Comments on: One simple thing http://www.microisv.com/archives/2007/08/16/one-simple-thing/ a community for independent software developers Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:32:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Nick Hebb http://www.microisv.com/archives/2007/08/16/one-simple-thing/#comment-27657 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:14 +0000 http://www.microisv.com/archives/2007/08/16/one-simple-thing/#comment-27657 Good to see you back, Brian. This site was one of the ones that inspired me at the dawn of the microISV revolution, or whatever you want to call it. Regarding: "people come and people go" [...] "The one issue that still sticks out is that there aren’t more people getting ahead." I think that the reason that some people go is that they actually are getting ahead. They don't have the time to hang out in on-line communities. I've seen a number of successes borne out the of the Business of Software community at Joel on Software. But, the topics just get recycled over time, so hanging out there does get a little stale. BTW, Nice list. I would add: 6. (a) Develop a second product and (b) try to leverage your existing code base and target market if you can. That's what I'm doing, anyway. Good to see you back, Brian. This site was one of the ones that inspired me at the dawn of the microISV revolution, or whatever you want to call it.

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“people come and people go” […] “The one issue that still sticks out is that there aren’t more people getting ahead.”

I think that the reason that some people go is that they actually are getting ahead. They don’t have the time to hang out in on-line communities. I’ve seen a number of successes borne out the of the Business of Software community at Joel on Software. But, the topics just get recycled over time, so hanging out there does get a little stale.

BTW, Nice list. I would add:
6. (a) Develop a second product and (b) try to leverage your existing code base and target market if you can.

That’s what I’m doing, anyway.

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