Citrix Developer Solutions Podcast

Building Saas that businesses can rely on (Part 2): "Software design principles for the Agile Entrepreneur"

We reviewed cloud computing concepts last time

Choose your system of record
1) it must meet your availability requirements, or you will need offline systems (Podio is good enough for 99% of cases)
2) it must offer direct API integration, preferably ‘REST’ style
3) it must be easy to export all key data


Avoid writing custom software whenever possible
1) Differentiate by your work process and your business methods
2) Bake those processes and methods into the system around the ‘events’

Only integrate with systems that support synchronization
1) shopify recently banned Mailchimp because they wouldn’t
If you need custom code, have it run on demand
1) avoid storing any additional data outside your SOR
2) customers should pay direct costs of anything not on demand


You are not a security expert, so be very afraid of hackers
1) You need to own your domain and make sure your customers know it
2) You must have reliable SSL at every layer, even if your just showing content
3) Keep your marketing site public stuff, and make sure your host keeps their software updated with security patches (especially if you use Wordpress)

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• Bill's time at Citrix working with the ShareFile and Podio product lines.
• The Podio-Globiflow resale partnership, and how it led to Globiflow becoming part of Citrix
• Founding of Digiflow Software Solutions.
• "Talking Shop" about Podio as a "PaaS" and how it is totally unique in the market

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In this show, we discuss the urgent need to control complexity in your projects and buildouts.

1. Consumers making data based decision making and wanting to make that next step to create a podio system that best fits them. 
2. When thinking about a project timeline consumers need to be focused on what really matters to them, then we can adjust the small details. 
3. There are two types of consumers when it comes to podio: the ones who have no idea what to do with their blank canvas or the ones want everything but could have a budget limitation. 
4. Trying to steer our consumers the right way to make a tangible asset for their company. 
5. Management vs. Users: we don't want to say no but sometimes there are limitations to the podio platform. 
6. We like to build our users a basic platform to start out on before we get really complex integration involved. It starts to generate ideas and then the consumer realizes what they need and don't need within podio. 

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 13 – Podio Deep Dive 2a: "Building Saas that businesses can rely on"

Discussion Outline:

1. Introduction – Talk about
2. Topic:  "Cloud computing concepts for business software design"
3. PaaS, SaaS, IaaS…
   what does “as a service” even mean, and when should it matter?
   Where are the services hosted?
   How are they secured?
   How reliable are they?
   API, SDK, Service (REST?)
   VMs, VPCs, Containers, Docker, Kubernetes, Lambda (runtimes)
   Public internet concepts important for cloud security:
   Domains, DNS
   Hosting
   Certificates
4. Up Next Episode: Continuation into Part 2.
5. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Listener Forum
6. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Season 1 – Episode 12 – Podio Design for Business 2: "The Power of Asking 'Why?' in Your Designs."

Discussion Outline:

1. Introduction – SUBSCRIBE (do it!)
2. The importance of starting from "Why" in your Podio solution designs.
3. 1st Principle: There are Choices and Results in your solution design
4. 2nd Principle: Make the process the easiest path to follow
5. 3rd Principle: Understand Management's requirement versus the End-Users' Requirements
6. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
7. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 11 – Solving Podio Gaps #2

Discussion Outline:

1. Introduction – SUBSCRIBE (please)
2. Single AWS Lambda for the community, a payoff from Episode 10
3. 1st Discussion: Filter View with Text Fields
   1. Problem: Why Cannot Filter w/Searchable Text
   2. Issue: Indexing - Who & Why
   3. 3 Possible Solutions/Work around
   4. Bonus: Searchable Null Dates
4. 2nd Discussion: Sharing just an App but not a Workspace
   1. Problem: Giving access to a full App but not the whole Workspace
   2. Issue: Business Case & Podio Entitlements
   3. 4 Possible Solutions/Work around
5. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
6. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Show Outline:

1. Introduction to interview
2. Topic: – Interview with Andrew Cranston, CTO at GameChangers [http://www.WeAreGameChangers.com]
3. 1st Discussion: Andrew's background and a discussion of his progress as a Podio solution developer.
4. 2nd Discussion: Boost PM [http://www.boostpm.com] and its technical philosophy
5. 3rd Discussion: Don't be afraid to move from Globiflow into other tools like ProcFu, SaaSsafras, and the Podio API itself!
6. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
7. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 9 – Scaling Podio Solutions 1: "SaaSsafras Scaling for Podio Solutions"

Discussion Outline:

1. Introduction – The Shameless Plug - Why are we sitting here today (Founding Story)
2. Topic:  "Turning Podio into an Enterprise Level Provider"
3. 1st Discussion: Why SaaSsafras Exists - Problems we encountered
   1. Cross Workspace Issues
   2. Zapier (integration) issues
   3. Keeping Podio current
   4. Aggregate Reporting / Formatting
4. 2nd Discussion: The Solution - Current Capabilities 
   1. Deployment
   2. Patching
   3. Flow Engine
5. Problems that we have had to overcome
   1. OAuth
   2. Caching
   3. Rate Limits
6. Plans for future features
7. Call for use case examples, beta users, feature expansion
8. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 8 – Podio Deep Dive 1: "Manipulation of Podio Tags"

Discussion Outline:

1. Introduction – Welcome to the Series - Podio Deep Dive
2. Topic:  "Manipulation of Podio Tags"
3. 1st Discussion: Business Case - What types of Solutions would require this type of API buildout?
4. 2nd Discussion: What is in the API to allow this? What are the necessities and methods to make this happen?
5. Deep Dive: How can developers leverage the Podio API in this Use Case?
6. Up Next Episode: Scaling Podio Solutions 1
7. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Listener Forum
8. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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Podcast Outline – Season 1 – Episode 7 – Podio Design Considerations for Sales & Marketing Solutions

Discussion Outline:

1. Introduction – Welcome to the Series - Podio Design for Business Types
2. Topic:  "Podio Design Considerations for Sales & Marketing Solutions"
3. 1st Discussion: Business Case - Marketing Agency needing a CRM to "install" for clients
4. 2nd Discussion: Theoretical Solution Work out
5. Deep Dive: Driving metrics through Podio-based CRM systems and the power of the data
6. Up Next: 
7. Audience Engagement: Solving Podio Gaps – Podio Developers and Power users – Submit your gaps!
8. Outro: SUBSCRIBE and Thank you.

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