Stephane Grenier, like most small business owners and software developers, wears many hats and loves every minute of it. (Truth be told, I didn’t ask him if there was anything he didn’t like about his business, maybe he’ll comment on that…) Still, I’m dubbing Stephane, “Mr. Enthusiasm.” Stephane runs his own, small software company (a MicroISV) called landlordMAX, which is a property management software application.
You’ll get a lot out of this interview. Stephane’s been around the block, he’s tried a lot, he’s motivated and dedicated. If you’re thinking of starting your own business this interview might just push you …read more

Andrey Butov runs his own software company called Antair. He’s built a few products, he’s building a few more. They’re all over the map – from printing, to BlackBerry software, to games. It’s an indication of a guy finding his way, working for himself, learning an insane amount and becoming a mainstay in the MicroISV community. Oh, and Andrey’s also an author…
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

Andrey tells it like it is, flat out. I get the feeling this is a trait of many MicroISV owners – Patrick McKenzie from Bingo Card Creator was very similar.
The ways in which Andrey jumped from product to …read more

Ian Landsman is founder, programmer, chief marketing officer, evangelist and bookkeeper for his 1-man software company, UserScape. (Actually, I’m not sure he does the bookkeeping anymore…) UserScape currently has one product — HelpSpot, which Ian describes as user centered help desk software.
I’ve admired Ian’s work for years – he’s active in the software development community and outspoken on how he believes software companies should be built to succeed.
I hope you’ll all find the interview interesting. We jump around quite a bit – from software development to marketing to entrepreneurship. For those of you developing software applications, this is going to …read more