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Eric Sink on the Business of Software (Expert's Voice) |
Author: Eric Sink
Published: 2006-03-20 |
List price: $24.99
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 Nice to read. Good advises. Specific for a type of bussiness software.
As a software developer, i recommend this book, easy to read, simple, many good advises....
I only complain that the writer mainly talks about his specific field. He runs a software company specialized in tools for IDE's. Consequently, he only advises or see the bussiness software from the point of view of a company which sells software products to the market.
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Good read, inspirational but left me wanted for more ...
I agreed with most readers here that the book is definitely worth a read. It gives a lot of good advise for anyone who wants to start a software business, particularly small ISV . Eric's companies Spyglass and SourceGear are very unique in their own right. But with so many software done online nowadays, I wish the book would address some of the Internet related business issues.
 Full of valuable advice
This book is full of valuable advice for an Entrepreneur in the Software Business. Having read 75% of this book so far, I keep re-reading certain passages. Finally this book confirms that an Entrepreneur requires to absorb information which are out of his immediate knowledge area, while keeping his eye on the core Products and Business activities. To be continued...
Practical advice to go by
I enjoyed this book. It was an easy and quick read that offers practical advice like you'd get over a beer from someone you respected and trusted. Use it as a framework for DIY. Thanks for sharing, Eric.
Fills a bunch of knowledge gaps, redundant, needs more info
This book is great in the sense that here's this guy who decided to do exactly what I want to do: start a software business from scratch. Except he blogged most of the major steps including mistakes and thought patterns for others to be able to use. That's the plus side.
The book gets a bit redundant as it's still in blog format, which means on different days similar thoughts may be included in different articles. So don't expect a minimalist approach to writing. That's not such a big deal to me.
The one star I didn't give to this book was because even though it started great, from the mid-point on it started becoming a "vision" book just like most books out there. My disappointment is that though it started out telling me how exactly to put something together step by step assuming I don't even have the idea, from the middle, suddenly it became a tactics book and left a big gap. It's as if the author suddenly discovered success, got distracted for a while and then lost touch with the average person who hasn't directly seen the "aha" moment.
Overall, if you're contemplating on starting a business and you have a technical background, I would recommend this book as a part of your reading. It does get you thinking about the right stuff.
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