Jean-Michel Mougeolle's guest appearances

Jean-Michel Mougeolle

Salesforce Developer Podcast

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Jean-Michel Mougeolle has a long history of building applications and selling them on the AppExchange. He has also performed in many Demo Jams and been involved with the French Developer Community for years. In this episode, he’s joining us to talk about all of this extensive experience. We also discuss building apps and getting on the AppExchange. If you’re thinking about becoming an ISV and trying to put an app on the AppExchange, Jean-Michel gives some fantastic tips throughout our conversation on how you can make this happen. Tune in to learn all about it.   Show Highlights:  Jean-Michel’s first introduction to Salesforce. What the application SharinPix does. Why you should think about a business problem you can solve when trying to build an app. How to identify a problem that needs to be solved. What Jean-Michel’s participation with Demo Jams has been like. How to actually sell your app on AppExchange.    Links:  Jean-Michel on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jmmougeolle Jean-Michel on Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/jmmougeolle Jean-Michel on Instagram: http://instagram.com/jmmcloud 

Jean-Michel Mougeolle has a long history of building applications and selling them on the AppExchange. He has also performed in many Demo Jams and been involved with the French Developer Community for years. In this episode, he’s joining us to talk about all of this extensive experience. We also discuss building apps and getting on the AppExchange. If you’re thinking about becoming an ISV and trying to put an app on the AppExchange, Jean-Michel gives some fantastic tips throughout our conversation on how you can make this happen. Tune in to learn all about it. Show Highlights: <ul> <li>Jean-Michel’s first introduction to Salesforce.</li> <li>What the application SharinPix does.</li> <li>Why you should think about a business problem you can solve when trying to build an app.</li> <li>How to identify a problem that needs to be solved.</li> <li>What Jean-Michel’s participation with Demo Jams has been like.</li> <li>How to actually sell your app on AppExchange.</li> </ul> Links: <ul> <li>Jean-Michel on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/jmmougeolle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/jmmougeolle</a></li> <li>Jean-Michel on Linkedin: <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/jmmougeolle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linkedin.com/in/jmmougeolle</a></li> <li>Jean-Michel on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/jmmcloud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/jmmcloud</a></li> </ul>

126: Building and Selling Apps with Jean-Michel Mougeolle

Salesforce pretty much revolutionised the software business by offering it as a service with monthly / yearly fee rather than the traditional one-time purchase trend of the mid-to-late 90's. This philosophy of recurring revenue is what attracts the app developers to the platform. The theory is simple: Build an app that fills a gap in the platform, keep your expenses fixed and start building your customer base. Try to keep your churn (customer who discontinue your service) low. If you keep adding new customer regularly and manage to keep your older ones, soon enough you will hit a point where your expenses are equal to your revenue. After this is the green zone 💸 I remember Leah McGowen-Hare speaking at the dinner the night before FrenchTouch Dreamin 2018 and said: "If you meet Jean-Michel once, you cannot forget him". I did not know what she meant that time but boy is she was correct. Over the next months, I had the opportunity of meeting JMM at many Dreamin' events and he always has this energy which is energising &amp; infectious. You are not the same after meeting him and I mean it in a good way.  In this episode, Jean talks about his humble beginnings as a C++ developer and then rising to the ranks of CIO. Later, he talks about how he find no solution for pictures on the platform and this gave birth to SharinPix.  He is strong believer in the idea of AppExchange and recurring revenue. His company SharinPix has now broken even and he believes there is a big-wave coming because once everyone has implemented Salesforce, they will need apps to do daily business. Enjoy the episode and let us know on twitter what do you think about recurring revenue.

Salesforce pretty much revolutionised the software business by offering it as a service with monthly / yearly fee rather than the traditional one-time purchase trend of the mid-to-late 90's. This philosophy of recurring revenue is what attracts the app developers to the platform. The theory is simple: Build an app that fills a gap in the platform, keep your expenses fixed and start building your customer base. Try to keep your churn (customer who discontinue your service) low. If you keep adding new customer regularly and manage to keep your older ones, soon enough you will hit a point where your expenses are equal to your revenue. After this is the green zone 💸 I remember <a href="https://twitter.com/LeahBMH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leah McGowen-Hare</a> speaking at the dinner the night before <a href="http://frenchtouchdreamin.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FrenchTouch Dreamin 2018</a> and said: "If you meet <a href="https://twitter.com/jmmougeolle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jean-Michel</a> once, you cannot forget him". I did not know what she meant that time but boy is she was correct. Over the next months, I had the opportunity of meeting JMM at many Dreamin' events and he always has this energy which is energising &amp; infectious. You are not the same after meeting him and I mean it in a good way.  In this episode, Jean talks about his humble beginnings as a C++ developer and then rising to the ranks of CIO. Later, he talks about how he find no solution for pictures on the platform and this gave birth to <a href="https://www.sharinpix.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SharinPix</a>.  He is strong believer in the idea of AppExchange and recurring revenue. His company SharinPix has now broken even and he believes there is a big-wave coming because once everyone has implemented Salesforce, they will need apps to do daily business. Enjoy the episode and let us know on twitter what do you think about recurring revenue.