Posts tagged: enterpreneurship
From VFX Tools to Enterprise SaaS: Three Lessons in Finding Product-Market Fit
By Ben Houston, 10 Minutes Read, 2025-07-26
This is the story of how I went from building Hollywood VFX tools to raising $65M for enterprise SaaS, and the three crucial lessons I learned along the way.
Tags: enterpreneurship, the-indus-enterpreneur, talks, software-development
Three Hard-Won Lessons for Entrepreneurs: From VFX Tools to Enterprise SaaS
By Ben Houston, 8 Minutes Read, 2025-05-22
After twenty years building computer graphics software used in Hollywood blockbusters and enterprise product visualization, here are the crucial lessons that can help entrepreneurs build more successful companies.
Tags: enterpreneurship, the-ottawa-network, talks, software-development
The Origins of Krakatoa: A VFX Rendering Journey
By Ben Houston, 6 Minutes Read, 2024-12-06
From solving a unique rendering challenge for a single film to becoming an industry-standard tool used in blockbuster movies like Avatar and Harry Potter, the origin story of the Krakatoa point renderer.
Tags: enterpreneurship, frantic-films, visual-effects, software-development
The Entrepreneurial Journey of Clara.io: Finding Product-Market Fit in Unexpected Places
By Ben Houston, 6 Minutes Read, 2024-12-04
How a pioneering web-based 3D editor pivoted from trying to revolutionizing visual effects to finding unexpected success in enterprise product visualization.
Tags: clara.io, enterpreneurship, computer-graphics, software-development