John Silvani's guest appearances

John Silvani

The MSDW Podcast

Money Matters Top Tips with Adam Torres

John O'Donnell

Atta Tarki

Ron Price

Keller Williams

Andrew Smith

Kevin Bupp

Damion Lupo

Dave Daley

Antoine Martel

Mark Mascia

Matthew Sullivan

David Goodman

James Ross

Immad Akhund

Ross Hamilton

OwlTail

John Silvani President &amp; CEO at Gravity Software is interviewed in this episode. Gravity Software (Gravity) is the first online business management application exclusively written for smart businesses. Follow Adam on Instagram at Ask Adam Torres for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.  Apply to become a featured co-author in one of Adam's upcoming books: https://www.moneymatterstoptips.com/coauthor   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moneymatters/support

John Silvani President &amp; CEO at Gravity Software is interviewed in this episode. Gravity Software (Gravity) is the first online business management application exclusively written for smart businesses. Follow Adam on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ask Adam Torres</a> for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.  Apply to become a featured co-author in one of Adam's upcoming books: <a href="https://www.moneymatterstoptips.com/coauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.moneymatterstoptips.com/coauthor</a>   --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moneymatters/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moneymatters/support</a>

John Silvani President & CEO at Gravity Software 

On this episode we talk with John Silvani, President &amp; CEO of Gravity Software. John wrote  an article for MSDW in 2018 describing his experience running a SaaS ERP business built originally on Dynamics CRM Online and now on the Common Data Service and the Power platform. We talk about the evolution of Gravity's partnership with Microsoft, his thoughts on the evolution of CDS and the Power platform, and advice for other businesses looking to use Microsoft's business solutions ecosystem as their platform of choice. Show Notes:  1:20 – John's background in the Microsoft channel 3:15 – Formalizing xRM and the decision to build on it. 4:30 – Why doing xRM with all custom entities 7:00 – How ISVs are adapting to licensing and product changes for PowerApps and CDS-based solutions 12:00 – Managing the ISV relationship with Microsoft as an ERP vendor: cooperating vs competing 17:00 – Expanding an ISV offering and ecosystem with platform tools like Flow 20:45 – Gravity's channel building efforts. And advice to other prospective Microsoft partners. 24:40 – What to watch from Microsoft in 2019 26:00 – Trends from partners and buyers to watch for in 2019 

On this episode we talk with John Silvani, President &amp; CEO of <a href="http://www.go-gravity.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Gravity Software</a>. John wrote <a href="https://msdynamicsworld.com/story/xrm/using-microsoft-dynamics-365-cds-platform-development" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> an article</a> for MSDW in 2018 describing his experience running a SaaS ERP business built originally on Dynamics CRM Online and now on the Common Data Service and the Power platform. We talk about the evolution of Gravity's partnership with Microsoft, his thoughts on the evolution of CDS and the Power platform, and advice for other businesses looking to use Microsoft's business solutions ecosystem as their platform of choice. Show Notes: <ul> <li>1:20 – John's background in the Microsoft channel</li> <li>3:15 – Formalizing xRM and the decision to build on it.</li> <li>4:30 – Why doing xRM with all custom entities</li> <li>7:00 – How ISVs are adapting to licensing and product changes for PowerApps and CDS-based solutions</li> <li>12:00 – Managing the ISV relationship with Microsoft as an ERP vendor: cooperating vs competing</li> <li>17:00 – Expanding an ISV offering and ecosystem with platform tools like Flow</li> <li>20:45 – Gravity's channel building efforts. And advice to other prospective Microsoft partners.</li> <li>24:40 – What to watch from Microsoft in 2019</li> <li>26:00 – Trends from partners and buyers to watch for in 2019</li> </ul>

MSDW Podcast: John Silvani on building a business on Microsoft PowerApps and CDS