How I started the first billion dollar software company.

Please join us for an evening with John Cullinane (http://www.cullinaneentrepreneurship.com), a true pioneer in the software industry.

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John Cullinane (http://www.cullinaneentrepreneurship.com) formed Cullinane Corporation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinet), the first successful software products company in the computer industry, the first to have an IPO, the first listed on the NY Stock Exchange and the first to reach a billion dollars in valuation.

However, in reality what he did was be the first to figure out how to sell enough software as a product to make a profitable company out it. No one had done it previously, and very few have done it since. This is the same problem facing every software company today. Nothing has changed in the industry. All software companies would like to know how to sell their products more effectively. This is what he will focus on in his talk with particular emphasis on product messaging with the unique process he has for creating sales messages that work.

He will also discuss a point in his company's history when he only had $500 left in the bank and a payroll due that day of $8,500 and what he did to survive. Thus, this talk is geared to all software entrepreneurs regardless of what companies they work for.

Learn more about John Cullinane (http://www.cullinaneentrepreneurship.com/).

Introductory Speaker

As a special bonus we are offering an introductory presentation prior to John Cullinane's main presentation. Join us at 6:30 for Brief Intro to GitHub presented by Boston PHP member, Rick Umali (https://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/members/24848462/).

Topics to be covered include the following:

~ GitHub is not Git
~ Interacting with GitHub for the first time
~ Manipulating GitHub repositories with standard Git commands.
~ Alternatives to GitHub

Rick's new book, Learn Git in a Month of Lunches (http://www.manning.com/umali/) , will be featured in a new virtual self-study group called Git Lunch, Season 1 (https://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/events/222711169/). Join us to learn more.

Agenda:

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM -- Free pizza

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM -- Brief Intro to GitHub with Rick Umali

7:00 PM - 7:15 PM -- Announcements

7:15 PM - 8:15 PM -- Software Entrepreneurship with John Cullinane

8:15 PM - 8:30 PM -- Q&A

9:00 PM -- Beers at Champions Bar in Kendall Square