ISV Academy

    Beginnings are hard, we can help to make it easier. 

    With experts in both business and technology, our team has built a free online webinar series covering most important questions and problems that will arise when launching your (first) SaaS.

    The concept

    Following good old marketing principle, we have bundled all the activities in 4 P’s:

    Each “P” will cover both technology and business aspects.

    In Product we are focusing on building the SaaS by the book, ensuring proper lifecycle, roadmap, testings. We also cover the transition to cloud (Azure) power.

    Price module is dedicated to pricing options, creating the price and best choice for your SaaS – from selling seats to bundling features.

    At Placement we set sail to market – discussing how you are going to set up your sales model and chose the best market fits.

     

    As the last step in the journey, we take on Promotion. This marketing classic will cover modern marketing vessels, marketing technology that is going to power those vessels as well as investment analysis.

    Who IS the ISV Academy target:

    • Independent software vendors looking to launch new SaaS products
    • Companies with SaaS products not full-filling expected results.
    • ISV's looking to move their existing SaaS solutions to cloud
    • ISV's trying to find better ways to market their solutions

    Who is NOT ISV Academy target:

    • Tech companies building custom solutions
    • Developers looking for employment contacts
    • Starups without concrete product (or at least some MVP)

    Topics we will cover

    PRODUCTIZE

    How to build products for new generation

    SETTING THE PRICE

    How to set the price and pricing model

    CONTAINERS AND ORCHESTRATION

    Building for flexibility

    SLA AND MONITORING

    Keeping an eye on the clock

    AZURE FOR SaaS

    Moving / Building your SaaS in Cloud

    CLOUD RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION

    Optimize for best perfomance and efficient costs

    DEVOPS AND CD

    Continuous delivery and development

    PROMOTION MIX

    Creating your own sales funnel

    ROADMAP

    Planning the product life cycle and managing it

    SALES CHANNELS

    Where to sell and how to distribute

    CUSTOMER JOURNEY

    Walking a mile in customer's shoes

    How to participate

    We have already covered some of the topics and they will soon be available in the on-demand section. For upcoming webinars, please register for the ones you are interested in.

    On-demand webinars

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    Technology Sessions

    DevOps with Git Hub

    This session builds on modern cloud-native practices and technologies such as containers and orchestration. We will leverage the power of the GitHub platform (repositories and GitHub Actions) to deploy a new version of our application to the production environment.

    DevOps with GitHub

    This session builds on modern cloud-native practices and technologies such as containers and orchestration. We will leverage the power of the GitHub platform (repositories and GitHub Actions) to deploy a new version of our application to the production environment.
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    DevOps and CD

    Continuous integration (CI) means continuously building and testing new versions of the software. Experts are still arguing whether CD stands for continuous delivery or deployment.

    DevOps and CD

    Continuous integration (CI) means continuously building and testing new versions of the software. Experts are still arguing whether CD stands for continuous delivery or deployment.
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    SLA and Monitoring

    We've got to the point where all of our cloud applications and services and up and running.

    SLA and Monitoring

    We've got to the point where all of our cloud applications and services and up and running.
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    Azure Migration

    It's time to migrate your on-premise workloads to the cloud! During this webinar, we will answer your questions on how to prepare and perform migration to Microsoft Azure. The migration process doesn't have to be painful when done in the right way and with cost optimization in mind.

    Azure Migration

    It's time to migrate your on-premise workloads to the cloud! During this webinar, we will answer your questions on how to prepare and perform migration to Microsoft Azure. The migration process doesn't have to be painful when done in the right way and with cost optimization in mind.
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    Innovate with AI

    Sometimes you feel like you are missing the opportunity of being a part of something impactful, meaningful and important. If you have that feeling with AI in general, don't worry, it's not too late for you to jump in that adrenaline pumped ride where AI is becoming our ally in our daily life as well as in our businesses. In fact, it might be just the right time to start dealing with AI and Microsoft has a lot of stuff prepared for you.

    Innovate with AI

    Sometimes you feel like you are missing the opportunity of being a part of something impactful, meaningful and important. If you have that feeling with AI in general, don't worry, it's not too late for you to jump in that adrenaline pumped ride where AI is becoming our ally in our daily life as well as in our businesses. In fact, it might be just the right time to start dealing with AI and Microsoft has a lot of stuff prepared for you.
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    How to Optimize your Cloud?

    To ensure long-time sustainability, for every organization it is important to consume and optimally use the assets they own, IT systems included.

    How to Optimize your Cloud?

    To ensure long-time sustainability, for every organization it is important to consume and optimally use the assets they own, IT systems included.
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    Azure Synapse Analytics

    In this webinar, we'll cover basics around data loading, data lake organization, data integration, data transformation, use of Spark for data analysis and visualization of data in Power BI.

    Azure Synapse Analytics

    In this webinar, we'll cover basics around data loading, data lake organization, data integration, data transformation, use of Spark for data analysis and visualization of data in Power BI.
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    Business Sessions

    Productize

    Every journey starts with the first step. For success in the SaaS business, it is the definition of the desired product(s) with which we believe we will create maximum impact.

    Productize

    Every journey starts with the first step. For success in the SaaS business, it is the definition of the desired product(s) with which we believe we will create maximum impact.
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    Customer Journey

    Everything we do should be focused on the end customer. And how do we best focus on her? We try to walk a mile in her shoes.

    Customer Journey

    Everything we do should be focused on the end customer. And how do we best focus on her? We try to walk a mile in her shoes.
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    Building your Roadmap

    SaaS business is all about continuously delivering improvements to your solutions - both to retain current customers as well as to reach new ones.

    Building your Roadmap

    SaaS business is all about continuously delivering improvements to your solutions - both to retain current customers as well as to reach new ones.
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    Promotion Mix

    We are finally here – promotion mix is the last step of our journey and in reality, this is what most people think about when one mentions Marketing.

    Promotion Mix

    We are finally here – promotion mix is the last step of our journey and in reality, this is what most people think about when one mentions Marketing.
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    MVP Talks with Anton Boyko

    A discussion with Anton Boyko, Microsoft MVP from Ukraine. Anton is an experienced Information Technology Consultant with a demonstrated history of work in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Cloud architecture and DevOps.

    MVP Talks with Anton Boyko

    A discussion with Anton Boyko, Microsoft MVP from Ukraine. Anton is an experienced Information Technology Consultant with a demonstrated history of work in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Cloud architecture and DevOps.
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    MVP Talks with Damir Dizdarević

    Talk with Damir is all about the importance of properly handling a person’s identities as the most crucial aspect of application security. During this session, Damir will share his view on identities, especially in the Cloud era.

    MVP Talks with Damir Dizdarević

    Talk with Damir is all about the importance of properly handling a person’s identities as the most crucial aspect of application security. During this session, Damir will share his view on identities, especially in the Cloud era.
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    Upcoming webinars

    About presenters

    Bojan Hadžisejdić

    Bojan Hadžisejdić

    Bojan is CEO and a partner in Nephos. He is an industry professional with a great mix of business and technical skills gained through more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry, both corporate and SME. Holds MBA degree and master’s degree in electrical engineering. He is a business expert enabling customers’ transformation and growth with the power of modern technologies.

    Bojan’s specialities include business transformation and development, cloud transformation consulting, and assessing and defining the potential of applying Blockchain technologies in different business scenarios.

    Dinko Tipurić

    Dinko is a life-long marketing enthusiast and a recent addition to Nephos team. Before joining, Dinko spent four years in Microsoft managing marketing activities for Croatia and BiH. His path led him to Madrid and joining Uber, where he was in charge of all marketing efforts for Croatia, Greece, Israel, and Turkey.

    Dinko’s focus is on metrics and proving marketing can be a profit centre. His passion is with customer behaviour and growth strategies as a base for marketing in the 2020s.

    Helena Jovcic

    Helena Jovčić

    Before joining Nephos as Cloud Solution Architect, Helena used to work as Software Presales Specialist, where she was responsible for educating and providing technical support for Microsoft cloud resellers.

    During her career, she had an opportunity to acquire different Microsoft certifications and to become Microsoft Certified Trainer. Helena has a lot of experience with delivering workshops, lectures, webinars, and other educational experiences. She loves working with modern technologies and is a real cloud enthusiast.

    Ivan Pranjić

    After some developer experience, Ivan becomes a Data&AI and Modern Apps Business Consultant in Microsoft, and afterward, his career path leads him to be a Business Analyst in Blink. Today, Ivan is a proud member of Nephos where he is in a role of a Business Consultant engaging customers to broader their knowledge and apply modern solutions and practices into their daily business.

    Ivan is Microsoft Certified Professional (AI-900, AI-100) being Azure AI Engineer Associate, and is currently Microsoft Certified Trainer.

    Tomislav Tipurić

    Tomislav is CTO and a partner in Nephos. Before joining Nephos, Tomislav worked in Microsoft for 10 years, the last few as a technology strategist for partners that embed Microsoft’s technology and cloud services into their own products.

    During his career, he has worked with many companies in the region, from the smallest startups to renowned large companies, helping developers and system engineers to apply the latest Microsoft technologies. He is focused on the world’s leading cloud technologies (Azure, Google, and AWS), DevOps topics, artificial intelligence, and the way of doing business in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.