Micro ISV Digest

A round up of the Micro ISV happenings and writings of this last week.

News and Announcements

• New Guidelines were announced for the BoS forums, and Dharmesh Shah launched the OnStartup forums.
• Ryan Smyth launched a Guitar and Drum Trainer, appealing for feedback on BoS.
• Pat Fitzsimmons launched ZipApp, a tool for opening Excel files and Access databases up for internet access. Here's his BoS feedback link.
• Bob Walsh joined our Codesnipers team, posting his introduction on Thursday.
• Microsoft adCenter.

Relevant Blog posts and Articles

• A new article from Paul Graham, the 10 hardest lessons for startups to learn.
• 10 smart moves to improve your business.
• Guy Kawasaki couldn't quite keep it down to 10 this time, the top lies of Marketers.
• 10 rules for success via FinalBuilder.
• Via PicoBusiness, Stromcode's How to make money on the Internet.
• Game Producer's 3 step guide to getting responses.
• Creating Passionate Users: The Myth of Keeping up.
• KC on concerns about selling to certain groups.
• Dharmesh Shah had some selling tips for the technically gifted.
• 37signals, Don't forget the premium plan.
• Lead your customer into temptation.
• Dave Winer's, the utter futility of geekiness, via gapingvoid.

Useful Extras

• Notes from Startup School 2006.
• Remember Bob's Micro ISV tip #4: the Microsoft Office Marketplace.
• The BoS discuss interface design resources.
• You might find some tips or products you haven't heard of in this forum thread on the favorite Open Source apps used by ISVs.
• This promising looking thread on time-limiting/license protecting software already has a nice collection of links.

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