On being the cheapest cloud

 September 30, 2024

Recently, I heard a pitch from a public cloud company. Among other characteristics, a key aspect they stressed is that they are the cheapest cloud. This aspect struck me. Not because I believe it is or is not, but because I’ve heard many companies pitch themselves as the cheapest cloud over the years. I asked the CTO if they were foreseeing consistent and planned cuts in the pricing every year or so. The CTO’s answer was very sensible but negative on the specific point. Later the same day, I was thinking more about my interaction with that CTO, and it became clear to me why pitching to be the cheapest cloud is not a good idea.

Derisk the choice of vendors and projects by understanding IT companies' business models

 June 13, 2024 -  Brno, CZ

Licenze e modelli di business nel settore informatico

 October 28, 2023 -  Milano, IT

Starting a Business Learn What You Need in Two Hours By Scott L. Girard Jr., Michael F. O'Keefe, Marc A. Price (Nova Vista Publishing)

 January 22, 2013

When I’ve seen this book I had no idea about what I was going to find inside it.

As the title suggests, the book is pretty short (the PDF version count 161 pages) and so it’s really a few reading hours.

The book is divided in 5 chapters:

• Planning: this chapter covers the Business Plan and all the accessories planning. From my experience (and the author too) a good plan is mandatory if you don’t want see your great idea failing.
• Getting Financed: this short chapter (only 12 pages long) gives you some information and advice about the financial part of the company.
• Getting started: here you can find a lot of good advice and general information about marketing, patenting, copyright and other important things you should know.
• Staying alive: here you’ll find information and advice on taxes, press releases and other things that will keep your company going.
• When tomorrow becomes today: in this short chapter (only 5 pages long) are highlighted some differences between ordinary business and web business.

The book is written with no specific sector in mind. This book can be read and found useful to a person that wants to open a pub or a person that wants to open an IT start-up. If this is good because anyone will find something for him, is bad because no one will find all information she needs.