Software companies employed predominantly software engineers and ancillary staff to support them. Many sold mandatory recurring billing "support" packages, whic

Software companies employed predominantly software engineers and ancillary staff to support them. Many sold mandatory recurring billing "support" packages, which really is no different from SaaS, just framed as a separate invoice line item. I call my startup a software company because that is what it is. Tech is abbreviation from "high tech", which was the hardware and biotech equivalent.