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Life in a small ISV — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:21:21 GMT

My earlier post on resources for startups generated a lot of interest and so I thought another instalment

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FredatMicrosoft — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:12:51 GMT

If you're interested, attendees of the Heroes Happen Here launch events will get free versions of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008 so you can give them a try.

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Microsoft 2008 Joint Launch Team

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Ken Gourson — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:22:16 GMT

Thanks for the post! We're now starting up and use agile management methology. This includes Scrum. We're not software developers, but we still believe, that it will work for us. In fact it already does. We're using several tools for smooth collaboration, but our key tool is Wrike. It's cool that they've posted kind of a tutorial for Scrum with Wrike. It helps a lot www.wrike.com/.../Scrum_in_Wrike__making_software_development_more_agile

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AdeBullock — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:47:39 GMT

The main requirements for Empower are that you have a website, are a registered partner and you commit to releasing a .Net product within 12-18 months. It runs for a max of two years and you need to renew for the second year. It is ideal for small (<= 5 developers) ISVs. I think the cost in the UK is about £260/yr.

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rrobbins — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:29:00 GMT

Thanks for the interesting and informative blog post. Microsoft Empower for ISVs is something I should consider in order to get Visual Studio 2008. I remember my previous employer signed up for that without meeting the requirements.

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AdeBullock — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:36:29 GMT

Wade,

When we started the company we had no guarantee of any work but we had several ideas for products to develop. It was a step into the unknown when we all handed in our resignations. The four of us were all working for the same company and we managed to get consultancy work for our previous employer as our first revenue. We then picked up 2/3 more projects reasonably quickly from other clients. We are only just now at the point where we are ready to release our products.

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Wade — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:50:21 GMT

Did you start with some work for a customer as part of the decision to do your own company or did you start with a software product idea you wanted to create?

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