Starting a tech business : a practical guide for anyone creating or designing applications or software ; [for entrepreneurs project managers executives and IT professionals] Technology enabled businesses offer one of todays best available means to creating wealth and the successful application of technology increasingly separates an industrys winners from its losers. Even better while a decade ago the barriers to creating a technology enabled business required a pole vault theyve lowered to where a determined step in the right direction is enough to get started.There are many important things prospective entrepreneurs and business enterprises need to know to avoid common pitfalls in the fast paced world of high tech business. This book provides these practical checklists and frameworks that business owners entrepreneurs and professionals can apply to any web 2.0 business idea whether they are developing software and products or beginning a technology enabled business. The book includes valuable insights on How do you prepare yourself or your company for successful systems implementation How do you develop a best practice user interface for your your companys system What are some of the most common disconnects between engineers and business people and how can you avoid them What are the core functional roles in a technology enabled business and what skills sets do they require How do you identify worthwhile partnerships and invest in them enough to make them successful