Geoff Olliff, co-founder and directore of ViFX
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The document outlines a business journey from inception to achieving significant growth and recognition, including international expansion and strategic insights. It highlights key milestones, challenges faced, and emphasizes the importance of deliberate positioning, focus, and narrative in success. The speaker seeks support for a new idea related to managed cloud services and software development.
Geoff Olliff, co-founder and directore of ViFX
- 2. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? 2
- 3. Outline for Tonight • Understand our journey (0-$20M) • Some interesting observations: – Strategy and Time – Vision and Passion – Internationalisation and Growth • Why I am a member of the NZSA 3
- 4. Beginnings • 5th Business • March 2007 • 30 Second Strategy – Be the best – Hire the best – Serve the best • 3 rules 4
- 5. 2007-2011 • Single Track Success • 22nd in the Deloitte Fast50 • 160th in the Fast Asia 500 • Vendor Recognition • 6th in the Entrepreneur’s Challenge 5
- 6. 2009 – A Pivotal Year • Limited Partnership Structure • JV in Singapore • Established in Australia …….just for fun 6
- 7. Sidebar… • Why were we successful? – Sheer good luck – Planned positioning (right place, right time, right idea) – Focus – An over-arching narrative as to why, how and what • Aspiration:– “Change the World” 7
- 8. Our Journey With Software • 2011 – Delta Software – Client journey – Rule 1 • 2015 - Birst 8
- 9. Plain Sailing? • Asia • Australia • Delta • CEO 9
- 10. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? • The age of infrastructure is passing • Now programmatic components called by software or software architecture • Our experience has some relevance • I need your help! 10
- 11. A Story of Software Development… 11 • Production grade software development company – Test, development, multiple international clients in production • Operations hell • Billing complexity • Critically dependent upon Cloud Services (Azure) • Not a core competence • Sparked an idea that I think has legs…
- 12. Your IT Environment MANAGED CLOUD SERVICES Software DevelopmentIndustry Introduction text goes here
- 13. HAVE A GREAT DAY NIGHT 13