In this four part spin-off series, Mac Software Business: Year One, we’ll cover the life of three new Mac indie startups, with one seasoned veteran provided for good measure. Our second episode covers how our audacious Micro Mac outfits operate their operations.

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Running Time: 1 hr 06 mins 02 secs
Download Size: 30MB

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Show Notes

• Keith Alperin: Helium Foot Software, your moderator
• Steve “Scotty” Scott: mamooba and the Mac Developer Network
• Kevin Hoctor: No Thirst Software
• Gus Mueller: Flying Meat, your seasoned veteran

Some of the things that we talked about in this episode:

• Kevin and Scotty use Aquatic Prime as their licensing engine
• Keith rolled his own licensing engine using openssl based on this post by Allan Odgaard
• Gus uses PayPal Website Payments Pro to process credit cards
• Keith LOVES E-junkie for it’s shopping cart and simple integration with PayPal standard, PayPal pro and Authorize.net
• Keith got his website design for free from Open Source Web Design
• Gus and Keith both use FogBugz for bug tracking and tech support
• Panic is now using RedMine for bug tracking
• Keith automated his build and deploy procedure
• Kevin adapted Aquatic Prime to cut down on support requests

Finally, if you have anything to say about any of the topics that we covered, feel free to respond via an audio clip or email. Email us at podcast@heliumfoot.com with your response (or for instructions on how to transfer your large audio clip to us).