For many years, Guenther Ruhe was a fellow of the International Software Product Management Association, playing an important role in shaping the academic and practical landscapes of Software Product Management (SPM). This editorial note honors Ruhe's enduring impact on the SPM Body of Knowledge, evaluating his extensive contributions to SPM research and practice, and recognizing his legacy in shaping the future trajectory of the field. By examining Ruhe's academic publications and his role in developing the SPM Body of Knowledge, we highlight key areas of his influence, particularly in release planning and requirements engineering. His integration of empirical research into SPM has notably enhanced the discipline's rigor and relevance. Ruhe's contributions to the SPM Body of Knowledge are profound and far-reaching, establishing his work as a cornerstone for ongoing research and practice in SPM.

The gender imbalance in technology, sciences, and engineering is a global problem and according to the statistics, this really has not changed much in the last thirty years. Moreover, there is also a lack of women in tech entrepreneurship; most success stories are about male entrepreneurs, and in Silicon Valley the term describing the start-up culture is called “tech bros” for a reason. This paper identifies different factors affecting the women's decision to select a tech sector and become an entrepreneur in the tech sector. In this paper we also aim to identify different pitfalls and problems, which could influence the attractiveness of the tech sector, and specifically technology entrepreneurship, towards the women interested in the science, technology, and engineering domains. To study the factors affecting women's interest towards entrepreneurship in the technology sector, we conducted a series of surveys and interviews to understand the underlying phenomena. Overall, this study interviewed ten female company founders, and conducted two surveys with women working, interested, or studying towards the tech sector, allowing us to combine and compare the qualitative data from the women who had become entrepreneurs against the quantitative trends and ideas collected from the general audiences. The most common factors limiting the individuals’ interest towards entrepreneurship such as financial risks or high responsibilities might not be gender-related, but there are also aspects as social acceptance, discrimination, and lack of role models, which affect especially the women interested in the possibilities of becoming an entrepreneur in tech. In general, the current younger generations are aware of the option of becoming entrepreneurs, and what becoming one requires. Initiatives, such as adding positive examples of females’ success, or supporting entry-level opportunities towards full-time entrepreneurship, could have a meaningful impact of reducing the gender imbalance in the STEM fields, and in technology entrepreneurship in general.

Pricing is an essential element of software business strategy and tactics. Informed pricing decision-making requires the involvement of different stakeholders and comprehensive data analysis. Achieving both appears to be challenging, and pricing remains one of the most under-managed processes in the software business. Simultaneously, a coherent SaaS pricing body of knowledge and verified solutions to assist SaaS providers while designing and implementing pricing are missing. There is a lack of integration among different research areas focused on SaaS pricing and, more importantly, between academia and industry. The primary aim of this paper is to clarify this misconception by classifying, thematically analyzing, and putting in correspondent academic state-of-the-art and industrial state-of-the-practice of SaaS pricing. A multivocal literature review (MLR) approach was used for the study, exploring both “white” literature as well as “grey” literature. The body of literature of 387 bibliography items was collected using a formal protocol. Of these, 57 were white literature items, and 330 were grey. A multistage content analysis process was implemented to classify the rich literature body across multiple dimensions with further mapping, synthesis, and reporting. A taxonomy of pricing-related concepts was created. It classifies SaaS pricing aspects, affecting factors, and challenges facing SaaS providers. The findings and interpretations are summarized to emphasize the major research themes and practical challenges of SaaS pricing practices’ transformation and provide further research guidelines in this area. SaaS pricing is a maturing and prominent area of research that requires further investigation. The conducted MLR formed a clear picture of SaaS pricing research and practice and identified different SaaS pricing aspects and affecting factors. The study will enable both scholars and practitioners to assess the current state-of-the-art in research and practice.