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Great Not Big: Speaking from experience

by Carl EricksonMarch 11, 2011

I’ve made a bunch of mistakes and learned just a few things in ten years. From a simple desire to find better ways to build software, Atomic Object now stands as a team of 27 incredibly talented people who have successfully delivered hundreds of projects to a national client base. I’ve decided to leverage our size and success to dedicate some of my time to blogging and speaking on a topic I feel passionate about, namely, how do you build and run a successful software product development company? I not only have a rich base of experience upon which to draw, but Atomic is an unfinished experiment and a living lab for my ideas. Our transparency and culture of teaching gives me scope to share what I’ve learned, what’s worked, what’s failed and what we’re still figuring out.

As with Atomic’s projects, I’m starting by listening and being sure I understand how best to help my audience. If you’re the founder or leader of a software development company, where are your pain points? What roadblocks are you hitting as you work to build your company? What would you like to know more about? What challenges have you struggled with? If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, what’s holding you back from launching your own firm?

The widget on the right side of the page makes it quick and easy to give me feedback on topics of interest. If you think something is missing, or you have a more specific question, please make a comment below.

For more about me, my story, and what I’m hoping to achieve, check the About page.

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Carl is Founder & Chairman of Atomic Object, a software product development company with offices in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and Chicago.
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Great Not Big is the brainchild of Carl Erickson, Founder of Atomic Object. It’s where we chronicle our management successes and failures, and share our ideas for creating a successful small company where people love to work.

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