This document discusses the business of software development and the journeys of major tech companies from their origins. It provides an overview of the speaker's own software company and career journey. It then covers considerations for the business model, tools for managing a software business, and personality types that can help identify areas of improvement. The document encourages seeking help from mentors, advisers, and tech communities.

1. The Business Of Software
Development
By
Bruce Lucas N.
Founder, Olotu Square.

2. Ready?
The Business discussion
For
Software Developers

3. The Journey
2.2 billion users,
3.5 billion searches per day,
530.9 billion dollars,
46,170 employees
Alphabet Inc, Google, Youtube, etc..
From school to….

4. The Journey…
2.01 billion users,
10.2 billion net income 2016,
989 million app downloads,
20,658 employees
Facebook,Instagram, Whatsapp, etc.
From school to….

5. A closer journey…
162 million users,
25 million sellers,
800 million items listed,
279 million app downloads,
11,600 employees
From school to….

6. My journey…
6 Main applications, X others
12 employees, 16 adhoc staff
4 companies
Olotusoft.com, Broaddrive.net,
OlotuSquare.co, Gerocare.org, etc.
….Software architecture & community building
From business center to….

7. The thin line…
Freelancer Businessman
Build a career and earn a living… Build a company and earn a living…
More code…
You do the work…
less code…
People work for you…

8. The business mode…
• The Business Structure
• The ONE top/main/most significant Product/Service you
offer
• The organization culture & staffing
• The One-Metric-That-Matters

9. Managing the Business/Power Tools…
• Administration (CRM/ERP) – vtiger, odoo, service desk - bizspark
• Operations –
• Jira, trello, github/gitlab/bitbucket, statuspage, hipchat/Slack, uptime robot, rollbar
• Payments/Accounting
• Payments: Paystack, Ravepay, moneywave, getbarter
• Accounting: Wave Accounting, Zipbooks, Accounteer
• Storage
• Google drive, dropbox, box, onedrive, etc.
• Marketing
• Email Marketing: mailchimp, sendgrid, getresponse, etc.
• Social Media: facebook, twitter, instagram, LINKEDIN, blogs.

10. Personality/Behavioral types…
•Choleric
•Sanguine
•Phlegmatic
•Melancholy

11. Ask for help…
•Mentors
•Advisers
•Community – Startups/Tech
olotusquare.co -> JOIN

12. Have a great day…
#forLoopYenegoa is born
Bruce Lucas
@brucealgorithm
08036602512
brucelucas@olotusquare.co
www.olotusquare.co