A real-world look at building a SaaS business: development, scaling, AI, security, finance, and adapting to change.

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses are often cited as being easy to start and grow, as they aren’t very capital intensive and should scale easily. But in reality, there is plenty to worry about and lots can go wrong.

This presentation uses a live case study to explore what is involved in starting and sustaining a software venture; being ready to pivot and roll with the punches. In particular the talk considers web-app development (specifications, coding, testing), dev-ops (cloud architecture, cyber security), adopting new technology (blockchain and AI) and then running the whole thing as a business (finance, compliance, marketing and sales).

AGENDA:

18:00 - Refreshments and networking.

19:00 - Presentation - Adrian Burden

20:00 - Q&A.

21:00 - Close.

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.

For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:

Dr Adrian Burden FIET, FIMMM, FRMS, CEng

Dr Adrian Burden is co-founder and CEO at the certification and blockchain venture BlockMark Technologies Ltd. Previously Adrian co-founded and grew an award-winning high technology anti-counterfeiting solutions company headquartered in Singapore called Singular ID which was later acquired by leading pharmaceutical packaging supplier Bilcare. In 2012 he founded the Malvern Festival of Innovation which grew to become a nationally recognised event showcasing science, technology and entrepreneurship to school students, business professionals and members of the public. Adrian has a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a D.Phil. in Materials Science from the University of Oxford. He was listed as a Maserati 100 Entrepreneur by the Centre for Entrepreneurs in The Sunday Times in February 2015. He is author of the book Start to Exit: How to maximize the value in your start-up, published in October 2017.

THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

The British Computer Society (Hereford & Worcester Branch) in collaboration with BIPC Worcestershire.

Links:

https://www.bcs.org (https://www.bcs.org)

Start or grow a business | Worcestershire County Council (https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services/worcestershire-libraries/start-or-grow-business)

https://www.worcester.ac.uk/

https://www.blockmarktech.com/

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