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Nano-ISV Are I, Are I

I’m a nano-ISV.  I don’t have a better way to define it.   My ISV-ness is smaller than what a micro-ISV endeavors to become.  I’m uncertain that I have the moxie or the ambition to move to the micro-ISV level at this stage of my vocation.

I have an open mind about it, although I have to be careful to keep my eye on what is important to me.  That is being a scholar, writer, and software contributor, not necessarily a rip-snorting product-selling micro-ISV operation.  But having a self-sustaining operation (and more) is important, and that means having customers of some fashion.

{tags: orcmid Channel 9 Joel Spolsky Michael Lehman Bob Walsh micro-ISV nano-ISV podcast}

Thanks to a tip-off from Joel Spolsky, I learned that podcaster and Microsoft developer evangelist Michael Lehman specializes in micro-ISVs and is co-hosting the MicroISV show on Channel 9.  How come I have to read a blog to find out the neat things my acquaintances are up to? 

The great thing about the MicroISV show is that their 10th show (who knew?) launches a new format and the interviewee is none other than Mister Spolsky. 

About the format: There are published transcripts as well as downloadable versions of the podcasts.  That is very great because I can scan text a lot faster.

About Joel’s advice to micro-ISVs at the very end:

1. There needs to be at least two of you.  I get that.  As a solitary developer, even at the nano– level, it is very difficult to stay on top of important matters that required different kinds of attention.  Writing code for that next beta drop versus paying the monthly bills and moving a domain registration, for example.  Or managing the project rather than doing the project.  I need to do something about that.  It might not be with an additional person in the business, but maybe through some sort of associate arrangement: buddying up as a kind of mutual assistance arrangement.  I have a critical need for a sounding board and for someone to help me balance my attention.  I’d be willing to share some revenue to make that happen, once there’s any of that worth mentioning.  
     
2. Find a niche.  I’m fortunate in that I have a couple of those.  But it is reassuring that this is an appropriate way to maintain focus.  I also notice that it provides a way to stay concrete and not get lost in the conceptual clouds that I am easily prone to (and that I owe Joel for too).

¶ posted by orcmid at 2/03/2007 02:22:00 PM

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