Micro ISV Digest

A weekly roundup of Micro ISV news, announcements and relevant blog posts.

News and Announcements

• Daniel Plaisted released RightEdge, a trading system development platform. Via BoS.
• Aman Sahani released Match Predictions, a Premier League football match prediction site. Via BoS.
• Yanic Inghelbrecht was looking for beta testers for Trace Modeler, a graphical UML tool. Via BoS.
• A new version of Oriador Staff Rota was released.
• Sam Sanders changed the name of his site (featured last week) to SmarterReviews, and started a new reviews blog.
• The weekly site review: VisualHint.
• Amazon launched their Flexible Payments Service.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• On the other hand, the flip side of entrepreneurship, from Guy Kawasaki.
• Entrepreneurs who love too much, from EfCN.
• When to dump that great idea, from Forbes.
• 8 steps to simplify your online life, from Web Worker Daily.
• Why a startup's initial business plan doesn't matter much, from Marc Andreessen.
• How to know when a new title means you just got fired, from Wil Schroter.
• A new shopping card option, from KC.
• The future of software, from 47hats.

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• Carnival of Entrepreneurs.
• Jerry Seinfelds productivity secret, from LifeHacker.
• Choosing a platform and development platform, discussions on BoS.
• Stuff, from Paul Graham.
• Bob Walsh's Micro ISV tips from 47hats:-
  Want more customers? Join an online community
  Email one customer a day
  Put on your Newbie hat
  No way to live

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