Leading a Business as a Software Engineer @ Solution Street | Arthur Frankel

Arthur Frankel is the founder of Solution Street and has over 25 years of professional experience solving tough business problems. His career has spanned the many changes in technology from large mainframe systems to PCs to client/server to web applications. Over the years he has worked with some of the largest and complex enterprise-wide systems for financial and telecommunications companies. Arthur was a Senior Principal for American Management Systems, Inc, and a Director of Software Engineering for FolioFn before starting Solution Street in 2002. Solution Street is a software engineering firm based in Herndon VA, that builds custom, web, mobile, and cloud systems and software for other businesses spanning a wide variety of different industries. During the podcast episode, we spoke about what it's like to build a company from the ground, and turning a passion into a long-lasting successful business. Showtimes 0:50 - The service Solution Street provides. 2:00 - How Arthur keeps up with the speed of developments in the tech industry. 3:28 - The importance of finding the right people to join your business. 6:57 - The digital transformation projects Solution Street has set in place. 8:53 - The supportive, family-like culture at Solution Street. 10:36 - Maintaining a company culture whilst working remotely. 12:00 - What the company was like in the early stages of the business and learning how to run a company. 15:57 - The pitfalls to be aware of when starting a new business from the ground. 19:32 - The key things to look for in an I.T. vendor. 23:05 - Specifying your skillset in the tech industry. 27:13 - The greatest technical advancement of the past decade.