Different Kinds of Business Software: From Small Shops to Big Companies | Product Thinking Workshop | Week 18

​Goal: Understand the different types of software used by businesses of all sizes and how to choose what's right for your product idea.

​Topics:

• ​Software for Different Business Needs:

  • ​Tools for everyday customers (consumer software)

  • ​Systems for small businesses and shops

  • ​Large software for big companies and organizations (enterprise)

  • ​Government and special industry systems

• ​Matching Software to Your Community:

  • ​How to know which type fits your idea

  • ​Examples of each type already working in West Africa

  • ​Challenges and benefits of each type

​Exercises:

• ​Business Type Matching:

  • ​Visit or discuss local businesses of different sizes

  • ​Identify what kind of software would help each one

  • ​Discuss why certain software works better for some businesses than others

​Homework:

• ​Identify 3 businesses in your community (one small, one medium, one large)

• ​For each, suggest what type of software would help them most

• ​Consider which type of business your own product idea would serve best