{"id":817,"date":"2009-05-24T09:51:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T13:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/?p=817"},"modified":"2009-05-24T10:21:12","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T14:21:12","slug":"upping-the-indie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/817\/upping-the-indie","title":{"rendered":"Upping The Indie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major congratulations to my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/speirs.org\/\">Fraser Speirs<\/a>, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/connectedflow.com\/pr\/\">acquisition of Changes<\/a> gives a nice boost to Connected Flow&#8217;s product lineup. I just <em>love<\/em> to see other developers pursuing growth in clever ways. Acquisition can be a great shortcut on the road to indie success. It worked wonders for Red Sweater, and I hope it does the same for Fraser.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe application, a popular <a href=\"http:\/\/changesapp.com\/\">file comparison tool<\/a>, was developed by Ian Baird of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skorpiostech.com\/\">Skorpiostech<\/a>, who is also a good friend. Ian is selling the product because he has accepted a development position at Apple. He will be moving promptly from Phoenix to Cupertino to pursue that particular dream.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSo one indie developer&#8217;s sun is rising as another one sets. I don&#8217;t begrudge Ian seizing the opportunity to work at Apple. It&#8217;s a great place to make a difference, and I doubt <em>anybody<\/em> passes through that institution without coming out a stronger developer. If they ever do come out, that is. The company also has more decades-long employees than I have commonly encountered elsewhere. So, best of luck to you Ian, hopefully we&#8217;ll at least see you once a year at WWDC.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTrivia: the name Changes was my contribution to the project. I guess that sort of makes me its <em>godfather<\/em>. Be well, my son.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSince I have developed this reputation for software acquisition, one of the benefits is that other companies commonly approach me either to offer a product for acquisition, or to ask advice about a transaction they are considering.  This is a great position for me, not only because it often gives me first crack at an opportunity, but also because I truly enjoy the process of talking through the pros and cons of a particular product for a particular company. So please, don&#8217;t be shy! Keep the inquiries coming.  I love this stuff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor those of us working our butts off on small, independently owned businesses, I think I&#8217;ve stumbled upon a catchphrase that sums up our plight with the proper degree of sass and brevity. Things are not going quite as perfectly as you wish? Sales flagging? Can&#8217;t get any publicity? <em>How will you up the indie?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major congratulations to my friend Fraser Speirs, whose acquisition of Changes gives a nice boost to Connected Flow&#8217;s product lineup. I just love to see other developers pursuing growth in clever ways. Acquisition can be a great shortcut on the road to indie success. It worked wonders for Red Sweater, and I hope it does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,46,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-indie","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}