Recommended books about the software business?

Question

I know "Getting Real" from the 37signals? What else?

Answer 1

joelonsoftware is a must read.

It's a blog, but he has bundles of articles organized in "top 10 for " for ease of navigation among 100s he posted.

Oh, and he's the guy who co-created SO :)

Another blog source is Paul Graham's site - just for reference, he's a guy who created and then profitably sold what became Yahoo Stores.

Answer 2

I recommend Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky. I really do.

Answer 3

From Program to Product, by Rocky Smolin. Easy to read, I liked it (am pretty hard to please when it comes to books).

Answer 4

Reality Check - Guy Kawasaki

Answer 5

G'day,

Have a look at the book "Eric Sink on the Business of Software" (sanitised Amazon link).

And here's his blog.

HTH

cheers,

Answer 6

Another good reading, though not a book is the Business of Software Forum:

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/?biz

There are a lot of guys who post there that are small business owners and who own great blogs, among them:

• Patrick McKenzie, http://www.kalzumeus.com/
• Andy Brice, http://successfulsoftware.net/
• Nick Hebbs, http://www.breezetree.com/blog/index.php/category/marketing/

Answer 7

For running teams, read Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

Answer 8

• Eric Sink - Business of Software

• www.softwarebyrob.com (and his academy at www.sixfiguresoftware.com)

Answer 9

The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki

Answer 10

The Business of Software - Micheal A. Cusumano

Answer 11

The Economics of Iterative Software - Walker Royce

Answer 12

There is another good site onstartups.com and it also had list of important resources on Software as Business