{"id":2333,"date":"2019-03-09T21:59:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T03:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2019-03-09T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T03:00:11","slug":"the-business-of-code-5-tips-on-how-to-start-a-software-company-and-find-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/the-business-of-code-5-tips-on-how-to-start-a-software-company-and-find-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Code: 5 Tips on How to Start a Software Company and Find Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Are you wondering how to start a software company?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can be an exciting time, but make sure you don’t jump in head first without any preparation. If you didn’t know, 90% of all startups fail<\/a>. You have to find a way to be the exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure you are wondering how you get to that 10%. This post will provide you with well-established tips that can help you find success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to learn what they are so you can focus on what’s important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Customers Matter More Than Code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We know what you’re thinking. You started a software shop, and you want to write code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That just isn’t going to cut it for a software business. If you aren’t solving a real problem for your customers, then you aren’t going to go far. Anyone who tries your service will .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you decide what you are going to offer, talk to people first to determine if anyone will buy it. You don’t want to be in the position of having a product, but then having no customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Don’t Wait Until Your Product is Huge Until You Launch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s tempting to keep adding features before your launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t a great way to build software. What happens if nobody wants those extra features you spent a year working on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t waste time building a large application when you are first starting. Start with the minimal product that you can offer and offer that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your customers will tell you if it is good and tell you what features you need to work on next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Focus On Your Development Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you know the current software development trends?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want your project to have steady progress, then you need to be aware of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most common methods in development today is the agile process<\/a>. It promotes breaking down your project into pieces and delivering a product release one piece at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This allows you to be more nimble and respond to customers faster than you would under a giant project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Make Sure You Do Your Testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Software changes and breaks. That’s an inevitable part of making it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can mitigate this by ensuring that you do the proper testing. This process can be in the form of manual testing and test automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A manual tester will mostly focus on the UI of the software. Most of your testing will be in the form of automation testing using a tool like UFT<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These tools will take any code changes and run them through a series of tests that will inform you when something changes that shouldn’t. These tests will save you headaches in the future because you no longer need to test every piece in code on updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Pick a Niche and Specialize in It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It may seem smart to branch out and push out software for different industries. This may not be the smartest move though. At least not in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you separate your focus, you split your expertise. Would you want to hire someone who did five things average, or hire the person who was an expert at one thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Start a Software Company: Taking the Next Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now that we’ve covered how to start a software company, you should be ready to start your project and sell it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are looking for any tools that can help you along, make sure to on just that topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are you wondering how to start a software company? This can be an exciting time, but make sure you don’t jump in head first without any preparation. If you didn’t know, 90% of all startups fail. You have to find a way to be the exception. I’m sure you are wondering how you get to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2335,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}