Thursday
Room 2
13:40 - 14:40
(UTC+10)
Talk (60 min)
From Rags to Revenue - 5 years of a developer startup
I began my startup, Pinch Payments, in June 2017 and have been on the path to profitability ever since. As a fledgling developer, I was always interested in building a company, but never really knew how to get something off the ground.
It wasn’t until a major life event occurred that I found room to start a real company; to have an actual crack at starting a business.
There have been enormous ups and downs along the way, but in this talk I will explain the journey I’ve taken from full-time developer to startup owner in graphic detail. I will give you a solid starting point for finding good business ideas and show you some tips and tricks for early-stage businesses. Developers are uniquely positioned to create value for the world, and I hope to be the small nudge it takes to set you on your own startup journey.
Ben Cull
Ben Cull has left the comfortable consultant lifestyle at SSW Australia for the untamed mountains and treacherous valleys of the startup world with his payments platform, Pinch Payments.
He has extensive experience developing enterprise web solutions, but is now free to apply his efforts to the bleeding edge of today's technologies. He wrestles with Alphas, fights with betas, and reminisces with RTMs so that you don't have to. You can find him talking at conferences around the world about his favourite topics: Payments, Web, and Beer.
Oh boy the beer! If you get caught anywhere near him, you'll definitely get into a discussion about either beer or brewing :)