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IT 101 for Entrepreneurs and Small
Business Leaders
Sept 10, 2015
Today’s Agenda
Module 1: IT Business
Systems
Discuss best practices
regarding strategic
planning for your
technology
infrastructure
Homework: Use the
provided Technology
Strategy Template to
create your
Technology Strategy
Module 2: Strategy
and Governance
Questions to ask
before selecting a
System
Who is this Mike
guy?
Introduction
Review IT Business
Systems, by
category and
maturity level
What we won’t cover today? (Due to time constraints)
Answer specific questions about
your company (Remember, you can
schedule one-on-one meetings
with me this afternoon)
Detailed discussions about specific
products, vendors, or organizations
Graduated from Johns
Hopkins with a Masters
in Information Systems
JHU
Street Cred
I got some more
credibility:
• Promoted to CTO
• PMP certification
• PMI-ACP Agile
certification
• Finalist for the 2012
NVTC GovCon CTO
Innovator Award
UVA
Graduated from UVA
with Bachelors in
Computer Engineering;
Joined Lockheed
Martin (Security
Engineering)
2003
2008
2008
2010
to
2012
About Mike
Halfaker
Joined Halfaker and
Associates at Director
of Operations (Ops, IT,
BD)
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not
necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Capitol Post or
Halfaker and Associates.
Veterans, thank you for your Service!
Aligns with Biz Model?
Aligns with your Systems?
Does this system align with how you
do business or want to do business?
Does this system integrate with your
other systems?
Lock In?
Will you be stuck with this
vendor after this decision?
Can you export your
information?
Investment Worth?
Is this system worth your
time and money? How about
the time it will take your
employees or customers to
adapt to it?
Consider True Cost of
Ownership (TCO), not just
initial price
Get Traction?
Will your employees and/or
customers actually use this
system?
No Big Risks?
Secure? Support?
Is your company’s information
secure? Will you be in the
newspaper for getting hacked,
based on this decision? Who will
support you if this breaks?
Will this System ALIGN with my Company?
The systems and processes and you
choose today will impact your
company for years to come –
so choose wisely!
Module 1: Business Systems Tour
“The salesman
knows nothing of
what he is selling
save that he is
charging a great
deal too much for
it.”
- Oscar Wilde
ML1 ML2 ML3
Business System Map
Organization Maturity
Business System Type ML1 ML2 ML3
Reporting
• Business
Dashboard
HR and Recruiting • HRIS • ATS
Finance and Accounting
• Back Office Ops
• Accounting
• Invoicing
Business Development, Sales,
and Marketing
• Company Website
• Accept Online
Payments
• Appointment Mngmt.
• Social Media
• CRM and Pipeline
• Sales Intelligence
Communication, Content, and
Collaboration
• Email
• Content and Doc.
Mngmt.
• Project / Task
Management
• Collaboration
Platform
Security • Antivirus • Network Security
• Employee
Security
Training
Technology Infrastructure
• Internet
• Computers
• Phones
• Conferencing
• Printers
• External IT Support
• Mobile Device
Mngmt.
• Backups
• Network
Monitoring
• Identity
Management
ComplexityandStrategicValue
Maturity Level 1
“Technology is
anything that
wasn’t around
when you were
born.”
- Alan Kay (Computer
Scientist)
ML1
Infrastructure: Internet
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Business Internet
Service
(Recommended)
 Verizon Business Internet
(e.g. Fiber, DSL)
 Comcast
 CenturyLink
 MegaPath
 $400/mo. For
3Mbps
 $1,200/mo.
For 10 Mbps
 Ideal if available
 May take months to get
internet in your office,
depending on building
management
Internet Service
Broker
• Cogent
Comm.(http://www.cogen
tco.com)
 Can be helpful in
identifying options, at
no explicit cost to you
 Don’t always offer
unbiased advice
4G Cellular Hotspot
 Clear by Sprint
 Verizon Hotspot
$50/mo. with
data cap (e.g.
1GB
 Mobile and office-based
options are available
 Convenient, but can
become very expensive
based on usage-based
pricing
 Internet connectivity is an essential service, which becomes
increasingly important as your grow as a company
 Consider identifying a vendor that can increase speed as you grow
 Consider how much you’ll rely on cloud services for other business
systems – more cloud means more internet bandwidth needs
ML1
Infrastructure: Computers
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Issue employees
Windows-based
laptops
(Recommended)
 Lenovo (e.g. T400
series)
(Recommended)
 Dell (Recommended)
 HP
 $400 for
used
 $900 for
new
 Lenovo laptops are tough, but a
little more expensive (made in
China is concerning to some)
 Dell offers solid value
Issue employees
Mac laptops
(Recommended)
 Apple MacBook
laptops (Also
recommended)
 $1500
new
 Fewer options regarding Device
Management
 More expensive per machine
 May offer more convenience,
more durable machines, and
more security
Leverage BYOD and
subsidize employee
laptops
• N/A
• None or
Empl.
Subsidy
 May work well if employees are
tech-savvy, but can make IT
support difficult based on
different computer types
Use Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI)
and issue employees
thin clients
 Amazon WorkSpaces
 MSP-based offerings,
like iCore
 Varies
widely
 Can be powerful, but requires
very fast bandwidth and
advanced administrators
 While tablets are hot, computers continue to be the foundation of
employee technology
 Wirecutter.com has great, detailed reviews of technology equipment,
including laptops
ML1
Infrastructure: Phones
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Bring Your Own
Device (BYOD)
 Several, such
as
Grasshopper
 6 cents per
minute
 Offers convenience and reduced
management at potential cost of
security – see MDM
 You can subsidize monthly personal
phone costs with a stipend
 For leaders, you may want to issue a
phone so you can own the telephone
number (in case of employee
transition)
Company-issued
Smartphones
 Provider:
Verizon, AT&T,
Sprint, T-
Mobile
 Phone Type:
iPhone vs.
Android
 $50 per
month per
line
 Verizon is expensive, with excellent
coverage
 Issuing cell phones requires oversight
regarding minutes, data, and repair
support
 Android’s device and OS
fragmentation is a weaknesses for
enterprise environments
VoIP Landline
Phones
 Vonage
 RingCentral
 MegaPath
 $30 per
month per
line
 Commodity service – top-tier brands
offer similar price and features
 Telephones are still essential to business, and the trade-off between
BYOD and company-supplied is a significant decision regarding
management complexity, employee convenience, and security ML1
Security: Antivirus
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Security Essentials  Microsoft  Free
 Great, free solution for Windows-based
computers
Intune Endpoint
Protection
 Microsoft
 $6 per
user per
month
 Included some Mobile Device Management
(MDM) capabilities, which is discussed
more in ML2
Avast Cloud-based
Antivirus
 Avast  Free
 Other good option (See
http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/avast-
for-business-free-smbs,1-2473.html for
details)
WebRoot or ESET  Varies  Varies
 While Apple computers are less vulnerable
to malware than Windows, you may still
want to invest in it for users, especially
ones that are not tech-savvy and may use
their laptops outside of work (vulnerable to
phishing and other malware)
Malware Protection
 Malwareb
ytes
 $30 per
user per
year
 Useful to protect advanced attacks (think
ML2)
 See http://lifehacker.com/10-malware-
removal-apps-tested-malwarebytes-comes-
out-1614046598 for details
 Secure computers is essential to protecting your employees,
information, and infrastructure
ML1
Communication, Content,
and Collaboration: Email
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
 Microsoft (See
https://products
.office.com/en-
us/business/co
mpare-more-
office-365-for-
business-plans)
 $8-20 per user
per month
 Strong offering that includes
several collaboration tools,
including Exchange, SharePoint,
Skype (formerly Lync), SkyDrive,
and Office Online
 Recommended over other
Exchange hosting providers
 Google
 $5-10 per user
per month
 Strong offering that includes
several collaboration tools,
including Gmail, Hangouts,
Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets,
Forms, Slides
Consumer Email
(e.g. Gmail, POP3,
IMAP)
(Not recomm.)
 Google (gmail)
 Hotmail
 Yahoo mail
 Comcast
 Free or Cheap
 Not recommended, due to lack
of professional functionality and
ability to completely map to
company domain name
 Business email choices are primarily driven by two offerings for
small businesses – Office 365 for Microsoft-centric organizations and
Google Apps for Google-centric organizations
 Choice should be driven by customer experience and employee
population
ML1
Infrastructure: Tele/Web Conferencing
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Conferencing as part
of your
Collaboration /
Email Package
 Microsoft (Skype for
Business)
 Google (Hangouts)
 Included in
Package
Web Conferencing
 GoToMeeting
 WebEx
 Speek Pro
 UberConference
 $40 per
month
per
account
(GoTo /
WebEx)
 Often capped at 25 or 40 users
Teleconferencing
 Unlimited
Conferencing
 6.5 cents
per
minute
per caller
 Can include 800 number access,
more professional greetings,
and more features (e.g. Find
out who is on the call; Record
call)
Free
Teleconferencing
 FreeConference.com  Free
Free Web
Conferencing
 Join.me  Free
 Up to 10 participants, Up to 5
video feeds
 Being able to set up teleconferences (multiple callers on one call)
and web conferencing (to screenshare and collaborate) is critical to
many organizations ML1
Infrastructure: Printers
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Enterprise Tabletop
Printer
 HP (Recomm.)
 Ricoh
 Canon
 Est. $1,200
(B&W)
 Est. $1,500
(Color)
 Enables network printing
 Recommended for up to 10,000 pages per month
 For B&W laser printer, approximately 1.5 cents
per page
 For Color laser, approximately 13 cents per page
Managing Print
Services
 CentricBiz.com
 Varies by
package
 You pay per-page-printed, instead of buying
toner; and they provide printer maintenance and
toner
Consumer Inkjet
Printers
 Epson
 HP
 Canon
 $110 (WF-
3620)
 Good choice if you print less than 250 pages per
month
 Epson WorkForce WF-3620 is recommended by
TheWireCutter.com (3.2 cents per B&W page)
Enterprise
Standalone Printer
 HP
 Ricoh
 Canon
 Est. $4,000
 Enables network printing
 Recommended for 10,000+ pages per month
 Can track printing by user/project
 Buying cheap printers can end up being very expensive over the life
of the printer, considering toner, repairs, and printer longevity
 It is often true that expensive printers have cheap toner and cheap
printers have expensive toner/ink
 Double-sided printing can save you money in paper
 For simple hardware recommendations, check out
www.thewirecutter.com
ML1
BD/Sales/Marketing:
Company Website
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Content as a Service
 Squarespace
(Recommended)
 $8-36 per
month
 Convenient, fast, enables do-it-
yourself approach
 Can upgrade to sell items (e-
commerce) through your site
Managed CMS
 Wordpress.com
 Drupal Gardens
 $8-80 per
month
 Enables more customization
than offerings like Squarespace,
while still leaving security
patching and maintenance
issues to the service provider
“Blank Slate”
Hosting
 GoDaddy
 Bluehost
(Recommended)
 Rochen
 $5-25 per
month
 Enables custom, high-end,
professional design
 You can solicit web design
support from design
outsourcing firms such as
99designs to obtain
professional, custom websites
 The design and hosting of your organization’s website is a critical
decision to how your organization will be seen by people outside the
organization
ML1
BD/Sales/Marketing:
Accept Online Payments
Solutions Est. Cost Notes
Square  2.75%
 Industry leader in modern mobile payment
system
PayPal  Starts at 2.7%
Industry-specific Payment
Systems
 Varies
 Several manufacturers offer industry-specific
payment systems for verticals such as
restaurants
 The best approach to accepting online payments varies wide, based
on what you’re selling
 For selling products in-person, here are some options:
ML1
Accept Online Payments
(Continued)
Solutions Est. Cost Notes
Squarespace
 $26 per month + credit card
fees
 Convenient, fast, enables do-it-yourself
approach
 Can upgrade to sell items (e-commerce)
through your site
Paypal  2.9% + 30 cents per transaction  Flexible, industry-leading platform
Shopify
 $29 per month + credit card
fees
 Industry-leading brand that provides an
annual entrepreneurship competition
Gumroad  5% + 25 cents per transaction
 Popular for selling information products, such
as e-books
Amazon.com  Varies  Huge audience in exchange for higher fees
 For selling products online, here are some industry leaders:
 For selling services, including recurring subscription fees:
ML1
Solutions Est. Cost Notes
Chargify
 $129/mo for up to 500
recurring customers
 Proven platform, strong analytics capabilities
Recurly  $100/mo + fees
Stripe  2.9% + 30 cents per transaction
 Built for developers to integrate into other
websites (not self-standing platform)
• Another option, instead building your own back
office (e.g. HR, Finance, Recruiting, Contracts)
operational capabilities is to out-source it to one or
more vendors or leverage a partner’s back office
capability
ML1
Option Vendor(s) / Options
Outsource some or all of your
Back Office functions to a
commercial service
 GetBackOps.com (Startup-focused Back Office support), uses tools
like QuickBooks, Bill.com, Box, PayChex, and Expensify to
automate back-office
 TriNet (HR outsourcing)
 iQBackOffice.com
 BOOST (boostllc.net, focused on GovCon)
 PEO (See upcoming HRIS slide)
Share Back Office capabilities with
a partner
 Leverage the SBA Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP), where mentor
can support back-office functions without GovCon affiliation (see
https://www.sba.gov/content/mentor-protege-program)
Multiple: Back Office Operations
and Administration
Finance and Accounting:
Accounting
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Small Business
Software as a
Service (SaaS)
 QuickBooks Online
(Recommended)
 FreshBooks
(Recommended)
 $8-30
per
month
 SaaS model offers updated, web-
based software
 QuickBooks is along-time leader in
this category
 FreshBooks focused on convenient,
intuitive user interface
Small Business
Computer Software
 QuickBooks
 Microsoft Office
Accounting Express
 $200
 QuickBooks is classic choice within
small business accounting
Outsourced
Accounting Service
 Your Part-Time
Controller
 Boost, LLC  Large
initial
and
recurrin
g costs
 Outsources accounting function
Enterprise, Industry-
agnostic
 Microsoft Dynamics
GP
Enterprise, Industry-
specific
 Deltek GCS Premier
 Powerful functionality for
Government Contractors, especially
once they start managing Cost Plus
contracts
 Accounting systems are not glamorous, but they are essential to
effective business management
 Selecting the right system, and configuring the system with key
decisions like General Ledger structure are important decisions that
may haunt you for years to come if done poorly
ML1
Finance and Accounting:
Invoicing
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Freshbooks  FreshBooks
 $8-30
per
month
 FreshBooks focused on convenient,
intuitive user interface
 Over five million people use
FreshBooks
Wave Invoicing  Wave  Free
 Tracks recurring payments
 Can track when invoices are viewed
 The price of free is its most
appealing feature
Harvest  Harvest
 Free to
$99 per
mo.
 Can create and track retainers
 Integrates with Trello, PayPal, Stripe,
Zendesk and Salesforce
 Creating, sending, and tracking invoices can become unwieldy
quickly
 For more details, check out
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246197
 Here are some tools to automate process
ML1
HR and Recruiting: HRIS
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
HRIS/Paycheck
Service Firm
(Established)
 ADP (Industry Leader)
 Paychex
 Ceridian
 Varies
greatly
depending
on options
and size
 Firm helps you manage payroll
and other HR tasks, but does
not assume HR responsibility
like a PEO does
Professional
Employer
Organization (PEO)
 AlphaStaff (large,
established PEO)
 TriNet
 Justworks (Startup-
focused PEO)
 Justworks
is $75 per
month per
employee
 Firm that you can outsource
employee management tasks
(e.g. benefits, payroll, workers’
comp, recruiting)
 Provides compliance reporting
support (e.g. EEO Reports)
 700 PEOs in the US, covering
about 3 million workers
 Liability is on PEO
HRIS/Paycheck
Service Firm
(Startup)
 BambooHR
 Wave Payroll
 Zenefits (Avoid)
 Wave is $4
per
employee
per month
+ $15/mo.
 Zenefits has an aggressive
approach to payroll integration
(think Uber) that creates
significant integration risks (see
https://news.ycombinator.com/i
tem?id=9679312)
 Your Human Resources Information System (HRIS), including
managing employee information, benefits information, and payroll is
essential to effectively growing your organization ML1
Maturity Level 2
“All of the biggest
technological inventions
created by man – the
airplane, the automobile,
the computer – says little
about his intelligence, but
speaks volumes about his
laziness.”
- Mark Kennedy (Author)
ML2
ML2
Infrastructure: MSPs
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Full-service MSP
(Recommended)
 mindSHIFT
(Recommended)
 iCore Networks
 Network Depot
 See next
slide
 If you are growing quickly
and/or don’t want to invest in IT
support staff, this can be a cost-
effective option for under 25-75
employees
Technology Resellers  CDW
 Most
services
are free
 May provide free solution
support, based on company
size, though biased toward in-
house solutions
None (No
Outsourced IT
Support)
(Recommended)
 N/A
 See next
slide
 If you have technical personnel
in house, this can be an
effective way to reduce cost and
maintain control
 Managed Service Providers (MSPs) enable you to outsource your
Technology operations, at a cost
 The advantage is convenience, the disadvantage is control and cost –
you may be migrated to a suite of solutions that don’t align with
your goals
 For more information, please see http://tinyurl.com/czbjbdq (“What
are MSPs?”)
ML2
External Support Decision Analysis
Course of Action Est. Annual Cost Notes
1: Hire full-time Junior
Technology Associate to keep
things running, add a new
system here or there
$75K
 Assume salary of $50K for college graduate
with IT degree
 Assume 1.5 no-fee, indirect wrap rate
2: Hire a full-time engineer
with 5 years of experience and
turn him into your head of
internal IT
$120K
 Assume salary of $80K for 5 years of
experience
 Assume 1.5 no-fee, indirect wrap rate
3: Contract with a MSP to get
IT support
$59K
 Assume $500/month management fee
 Assume $75/month desktop support per-
person fee for 20 employees
 Assume you pay $100 per hour for a IT Help
Desk Assoc. on-site, one day per week
 Assume $2,000/year in strategic
consulting/support (new projects / analysis)
 Assume you pay for consulting support to
setup 10 laptops per year at $300 each
 Assume 10% G&A load on expenses
 Comparing costs for technology talent and support is challenging
 This list doesn’t include expenses for buying equipment (e.g. laptops
for employees) or recurring technology expenses (e.g. email service)
 You can have an employee do part-time support, or combine some
MSP support with some internal support
ML2
Infrastructure: Mobile Device
Management (MDM)
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
AirWatch  VMWare
 $4-11 per
device per
year
 AirWatch supports Windows,
Android, iOS, Mac OS X, and
BlackBerry
 Gartner-rated Leader
Good Technology  Good  Unknown  Gartner-rated Leader
Maas360  IBM
 $0 – 15
per user
per month
 Gartner-rated Leader
Intune  Microsoft
 $6 per
user per
month
 Integrates well with Office 365
 Gartner-rated Leader
 Smartphones and laptops can be managed using Mobile Device
Management (MDM) software to enforce security policies and
protect sensitive company data
 MDM can separate work and personal data on smartphones
 Gartner now refers to MDM as Enterprise Mobility Management
(EMM)
 For discussions on startups and other options, see
https://www.quora.com/Mobile-Device-Management
ML2
Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Magic Quadrant
 Here’s the 2015
Gartner Magic
Quadrant for
Enterprise Mobility
Management, which is
what Gartner is
currently calling MDM
(Google Image Search
“2015 EMM Magic
Quadrant”)
ML2
Infrastructure: Backups
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Cloud Backup
Service
 BackBlaze (Recommended
for laptops and desktops)
 $50 per
computer per
year
 See Backblaze’s
comparison of services
https://www.backblaze.c
om/best-online-backup-
service.html
 Carbonite
 $60 per
computer per
year
 Mozy
 Depends on data
usage
 Crashplan  Depends on data
Employer-
managed
Cloud Backup
Software
 CloudBerry, using AWS
(Recommended for servers)
 Varies based on
storage usage
 Microsoft Backup Utility
(connected to a local
Network-Attached Storage
(e.g. Synology) or server)
 Free (Synology
hardware varies)
 Backing up your information is critical – hard drives fail, laptops and
computers are stolen, and people make mistakes
 Investing in backup solutions is like investing in insurance: You hope
you don’t need it often, but you will need it
ML2
Security: Network Security
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Juniper Firewall and
Router
 Juniper SSG series is
recommended
(http://www.juniper.n
et/us/en/products-
services/security/ssg-
series/)
 $1,000
 It’s important to invest in a
network router and not just a
cheap router/wireless access
point when growing an
organization beyond a few
employees
Cisco Firewall and
Router
 Cisco
 Varies
widely
WatchGuard Firewall
and Router
 WatchGuard (Not
recommended)
 $500
 As your organization grows, it’s important to protect your network
for your network infrastructure (office locations)
 Your network should have a firewall protecting it, in addition to
using computer-based firewalls (e.g. Microsoft Windows Firewall)
 It’s imperative that a firewall is in between your internet connection
and your network router or wireless access point
ML2
Comm., Content, and Collab.:
Document Management
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Microsoft-centric
Document
Management
 SharePoint Online
(Part of Office 365)
(Recommended)
 Part of
O365
Google-centric
Document
Management
 Google Docs (Part of
Google Apps)
(Recommended)
 Part of GA
File Server or
Network Attached
Storage (NAS) device
 Microsoft Windows
Small Business Server
 Synology NAS
 Varies
based on
data
 Requires local
management/administration
 Requires VPN configuration if you
want to access it outside your
local network
Cloud Service
 Box.com (Enterprise-
focused)
 Dropbox (Consumer
and small business-
focused)
 Bitrix
 Varies
based on
data and
users
 Various levels of configuration
management and functionality
 Dropbox announced integration
with Microsoft Office
 Sharing and publishing documents is a key capability as your grow
 Convenience and configuration management (version control) are
key characteristics to consider
 Structure and governance is very important – maintaining sites,
folders, and permissions get much harder as you grow
ML2
Communication, Content,
and Collaboration:
Project / Task Management
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Basecamp
 Basecamp (formerly
37signals)
 $20 per mo. (Up
to 10 projects)
 Great for simple project / task
management
 Also check out Asana
Trello  Trello
 Free (Advanced
available @ $3.75
/ user / mo.)
 Spun out of Fog Creek Software
 Great, card-based, Agile-inspired
task management system
JIRA Agile  Atlassian
 $10 per month for
10 users
 Based on Agile software
management concepts
 Able to scale to larger projects
effectively
 Similar to VersionOne, Rally, and
Pivotal Tracker
Slack  Slack
 $0 – 12 per user
per month
 Collaboration platform for team
collaboration
Traditional Project
Management Systems
 Microsoft Project
Online
 Varies (can be
rented through
O365)
 See also MS Team Foundation
Server
 Managing tasks across projects and departments, outside of email
and meetings, is a critical part of an organization growing in size and
complexity
ML2
BD/Sales/Marketing: Social Media
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Hootsuite  Hootsuite  Free
 Enables posting content to
multiple platforms, shows
search filters, etc.
 Can schedule posts for future
times
Buffer  Buffer  Free
 Can schedule posts for future
times
 Investing in social medias that are relevant to your customers
 Consistent usernames across social media platforms is a best
practice
 Books like “Groundswell” and “Platform” provides a solid strategic
framework to consider social media marketing
 Consider a hub-and-spoke model where you publish content to your
company’s website and market it through email blasts and social
media posts
 Check out the upcoming Capitol Post session from Social Driver to
learn more about social media strategy (Thurs, Sept 17)
ML2
BD/Sales/Marketing: CRM and Pipeline
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Pipedrive  Pipedrive
 $12 per
user per
month
 Pipedrive includes pipeline
modeling
Insightly  Insightly
 Free for 2
users
 Strong option with free 2 user
level
Highrise  Basecamp
 $24 / mo.
for up to 6
users
 Highrise is lean and simple
Excel-based Pipeline
Tracker
 N/A  None
 Can be tailored to project
pipeline at no recurring cost,
but can quickly become
unwieldy
Enterprise CRM with
Pipeline Tracking
 Salesforce
 Microsoft Dynamics
CRM
 SugarCRM
 $25 - $250
/usr. / mo.
Salesforce
 Salesforce and Dynamics lead
the enterprise CRM space
 Salesforce is free for non-profits
 SugarCRM is open source
 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tracks your business
contacts, including sales leads and partners, including contact
information and contact history
 Enterprise CRM systems also track sales opportunities and sales
pipeline
 Great discussion on Quora at https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-
best-CRM-software-for-startups
ML2
BD/Sales/Marketing: Sales Intelligence
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost
GovWinIQ (Government
Contracting Industry)
 Deltek  Expensive
Bloomberg Government
(GovCon)
 Bloomberg  Expensive
Other GovCon Solutions
 EZGovOpps
 Govini
 AlphaBrook.com
 GovTribe.com (startup)
 Varies
Sales Intelligence
Communities
 Example: G2Xchange.com (Federal Government
Contracting Health IT community)
 $250 per user
per year
Buying Email Lists and
Leads
 DiscoverOrg.com – provides IT organization
charts and contact data
 Radius.com – reach small business leaders
 Varies
Free Sales Intelligence
 Search alerts from free websites (e.g.
FedBizOpps.gov, Federal Agency Acquisition
Forecasts)
 Collect website visitors’ email addresses, in
exchange for downloading a whitepaper or other
document
 None
 Sales Intelligence tools and subscriptions can be powerful ways to
buy leads, especially for industries that traditionally required a large
sales force
 Talk to people in your industry and check out relevant discussions
online -- sales intelligence tools vary widely by industry
Maturity Level 3
“Any sufficiently
advanced
technology is
equivalent to
magic.”
- Arthur C. Clarke
ML3
ML3
Infrastructure: Network Monitoring
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Firewall-based
IDS/IDP
(Recommended)
 Cisco Sourcefire is
industry leading (not
cheap)
 Juniper line is solid
value
 Varies
widely
 Firewall/Router-based Intrusion
Detection and Intrusion
Prevention Systems are great ways
to leverage existing hardware
IDS/IDP Monitoring
Appliance
 Soltra Edge
 Barracuda
 FireEye
 Vectra Networks
 Varies
widely
Open Source IDS/IDP
Monitoring
 Snort
 Security Onion
 “Free”
 Requires hardware, configuration
expertise, and administration
Web Proxy
 McAfee Web Gateway
 Blue Coat ProxySG
 Approx.
$6K for
McAfee
WG
 Analyzes web traffic for your
network, and identifies issues
Security Information
and Event
Management (SIEM)
Tool
 HP ArcSight
 Splunk
 McAfee NitroSIEM
 Expensive
 Aggregate and analyze security
information from servers,
firewalls, routers, etc.
 Actively monitoring your network for cyber security anomalies is a
key investment in protecting your company’s information, including
customer and partner information
ML3
Infrastructure: Identity Mngmt.
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Active Directory-
centric
 Microsoft Active
Directory
(Recommended)
 “Free”
with
Windows
Server
 Can be federated (sync-ed) with
Office 365
Google Apps-centric
 Google Apps
(Recommended)
 Ping Identity
 Centrify
 “Free”
with
Google
Apps
 Google Apps is becoming an
identity standard
Distributed Single
Sign On
 Okta
 OneLogin
 ClearLogin
 $2-8 per
user per
month
(Okta)
 Several companies offer
distributed, consolidated single
sign-on (SSO) solutions
Enterprise Password
Management
 LastPass
 $12-24 per
user per
year
 Instead of centralizing identity
itself, you can deploy an
enterprise password
management system
 You can also consider local
computer-based KeePass
 As your organization obtains more and more business systems, it will
be important to manage identity through a central Identity and
Access Management (IdAM) system or enterprise password
management system
ML3
Security: Employee Security Training
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
Computer
Security 101
 N/A  Free
 Train all your employees in Computer Security
Fundamentals, at least once a year – you can
Google for best practices (e.g. Don’t
download things or click on links from places
you don’t recognize, Update software when
computer prompts you)
Phishing Training
and Testing
 Many, such
as
PhishMe
 Expensive
(Think
order of
$10K)
 Services like PhishMe provide phishing
training and also send phishing emails to your
employees to test their ability to recognize
them
Phishing IQ Test  SonicWALL  Free
 See http://www.sonicwall.com/furl/phishing/
to test your own ability to recognize phishing
emails
 In addition to providing your employees with secure hardware and
maintaining the software, it’s important that you train your
employees in computer security
 A big trend in business cyber vulnerabilities is Phishing, which is
when a malicious email that looks legitimate tricks an employee to
click on a link or open an attachment, which then launches malicious
code on their computer
 Spear Phishing – Phishing targeted at individual, specific people
ML3
HR and Recruiting:
Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
JobVite.com  JobVite
 $500 per month
(<100 employees)
 Solid choice for small businesses
Lever.co  Lever
 Depends (e.g.
$800 per month)
 Well worth considering
Jazz (formerly
Resumator)
 Jazz
 $150 - $700 per
month
 Slick interface, but lacks
important reporting capabilities
OpenHire  Silkroad
 All solid choices
worth
considering
 Comprehensive ATS, aimed at
mid-size businesses
SmartRecruiter.com
 Smart
Recruiter
 Starts at $3500
per year
ADP Recruiting  ADP
 Packaged with
ADP
 Not recommended, based on
poor user interface
Oracle Taleo  Oracle  Expensive
 Not recommended, based on
price
 An ATS is a valuable investment when you have more than one
recruiter to coordinate, or when you are willing to invest in
automating more of your sourcing and recruiting workflow
ML3
Reporting: Business Dashboard
Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes
QlikView  Qlik  It Depends  Data Discovery platform
Tableau  Tableau
 It Depends
 Data Discovery platform
Spotfire  Tibco  Data Discovery platform
Impromptu  IBM Cognos  Traditional reporting tools to
automate report generationCrystal Reports  Crystal Reports
 Creating a consolidated, enterprise dashboard of your enterprise
business data is a valuable, though costly, proposition that can
enable better business decisions
 This is not a recommended priority for small companies with other
priorities to focus on
 This initiative must be pursued with a clear strategic framework, to
avoid wasted effort
Reporting: Business Dashboard
Magic Quadrant
Here’s the 2014
Gartner Magic
Quadrant for
Business
Intelligence and
Analytics
Platforms
ML3
Module 1 Training Exercise
• Write down the 2-5 business systems you need to
deploy in the near future
Module 2: Technology Strategy and Governance
“A satisfied
customer is the
best business
strategy of all.”
- Michael LeBoeuf
Components of Technology Strategy and Governance
Goals and Governance
Plans
Templates and Forms
Processes, Policies,
and Guidelines
Enterprise
Architecture
Databases and
Trackers
Strategy Section 1: Strategic Goals
• Identify your 1-3 business goals and
1-3 technology objectives
– Think about goals that define what you your
company to be in the future (vision), what your
company is and what it isn’t (mission), or
define your culture (values)
– Ensure that your technology objectives directly
support your business goals
Goals and Governance
Strategy Section 2: Enterprise
Architecture
• Draw or list the technology business
systems you have today
EA List
• Email (Google Apps)
• Website (GoDaddy)
• Dropbox
• 3 Dell laptops
• 2 Android smartphones
Enterprise
Architecture
Assessing your EA and
Infrastructure
• If you want at a later time, you can rate your company’s infrastructure and
business systems by assigning red, yellow, or green to each of these aspects of
your organization
• Approach inspired by a mindSHIFT analysis process
Availability
Redundancy in
servers, network,
and power
infrastructure
Scalability
Consistency
(Limited Shadow
IT)
Identity
Management
Ability to grow
Business
Continuity
Business
Processes
Backups
Disaster Recovery
Internet
Redundancy
Information
Security
Network
Computer
Server
Mobile Devices
Policies,
Procedures, Plans
Cloud
Services
(SaaS)
Identity and
Access processes
and tracking
Secure Vendors
Scalable Costs
Enterprise
Architecture
Strategy Section 3: Plans
• Write in the upcoming calendar quarter boxes what
your technology priorities will be for each one
• Here’s an example:
4Q2015 1Q2016 2Q2016 3Q2016
• Move email
to Google
Apps
• Select and
buy a CRM
system
• Create and
publish IT
process for
new hires
• Redesign company
website, using a
professional
designer
Plans
Strategy Section 4:
Processes
• 1-800-GOT-JUNK scaled
from 1 franchise in 2000
to 270 in 2007
• “In 1996, I read Michael
Gerber's The E-Myth, and
it taught me that people
don't fail; systems do,” -
[Founder Brian]
Scudamore”
• Scudamore wrote down 1-
page processes (or
checklists) for every
important process
• See http://www.inc.com/magazine/201403/leigh-
buchanan/1-800-got-junk-business-model.html
Processes, Policies,
and Guidelines
Process is Key to Manageable Growth
IT Business Systems
IT Business Systems
Chaos
GrowthStrategy and Process
Strategy and
Process
With
With-
out
Strategy Section 5: Templates,
Forms, and Checklists
• You may need to create templates and
forms to formalize how things happen
internally, or with customers
• Examples are:
– New Hire Checklist
– Project Kickoff Template
– New Customer Checklist
– Deliverable Checklist
– Purchase Request Form
• ACTION: List any templates, forms, or
checklists you know you need to create
ASAP
Templates and
Forms
Strategy Section 6: Databases
and Trackers
• As your company grows, you can’t keep
everything in your head or email
– “Your head is for having ideas, not for
holding them” – David Allen
• You’ll want to track critical information
somehow using spreadsheets, Google
Sheets, databases, SharePoint lists, or
something similar
• Things you may want to track:
– Projects (Who is assigned to which project?)
– IT Equipment (Who has which laptop, and
when does their warranty run out?)
– IT Access (Who has what level of access to
what Business Systems?)
– Software Licenses (How many copies of
Microsoft Office do we own? Who has
Adobe Acrobat Professional?)
Databases and
Trackers
Module 2 Homework
• Create a Technology Strategy (using the provided
template)
Wrap-up
“You're still here?
It's over. Go home.
Go.”
- Ferris Bueller
Top IT 101 Tips
1. Make a strategy first, before you buy technology – every
decision affects your future IT infrastructure
2. Look for answers and explanations on CIO, technology, social
websites, like Quora, YouTube, Lifehacker, Spiceworks, and
CIO.com
3. Don’t always pick the cheapest option – consider if this
solution will be able to grow with your company
4. Read books and blogs to learn best practices (but don’t let
that get in the way of running your business)
5. If it makes sense, consider paying for outsourced IT support
(Managed Service Provider) so you can focus on your
company
6. Connect with people who have IT experience at bigger
organizations (e.g. Meetups, Professional Organizations,
former colleagues)
Resources to Analyze Business Systems
Yourself
• Gartner Magic Quadrants (Google
“[Business System Type]
Magic Quadrant” – you can also
try adding “filetype:pdf” to the
end of the search string (top-right is
“best”)
• Check websites like Quora,
Lifehacker, and CIO.com for advice
• Asking colleagues and peers about
their experience
Questions?
• If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact me:
– mike@mikehking.com
– Twitter @mikehking
– Blog: www.mikehking.com (Slides will
get posted here)
• Thanks to Capitol Post for hosting!

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IT 101 for Entrepreneurs

  • 1. 1 IT 101 for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Leaders Sept 10, 2015
  • 2. Today’s Agenda Module 1: IT Business Systems Discuss best practices regarding strategic planning for your technology infrastructure Homework: Use the provided Technology Strategy Template to create your Technology Strategy Module 2: Strategy and Governance Questions to ask before selecting a System Who is this Mike guy? Introduction Review IT Business Systems, by category and maturity level What we won’t cover today? (Due to time constraints) Answer specific questions about your company (Remember, you can schedule one-on-one meetings with me this afternoon) Detailed discussions about specific products, vendors, or organizations
  • 3. Graduated from Johns Hopkins with a Masters in Information Systems JHU Street Cred I got some more credibility: • Promoted to CTO • PMP certification • PMI-ACP Agile certification • Finalist for the 2012 NVTC GovCon CTO Innovator Award UVA Graduated from UVA with Bachelors in Computer Engineering; Joined Lockheed Martin (Security Engineering) 2003 2008 2008 2010 to 2012 About Mike Halfaker Joined Halfaker and Associates at Director of Operations (Ops, IT, BD) Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Capitol Post or Halfaker and Associates.
  • 4. Veterans, thank you for your Service!
  • 5. Aligns with Biz Model? Aligns with your Systems? Does this system align with how you do business or want to do business? Does this system integrate with your other systems? Lock In? Will you be stuck with this vendor after this decision? Can you export your information? Investment Worth? Is this system worth your time and money? How about the time it will take your employees or customers to adapt to it? Consider True Cost of Ownership (TCO), not just initial price Get Traction? Will your employees and/or customers actually use this system? No Big Risks? Secure? Support? Is your company’s information secure? Will you be in the newspaper for getting hacked, based on this decision? Who will support you if this breaks? Will this System ALIGN with my Company? The systems and processes and you choose today will impact your company for years to come – so choose wisely!
  • 6. Module 1: Business Systems Tour “The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.” - Oscar Wilde ML1 ML2 ML3
  • 7. Business System Map Organization Maturity Business System Type ML1 ML2 ML3 Reporting • Business Dashboard HR and Recruiting • HRIS • ATS Finance and Accounting • Back Office Ops • Accounting • Invoicing Business Development, Sales, and Marketing • Company Website • Accept Online Payments • Appointment Mngmt. • Social Media • CRM and Pipeline • Sales Intelligence Communication, Content, and Collaboration • Email • Content and Doc. Mngmt. • Project / Task Management • Collaboration Platform Security • Antivirus • Network Security • Employee Security Training Technology Infrastructure • Internet • Computers • Phones • Conferencing • Printers • External IT Support • Mobile Device Mngmt. • Backups • Network Monitoring • Identity Management ComplexityandStrategicValue
  • 8. Maturity Level 1 “Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.” - Alan Kay (Computer Scientist) ML1
  • 9. Infrastructure: Internet Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Business Internet Service (Recommended)  Verizon Business Internet (e.g. Fiber, DSL)  Comcast  CenturyLink  MegaPath  $400/mo. For 3Mbps  $1,200/mo. For 10 Mbps  Ideal if available  May take months to get internet in your office, depending on building management Internet Service Broker • Cogent Comm.(http://www.cogen tco.com)  Can be helpful in identifying options, at no explicit cost to you  Don’t always offer unbiased advice 4G Cellular Hotspot  Clear by Sprint  Verizon Hotspot $50/mo. with data cap (e.g. 1GB  Mobile and office-based options are available  Convenient, but can become very expensive based on usage-based pricing  Internet connectivity is an essential service, which becomes increasingly important as your grow as a company  Consider identifying a vendor that can increase speed as you grow  Consider how much you’ll rely on cloud services for other business systems – more cloud means more internet bandwidth needs ML1
  • 10. Infrastructure: Computers Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Issue employees Windows-based laptops (Recommended)  Lenovo (e.g. T400 series) (Recommended)  Dell (Recommended)  HP  $400 for used  $900 for new  Lenovo laptops are tough, but a little more expensive (made in China is concerning to some)  Dell offers solid value Issue employees Mac laptops (Recommended)  Apple MacBook laptops (Also recommended)  $1500 new  Fewer options regarding Device Management  More expensive per machine  May offer more convenience, more durable machines, and more security Leverage BYOD and subsidize employee laptops • N/A • None or Empl. Subsidy  May work well if employees are tech-savvy, but can make IT support difficult based on different computer types Use Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and issue employees thin clients  Amazon WorkSpaces  MSP-based offerings, like iCore  Varies widely  Can be powerful, but requires very fast bandwidth and advanced administrators  While tablets are hot, computers continue to be the foundation of employee technology  Wirecutter.com has great, detailed reviews of technology equipment, including laptops ML1
  • 11. Infrastructure: Phones Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)  Several, such as Grasshopper  6 cents per minute  Offers convenience and reduced management at potential cost of security – see MDM  You can subsidize monthly personal phone costs with a stipend  For leaders, you may want to issue a phone so you can own the telephone number (in case of employee transition) Company-issued Smartphones  Provider: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T- Mobile  Phone Type: iPhone vs. Android  $50 per month per line  Verizon is expensive, with excellent coverage  Issuing cell phones requires oversight regarding minutes, data, and repair support  Android’s device and OS fragmentation is a weaknesses for enterprise environments VoIP Landline Phones  Vonage  RingCentral  MegaPath  $30 per month per line  Commodity service – top-tier brands offer similar price and features  Telephones are still essential to business, and the trade-off between BYOD and company-supplied is a significant decision regarding management complexity, employee convenience, and security ML1
  • 12. Security: Antivirus Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Security Essentials  Microsoft  Free  Great, free solution for Windows-based computers Intune Endpoint Protection  Microsoft  $6 per user per month  Included some Mobile Device Management (MDM) capabilities, which is discussed more in ML2 Avast Cloud-based Antivirus  Avast  Free  Other good option (See http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/avast- for-business-free-smbs,1-2473.html for details) WebRoot or ESET  Varies  Varies  While Apple computers are less vulnerable to malware than Windows, you may still want to invest in it for users, especially ones that are not tech-savvy and may use their laptops outside of work (vulnerable to phishing and other malware) Malware Protection  Malwareb ytes  $30 per user per year  Useful to protect advanced attacks (think ML2)  See http://lifehacker.com/10-malware- removal-apps-tested-malwarebytes-comes- out-1614046598 for details  Secure computers is essential to protecting your employees, information, and infrastructure ML1
  • 13. Communication, Content, and Collaboration: Email Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes  Microsoft (See https://products .office.com/en- us/business/co mpare-more- office-365-for- business-plans)  $8-20 per user per month  Strong offering that includes several collaboration tools, including Exchange, SharePoint, Skype (formerly Lync), SkyDrive, and Office Online  Recommended over other Exchange hosting providers  Google  $5-10 per user per month  Strong offering that includes several collaboration tools, including Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides Consumer Email (e.g. Gmail, POP3, IMAP) (Not recomm.)  Google (gmail)  Hotmail  Yahoo mail  Comcast  Free or Cheap  Not recommended, due to lack of professional functionality and ability to completely map to company domain name  Business email choices are primarily driven by two offerings for small businesses – Office 365 for Microsoft-centric organizations and Google Apps for Google-centric organizations  Choice should be driven by customer experience and employee population ML1
  • 14. Infrastructure: Tele/Web Conferencing Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Conferencing as part of your Collaboration / Email Package  Microsoft (Skype for Business)  Google (Hangouts)  Included in Package Web Conferencing  GoToMeeting  WebEx  Speek Pro  UberConference  $40 per month per account (GoTo / WebEx)  Often capped at 25 or 40 users Teleconferencing  Unlimited Conferencing  6.5 cents per minute per caller  Can include 800 number access, more professional greetings, and more features (e.g. Find out who is on the call; Record call) Free Teleconferencing  FreeConference.com  Free Free Web Conferencing  Join.me  Free  Up to 10 participants, Up to 5 video feeds  Being able to set up teleconferences (multiple callers on one call) and web conferencing (to screenshare and collaborate) is critical to many organizations ML1
  • 15. Infrastructure: Printers Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Enterprise Tabletop Printer  HP (Recomm.)  Ricoh  Canon  Est. $1,200 (B&W)  Est. $1,500 (Color)  Enables network printing  Recommended for up to 10,000 pages per month  For B&W laser printer, approximately 1.5 cents per page  For Color laser, approximately 13 cents per page Managing Print Services  CentricBiz.com  Varies by package  You pay per-page-printed, instead of buying toner; and they provide printer maintenance and toner Consumer Inkjet Printers  Epson  HP  Canon  $110 (WF- 3620)  Good choice if you print less than 250 pages per month  Epson WorkForce WF-3620 is recommended by TheWireCutter.com (3.2 cents per B&W page) Enterprise Standalone Printer  HP  Ricoh  Canon  Est. $4,000  Enables network printing  Recommended for 10,000+ pages per month  Can track printing by user/project  Buying cheap printers can end up being very expensive over the life of the printer, considering toner, repairs, and printer longevity  It is often true that expensive printers have cheap toner and cheap printers have expensive toner/ink  Double-sided printing can save you money in paper  For simple hardware recommendations, check out www.thewirecutter.com ML1
  • 16. BD/Sales/Marketing: Company Website Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Content as a Service  Squarespace (Recommended)  $8-36 per month  Convenient, fast, enables do-it- yourself approach  Can upgrade to sell items (e- commerce) through your site Managed CMS  Wordpress.com  Drupal Gardens  $8-80 per month  Enables more customization than offerings like Squarespace, while still leaving security patching and maintenance issues to the service provider “Blank Slate” Hosting  GoDaddy  Bluehost (Recommended)  Rochen  $5-25 per month  Enables custom, high-end, professional design  You can solicit web design support from design outsourcing firms such as 99designs to obtain professional, custom websites  The design and hosting of your organization’s website is a critical decision to how your organization will be seen by people outside the organization ML1
  • 17. BD/Sales/Marketing: Accept Online Payments Solutions Est. Cost Notes Square  2.75%  Industry leader in modern mobile payment system PayPal  Starts at 2.7% Industry-specific Payment Systems  Varies  Several manufacturers offer industry-specific payment systems for verticals such as restaurants  The best approach to accepting online payments varies wide, based on what you’re selling  For selling products in-person, here are some options: ML1
  • 18. Accept Online Payments (Continued) Solutions Est. Cost Notes Squarespace  $26 per month + credit card fees  Convenient, fast, enables do-it-yourself approach  Can upgrade to sell items (e-commerce) through your site Paypal  2.9% + 30 cents per transaction  Flexible, industry-leading platform Shopify  $29 per month + credit card fees  Industry-leading brand that provides an annual entrepreneurship competition Gumroad  5% + 25 cents per transaction  Popular for selling information products, such as e-books Amazon.com  Varies  Huge audience in exchange for higher fees  For selling products online, here are some industry leaders:  For selling services, including recurring subscription fees: ML1 Solutions Est. Cost Notes Chargify  $129/mo for up to 500 recurring customers  Proven platform, strong analytics capabilities Recurly  $100/mo + fees Stripe  2.9% + 30 cents per transaction  Built for developers to integrate into other websites (not self-standing platform)
  • 19. • Another option, instead building your own back office (e.g. HR, Finance, Recruiting, Contracts) operational capabilities is to out-source it to one or more vendors or leverage a partner’s back office capability ML1 Option Vendor(s) / Options Outsource some or all of your Back Office functions to a commercial service  GetBackOps.com (Startup-focused Back Office support), uses tools like QuickBooks, Bill.com, Box, PayChex, and Expensify to automate back-office  TriNet (HR outsourcing)  iQBackOffice.com  BOOST (boostllc.net, focused on GovCon)  PEO (See upcoming HRIS slide) Share Back Office capabilities with a partner  Leverage the SBA Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP), where mentor can support back-office functions without GovCon affiliation (see https://www.sba.gov/content/mentor-protege-program) Multiple: Back Office Operations and Administration
  • 20. Finance and Accounting: Accounting Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Small Business Software as a Service (SaaS)  QuickBooks Online (Recommended)  FreshBooks (Recommended)  $8-30 per month  SaaS model offers updated, web- based software  QuickBooks is along-time leader in this category  FreshBooks focused on convenient, intuitive user interface Small Business Computer Software  QuickBooks  Microsoft Office Accounting Express  $200  QuickBooks is classic choice within small business accounting Outsourced Accounting Service  Your Part-Time Controller  Boost, LLC  Large initial and recurrin g costs  Outsources accounting function Enterprise, Industry- agnostic  Microsoft Dynamics GP Enterprise, Industry- specific  Deltek GCS Premier  Powerful functionality for Government Contractors, especially once they start managing Cost Plus contracts  Accounting systems are not glamorous, but they are essential to effective business management  Selecting the right system, and configuring the system with key decisions like General Ledger structure are important decisions that may haunt you for years to come if done poorly ML1
  • 21. Finance and Accounting: Invoicing Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Freshbooks  FreshBooks  $8-30 per month  FreshBooks focused on convenient, intuitive user interface  Over five million people use FreshBooks Wave Invoicing  Wave  Free  Tracks recurring payments  Can track when invoices are viewed  The price of free is its most appealing feature Harvest  Harvest  Free to $99 per mo.  Can create and track retainers  Integrates with Trello, PayPal, Stripe, Zendesk and Salesforce  Creating, sending, and tracking invoices can become unwieldy quickly  For more details, check out http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246197  Here are some tools to automate process ML1
  • 22. HR and Recruiting: HRIS Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes HRIS/Paycheck Service Firm (Established)  ADP (Industry Leader)  Paychex  Ceridian  Varies greatly depending on options and size  Firm helps you manage payroll and other HR tasks, but does not assume HR responsibility like a PEO does Professional Employer Organization (PEO)  AlphaStaff (large, established PEO)  TriNet  Justworks (Startup- focused PEO)  Justworks is $75 per month per employee  Firm that you can outsource employee management tasks (e.g. benefits, payroll, workers’ comp, recruiting)  Provides compliance reporting support (e.g. EEO Reports)  700 PEOs in the US, covering about 3 million workers  Liability is on PEO HRIS/Paycheck Service Firm (Startup)  BambooHR  Wave Payroll  Zenefits (Avoid)  Wave is $4 per employee per month + $15/mo.  Zenefits has an aggressive approach to payroll integration (think Uber) that creates significant integration risks (see https://news.ycombinator.com/i tem?id=9679312)  Your Human Resources Information System (HRIS), including managing employee information, benefits information, and payroll is essential to effectively growing your organization ML1
  • 23. Maturity Level 2 “All of the biggest technological inventions created by man – the airplane, the automobile, the computer – says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.” - Mark Kennedy (Author) ML2
  • 24. ML2 Infrastructure: MSPs Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Full-service MSP (Recommended)  mindSHIFT (Recommended)  iCore Networks  Network Depot  See next slide  If you are growing quickly and/or don’t want to invest in IT support staff, this can be a cost- effective option for under 25-75 employees Technology Resellers  CDW  Most services are free  May provide free solution support, based on company size, though biased toward in- house solutions None (No Outsourced IT Support) (Recommended)  N/A  See next slide  If you have technical personnel in house, this can be an effective way to reduce cost and maintain control  Managed Service Providers (MSPs) enable you to outsource your Technology operations, at a cost  The advantage is convenience, the disadvantage is control and cost – you may be migrated to a suite of solutions that don’t align with your goals  For more information, please see http://tinyurl.com/czbjbdq (“What are MSPs?”)
  • 25. ML2 External Support Decision Analysis Course of Action Est. Annual Cost Notes 1: Hire full-time Junior Technology Associate to keep things running, add a new system here or there $75K  Assume salary of $50K for college graduate with IT degree  Assume 1.5 no-fee, indirect wrap rate 2: Hire a full-time engineer with 5 years of experience and turn him into your head of internal IT $120K  Assume salary of $80K for 5 years of experience  Assume 1.5 no-fee, indirect wrap rate 3: Contract with a MSP to get IT support $59K  Assume $500/month management fee  Assume $75/month desktop support per- person fee for 20 employees  Assume you pay $100 per hour for a IT Help Desk Assoc. on-site, one day per week  Assume $2,000/year in strategic consulting/support (new projects / analysis)  Assume you pay for consulting support to setup 10 laptops per year at $300 each  Assume 10% G&A load on expenses  Comparing costs for technology talent and support is challenging  This list doesn’t include expenses for buying equipment (e.g. laptops for employees) or recurring technology expenses (e.g. email service)  You can have an employee do part-time support, or combine some MSP support with some internal support
  • 26. ML2 Infrastructure: Mobile Device Management (MDM) Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes AirWatch  VMWare  $4-11 per device per year  AirWatch supports Windows, Android, iOS, Mac OS X, and BlackBerry  Gartner-rated Leader Good Technology  Good  Unknown  Gartner-rated Leader Maas360  IBM  $0 – 15 per user per month  Gartner-rated Leader Intune  Microsoft  $6 per user per month  Integrates well with Office 365  Gartner-rated Leader  Smartphones and laptops can be managed using Mobile Device Management (MDM) software to enforce security policies and protect sensitive company data  MDM can separate work and personal data on smartphones  Gartner now refers to MDM as Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)  For discussions on startups and other options, see https://www.quora.com/Mobile-Device-Management
  • 27. ML2 Mobile Device Management (MDM) Magic Quadrant  Here’s the 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management, which is what Gartner is currently calling MDM (Google Image Search “2015 EMM Magic Quadrant”)
  • 28. ML2 Infrastructure: Backups Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Cloud Backup Service  BackBlaze (Recommended for laptops and desktops)  $50 per computer per year  See Backblaze’s comparison of services https://www.backblaze.c om/best-online-backup- service.html  Carbonite  $60 per computer per year  Mozy  Depends on data usage  Crashplan  Depends on data Employer- managed Cloud Backup Software  CloudBerry, using AWS (Recommended for servers)  Varies based on storage usage  Microsoft Backup Utility (connected to a local Network-Attached Storage (e.g. Synology) or server)  Free (Synology hardware varies)  Backing up your information is critical – hard drives fail, laptops and computers are stolen, and people make mistakes  Investing in backup solutions is like investing in insurance: You hope you don’t need it often, but you will need it
  • 29. ML2 Security: Network Security Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Juniper Firewall and Router  Juniper SSG series is recommended (http://www.juniper.n et/us/en/products- services/security/ssg- series/)  $1,000  It’s important to invest in a network router and not just a cheap router/wireless access point when growing an organization beyond a few employees Cisco Firewall and Router  Cisco  Varies widely WatchGuard Firewall and Router  WatchGuard (Not recommended)  $500  As your organization grows, it’s important to protect your network for your network infrastructure (office locations)  Your network should have a firewall protecting it, in addition to using computer-based firewalls (e.g. Microsoft Windows Firewall)  It’s imperative that a firewall is in between your internet connection and your network router or wireless access point
  • 30. ML2 Comm., Content, and Collab.: Document Management Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Microsoft-centric Document Management  SharePoint Online (Part of Office 365) (Recommended)  Part of O365 Google-centric Document Management  Google Docs (Part of Google Apps) (Recommended)  Part of GA File Server or Network Attached Storage (NAS) device  Microsoft Windows Small Business Server  Synology NAS  Varies based on data  Requires local management/administration  Requires VPN configuration if you want to access it outside your local network Cloud Service  Box.com (Enterprise- focused)  Dropbox (Consumer and small business- focused)  Bitrix  Varies based on data and users  Various levels of configuration management and functionality  Dropbox announced integration with Microsoft Office  Sharing and publishing documents is a key capability as your grow  Convenience and configuration management (version control) are key characteristics to consider  Structure and governance is very important – maintaining sites, folders, and permissions get much harder as you grow
  • 31. ML2 Communication, Content, and Collaboration: Project / Task Management Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Basecamp  Basecamp (formerly 37signals)  $20 per mo. (Up to 10 projects)  Great for simple project / task management  Also check out Asana Trello  Trello  Free (Advanced available @ $3.75 / user / mo.)  Spun out of Fog Creek Software  Great, card-based, Agile-inspired task management system JIRA Agile  Atlassian  $10 per month for 10 users  Based on Agile software management concepts  Able to scale to larger projects effectively  Similar to VersionOne, Rally, and Pivotal Tracker Slack  Slack  $0 – 12 per user per month  Collaboration platform for team collaboration Traditional Project Management Systems  Microsoft Project Online  Varies (can be rented through O365)  See also MS Team Foundation Server  Managing tasks across projects and departments, outside of email and meetings, is a critical part of an organization growing in size and complexity
  • 32. ML2 BD/Sales/Marketing: Social Media Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Hootsuite  Hootsuite  Free  Enables posting content to multiple platforms, shows search filters, etc.  Can schedule posts for future times Buffer  Buffer  Free  Can schedule posts for future times  Investing in social medias that are relevant to your customers  Consistent usernames across social media platforms is a best practice  Books like “Groundswell” and “Platform” provides a solid strategic framework to consider social media marketing  Consider a hub-and-spoke model where you publish content to your company’s website and market it through email blasts and social media posts  Check out the upcoming Capitol Post session from Social Driver to learn more about social media strategy (Thurs, Sept 17)
  • 33. ML2 BD/Sales/Marketing: CRM and Pipeline Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Pipedrive  Pipedrive  $12 per user per month  Pipedrive includes pipeline modeling Insightly  Insightly  Free for 2 users  Strong option with free 2 user level Highrise  Basecamp  $24 / mo. for up to 6 users  Highrise is lean and simple Excel-based Pipeline Tracker  N/A  None  Can be tailored to project pipeline at no recurring cost, but can quickly become unwieldy Enterprise CRM with Pipeline Tracking  Salesforce  Microsoft Dynamics CRM  SugarCRM  $25 - $250 /usr. / mo. Salesforce  Salesforce and Dynamics lead the enterprise CRM space  Salesforce is free for non-profits  SugarCRM is open source  Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tracks your business contacts, including sales leads and partners, including contact information and contact history  Enterprise CRM systems also track sales opportunities and sales pipeline  Great discussion on Quora at https://www.quora.com/What-is-the- best-CRM-software-for-startups
  • 34. ML2 BD/Sales/Marketing: Sales Intelligence Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost GovWinIQ (Government Contracting Industry)  Deltek  Expensive Bloomberg Government (GovCon)  Bloomberg  Expensive Other GovCon Solutions  EZGovOpps  Govini  AlphaBrook.com  GovTribe.com (startup)  Varies Sales Intelligence Communities  Example: G2Xchange.com (Federal Government Contracting Health IT community)  $250 per user per year Buying Email Lists and Leads  DiscoverOrg.com – provides IT organization charts and contact data  Radius.com – reach small business leaders  Varies Free Sales Intelligence  Search alerts from free websites (e.g. FedBizOpps.gov, Federal Agency Acquisition Forecasts)  Collect website visitors’ email addresses, in exchange for downloading a whitepaper or other document  None  Sales Intelligence tools and subscriptions can be powerful ways to buy leads, especially for industries that traditionally required a large sales force  Talk to people in your industry and check out relevant discussions online -- sales intelligence tools vary widely by industry
  • 35. Maturity Level 3 “Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” - Arthur C. Clarke ML3
  • 36. ML3 Infrastructure: Network Monitoring Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Firewall-based IDS/IDP (Recommended)  Cisco Sourcefire is industry leading (not cheap)  Juniper line is solid value  Varies widely  Firewall/Router-based Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems are great ways to leverage existing hardware IDS/IDP Monitoring Appliance  Soltra Edge  Barracuda  FireEye  Vectra Networks  Varies widely Open Source IDS/IDP Monitoring  Snort  Security Onion  “Free”  Requires hardware, configuration expertise, and administration Web Proxy  McAfee Web Gateway  Blue Coat ProxySG  Approx. $6K for McAfee WG  Analyzes web traffic for your network, and identifies issues Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Tool  HP ArcSight  Splunk  McAfee NitroSIEM  Expensive  Aggregate and analyze security information from servers, firewalls, routers, etc.  Actively monitoring your network for cyber security anomalies is a key investment in protecting your company’s information, including customer and partner information
  • 37. ML3 Infrastructure: Identity Mngmt. Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Active Directory- centric  Microsoft Active Directory (Recommended)  “Free” with Windows Server  Can be federated (sync-ed) with Office 365 Google Apps-centric  Google Apps (Recommended)  Ping Identity  Centrify  “Free” with Google Apps  Google Apps is becoming an identity standard Distributed Single Sign On  Okta  OneLogin  ClearLogin  $2-8 per user per month (Okta)  Several companies offer distributed, consolidated single sign-on (SSO) solutions Enterprise Password Management  LastPass  $12-24 per user per year  Instead of centralizing identity itself, you can deploy an enterprise password management system  You can also consider local computer-based KeePass  As your organization obtains more and more business systems, it will be important to manage identity through a central Identity and Access Management (IdAM) system or enterprise password management system
  • 38. ML3 Security: Employee Security Training Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes Computer Security 101  N/A  Free  Train all your employees in Computer Security Fundamentals, at least once a year – you can Google for best practices (e.g. Don’t download things or click on links from places you don’t recognize, Update software when computer prompts you) Phishing Training and Testing  Many, such as PhishMe  Expensive (Think order of $10K)  Services like PhishMe provide phishing training and also send phishing emails to your employees to test their ability to recognize them Phishing IQ Test  SonicWALL  Free  See http://www.sonicwall.com/furl/phishing/ to test your own ability to recognize phishing emails  In addition to providing your employees with secure hardware and maintaining the software, it’s important that you train your employees in computer security  A big trend in business cyber vulnerabilities is Phishing, which is when a malicious email that looks legitimate tricks an employee to click on a link or open an attachment, which then launches malicious code on their computer  Spear Phishing – Phishing targeted at individual, specific people
  • 39. ML3 HR and Recruiting: Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes JobVite.com  JobVite  $500 per month (<100 employees)  Solid choice for small businesses Lever.co  Lever  Depends (e.g. $800 per month)  Well worth considering Jazz (formerly Resumator)  Jazz  $150 - $700 per month  Slick interface, but lacks important reporting capabilities OpenHire  Silkroad  All solid choices worth considering  Comprehensive ATS, aimed at mid-size businesses SmartRecruiter.com  Smart Recruiter  Starts at $3500 per year ADP Recruiting  ADP  Packaged with ADP  Not recommended, based on poor user interface Oracle Taleo  Oracle  Expensive  Not recommended, based on price  An ATS is a valuable investment when you have more than one recruiter to coordinate, or when you are willing to invest in automating more of your sourcing and recruiting workflow
  • 40. ML3 Reporting: Business Dashboard Solutions Vendor(s) Est. Cost Notes QlikView  Qlik  It Depends  Data Discovery platform Tableau  Tableau  It Depends  Data Discovery platform Spotfire  Tibco  Data Discovery platform Impromptu  IBM Cognos  Traditional reporting tools to automate report generationCrystal Reports  Crystal Reports  Creating a consolidated, enterprise dashboard of your enterprise business data is a valuable, though costly, proposition that can enable better business decisions  This is not a recommended priority for small companies with other priorities to focus on  This initiative must be pursued with a clear strategic framework, to avoid wasted effort
  • 41. Reporting: Business Dashboard Magic Quadrant Here’s the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms ML3
  • 42. Module 1 Training Exercise • Write down the 2-5 business systems you need to deploy in the near future
  • 43. Module 2: Technology Strategy and Governance “A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.” - Michael LeBoeuf
  • 44. Components of Technology Strategy and Governance Goals and Governance Plans Templates and Forms Processes, Policies, and Guidelines Enterprise Architecture Databases and Trackers
  • 45. Strategy Section 1: Strategic Goals • Identify your 1-3 business goals and 1-3 technology objectives – Think about goals that define what you your company to be in the future (vision), what your company is and what it isn’t (mission), or define your culture (values) – Ensure that your technology objectives directly support your business goals Goals and Governance
  • 46. Strategy Section 2: Enterprise Architecture • Draw or list the technology business systems you have today EA List • Email (Google Apps) • Website (GoDaddy) • Dropbox • 3 Dell laptops • 2 Android smartphones Enterprise Architecture
  • 47. Assessing your EA and Infrastructure • If you want at a later time, you can rate your company’s infrastructure and business systems by assigning red, yellow, or green to each of these aspects of your organization • Approach inspired by a mindSHIFT analysis process Availability Redundancy in servers, network, and power infrastructure Scalability Consistency (Limited Shadow IT) Identity Management Ability to grow Business Continuity Business Processes Backups Disaster Recovery Internet Redundancy Information Security Network Computer Server Mobile Devices Policies, Procedures, Plans Cloud Services (SaaS) Identity and Access processes and tracking Secure Vendors Scalable Costs Enterprise Architecture
  • 48. Strategy Section 3: Plans • Write in the upcoming calendar quarter boxes what your technology priorities will be for each one • Here’s an example: 4Q2015 1Q2016 2Q2016 3Q2016 • Move email to Google Apps • Select and buy a CRM system • Create and publish IT process for new hires • Redesign company website, using a professional designer Plans
  • 49. Strategy Section 4: Processes • 1-800-GOT-JUNK scaled from 1 franchise in 2000 to 270 in 2007 • “In 1996, I read Michael Gerber's The E-Myth, and it taught me that people don't fail; systems do,” - [Founder Brian] Scudamore” • Scudamore wrote down 1- page processes (or checklists) for every important process • See http://www.inc.com/magazine/201403/leigh- buchanan/1-800-got-junk-business-model.html Processes, Policies, and Guidelines
  • 50. Process is Key to Manageable Growth IT Business Systems IT Business Systems Chaos GrowthStrategy and Process Strategy and Process With With- out
  • 51. Strategy Section 5: Templates, Forms, and Checklists • You may need to create templates and forms to formalize how things happen internally, or with customers • Examples are: – New Hire Checklist – Project Kickoff Template – New Customer Checklist – Deliverable Checklist – Purchase Request Form • ACTION: List any templates, forms, or checklists you know you need to create ASAP Templates and Forms
  • 52. Strategy Section 6: Databases and Trackers • As your company grows, you can’t keep everything in your head or email – “Your head is for having ideas, not for holding them” – David Allen • You’ll want to track critical information somehow using spreadsheets, Google Sheets, databases, SharePoint lists, or something similar • Things you may want to track: – Projects (Who is assigned to which project?) – IT Equipment (Who has which laptop, and when does their warranty run out?) – IT Access (Who has what level of access to what Business Systems?) – Software Licenses (How many copies of Microsoft Office do we own? Who has Adobe Acrobat Professional?) Databases and Trackers
  • 53. Module 2 Homework • Create a Technology Strategy (using the provided template)
  • 54. Wrap-up “You're still here? It's over. Go home. Go.” - Ferris Bueller
  • 55. Top IT 101 Tips 1. Make a strategy first, before you buy technology – every decision affects your future IT infrastructure 2. Look for answers and explanations on CIO, technology, social websites, like Quora, YouTube, Lifehacker, Spiceworks, and CIO.com 3. Don’t always pick the cheapest option – consider if this solution will be able to grow with your company 4. Read books and blogs to learn best practices (but don’t let that get in the way of running your business) 5. If it makes sense, consider paying for outsourced IT support (Managed Service Provider) so you can focus on your company 6. Connect with people who have IT experience at bigger organizations (e.g. Meetups, Professional Organizations, former colleagues)
  • 56. Resources to Analyze Business Systems Yourself • Gartner Magic Quadrants (Google “[Business System Type] Magic Quadrant” – you can also try adding “filetype:pdf” to the end of the search string (top-right is “best”) • Check websites like Quora, Lifehacker, and CIO.com for advice • Asking colleagues and peers about their experience
  • 57. Questions? • If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: – mike@mikehking.com – Twitter @mikehking – Blog: www.mikehking.com (Slides will get posted here) • Thanks to Capitol Post for hosting!