with our old friend and colleague, Dirk Shimpach about the most common mistakes we make when implementing NetSuite.  We've done six impleme…

10 years, 3 months ago

DevOps for Founders and CEOs

Alan and Jim discuss DevOps -- the intersection of software development and managing the deployment and operations of software.  We provide a simple …

10 years, 4 months ago