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We talk about what's required to build a software development company, and what the business actually looks like from the perspective of Job Jones who has run Anthroware for 10 years.
Jon Jones - / jonjones2
00:00 Opening Remarks
11:07 What is your daily driver?
12:27 What does Anthroware do?
15:32 What do you employees focus on?
17:25 Are coders still valuable?
21:27 How do you deal with Employees and Contractors?
23:45 Do you hire individual foreign contractors, or use a company?
25:37 Why outsource coders from Brazil?
26:17 Is remote work the future?
30:17 How do you deal with burn out of remote workers?
33:40 Is remote work good for young employees?
38:07 What do your clients look like?
43:27 Agile vs Waterfall for Development Companies
47:16 How does the Client Acquisition process work?
50:20 What is your Tech Stack?
53:27 What is “Win - Loss”?
58:35 What Tech Tools do you love?
01:00:00 How do get “Close Loss” people on the phone?
01:03:39 Out of Order Question
01:04:03 What Differentiating Questions in Interviews do you use?
01:08:00 Contrast most successful client vs least successful client?
01:11:03 What product or client launched Anthroware?
01:12:39 What got you into tech?
01:21:08 Who did you get advice from to build a business?
01:22:25 How does your spouse feel about this?
01:24:36 How did you fund Anthroware?
01:27:09 Why start a tech business in Asheville NC?
01:28:17 Are any Asheville Government policies help start tech businesses in Asheville NC?
01:29:32 Why create a “lifestyle” business instead of a “startup”?
01:34:12 How close are you to building a business “machine”?
01:36:17 What are the top 3 most interesting problems?
01:37:48 What helped create a sense of community for your business?
01:40:44 How did you find your business partner?
01:44:02 Advice for students interested in STEM careers?
01:47:28 When will ChatGPT kill your business?
01:53:00 What will Anthroware look like in 5 years?
01:54:30 Will Anthroware become more then you can handle as a founder?
01:56:40 Will Asheville’s social issue cause Anthroware problems?
01:58:25 Are you “married” to Asheville NC for Anthroware?
01:59:14 Any large scale tech makes you excited?
02:00:13 What would you do if you had to reskill?
02:01:30 If you were 18 where would you start in tech?
02:02:37 Are you hiring? Interns?
02:04:15 Was this horrible???
02:04:53 How do you manage a business partnership?
02:10:29 How many clients are asking for GPT and AI?
02:14:00 What are Anthroware’s “favorite” problems to solve?
02:16:32 What is McKinsey? What is the difference between a Wisdom firm and a Method firm?
02:19:27 Wisdom firm…
02:20:02 How did the fireside chat go???
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