From 5413686a15a693206898c645a85c4c6cf1a94f8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeffrey Armstrong Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:59:23 -0400 Subject: Initial commit --- index.rst | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 104 insertions(+) create mode 100644 index.rst (limited to 'index.rst') diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a916d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ + +.. A Short Intro to Approximatrix slides file, created by + hieroglyph-quickstart on Mon Aug 25 12:13:21 2014. + +============================== +A Short Intro to +============================== + +.. image:: _static/logo_big_words.png + +Jeffrey Armstrong + +August 27th, 2014 + +http://approximatrix.com/ + +My Background +============= + + * Aerospace Engineer + * Love programming + * Independent + +History +======= + +Founded in 2006... + +.. figure:: _static/draco.png + :figwidth: 100% + :align: center + +to market a statistics package + +Lessons Learned +=============== + +Draco was a failure in every way + * Scope was unachievable + * Exceptionally slow updates + * No market research + +Ideals don't equal profit + +Simply Fortran +============== + +Released July 2010 + +.. figure:: _static/sfortran.png + :figwidth: 100% + :align: center + +Filled Very Specific Niche + +Inexpensive! + +Simply Fortran +============== + +Sales + +And Myself... +============= + +Switched to full-time in November 2012 + +Growth +====== + +==================== ========= +Package Manager: |sfpm| +Corporate Customers: |sfls| +Additional Products: |seditor| +==================== ========= + +.. |sfpm| image:: _static/sfpm.png + :scale: 60 % + +.. |sfls| image:: _static/sfls.png + :scale: 60 % + +.. |seditor| image:: _static/seditor.png + :align: middle + +Issues +====== + +Marketing + * How does one contact such a diverse group? + +Pricing + * Four drastic price changes + +Summary +======= + +A success story? + +Contact: + * Email: jeff@approximatrix.com + * Twitter: @fortranjeff + * http://approximatrix.com/ + * http://simplyfortran.com/ -- cgit v1.2.3