We often hear about great leadership, people point and say “that is a great leader” but a visual lesson is so rare.
Derek Sivers gave probably the best 2:58 talk at TED Conference that I have ever heard. Take the time to view this presentation from Derek, listen and pay attention. This may be the best way to spend 3-minutes, ever.
My immediate thought was, this is awesomely inspiring.
Robert Dempsey of Atlantic Dominion Solutions, LLC (ADS), has a great blog post this morning shedding some light on selling a web application. Robert is referring to our purchase of Expens’d from ADS.
The information Robert is referring to, and is spot-on, with all of the details one needs to consider when purchasing a web application. This checklist goes beyond the legal stuff and negotiating a price but talks about what to do after the actual sale takes place.
Anyone interested in the details of all the things needed to do go give “Business Checklist for Selling a SaaS Application” a read.
Today marks the beginning of the future for Still River Software. We have been in the process of developing our suite of products (yet to be announced) and also pursuing products to purchase which aligns with our vision. Today is the day we announce the acquisition of Expens’d from Atlantic Domion Solutions, LLC of Winter Park, FL.
Expens’d is an application that does a specific task and does it well. As we all know as business people we need to keep track of our expenses, not a glamorous job but one that needs to be done and Expens’d makes it easy. We plan to make it dead simple as we grow Expens’d in the coming months. Please watch here for announcements of updates.
In the meantime, some bit of details about the deal as announced on the ADS blog this morning:
WINTER PARK, FL (January 18, 2010)…Atlantic Dominion Solutions (ADS) – a leading project management and custom development firm – today announced the sale of its popular expense tracking application, Expens’d, to Still River Software. The move advances strategic objectives for both companies and bolsters their respective positions in the highly competitive market for technology services.
For ADS, the sale of Expens’d reflects the company’s shift toward more personalized, consulting-based services and demonstrates a strong commitment to this new area of focus. Yet, as CEO Robert Dempsey explains, the impact to end-users was an important consideration in finding the right buyer.
Still River Software was the ideal partner to work with on this transaction,” said Dempsey. “We wanted to ensure a seamless transition for Expens’d users, with no down time, to a company capable of delivering responsive support and developing smart solutions to key business problems. Still River was the clear choice.”
The acquisition also marks an opportunity for Still River Software to expand its offering of innovative applications designed to resolve pain points and meet specific needs. In Expens’d, the company gains an already successful product with an established customer base of more than 2,500 users. Still River founder Robert Bazinet affirms Dempsey’s assertion that the move will yield an advantage for these users.
“We’re thrilled to add such a widely used application to our roster,” stated Bazinet. “It addresses an important need by simplifying expense tracking and management, and ADS has always developed excellent products. But we also see great benefits for current users – not only will they continue to enjoy uninterrupted performance and support, they’ll also be introduced to the other unique solutions we provide.”
For more information on services offered by ADS, please visit www.adsdevshop.com to learn more about Still River Software, Expens’d or any of its other solutions, go to www.stillriversoftware.com.
About Atlantic Dominion Solutions
Based in Winter Park, Florida, ADS specializes in developing custom, web-based applications that enable people to simplify their lives, build successful businesses, engineer new ideas, and otherwise turn visions into reality. We use Ruby on Rails to build flexible, database-backed applications that can be deployed quickly, scaled easily, and maintained with minimal effort. Our approach is founded on a commitment to constant communication with our clients through a variety of traditional and technological channels – that’s how we ensure ADS delivers exactly the solutions our clients need, down to the very last detail.
We are perpetually active in the application development community; our founder and CEO, Robert Dempsey, is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. For more information about ADS, please visit www.adsdevshop.com.
About Still River Software
The Still River Software Company was founded in 2006 by Robert Bazinet. Rob is an industry veteran with well over 20 years of software development experience. The company specializes in helping its clients find the best solutions to the problems they face every day. For more information, please visit www.stillriversoftware.com.
For more information about Expens’d, please visit the Expens’d web site where you can sign up for a free account or review any of our paid plans which offer a full 30-day trial.
I have had setting up a blog for Still River Software for what seems like such a long time now. It’s pretty shameful really that us being in the software business that we are just getting a blog now, but here we are.
So, this is the very first blog post for our little blog and our little company. It is also a new year and things are happening for us in great ways.
We some really exciting things going on here that I would love to tell you about them today, but sadly I cannot. The time is just not right yet but very soon indeed.
I can tell you this, we will be announcing some new products over the next couple months that I think will add value to the lives of the people who use the tools.
So why a blog and why now? Well, it’s pretty simple..I want to have a place to discuss running a small software company. I am sure there are many folks going down the same path as I am and if my pain can help others, great.
I plan to talk about a wide variety of topics from basic business concepts like merchant accounts to more complex ones such as social media used in marketing. I hope this will become a valuable tool for small business owners of all types.
Talk to you soon.