Micro ISV Digest
Posted by Gavin Bowman on Monday, March 26, 2007 at 8:00 AM
A weekly roundup of Micro ISV news, announcements and relevant blog posts.
News and Announcements
- A new version of Dopus from Agynamix.
- 37signals launched Highrise, a CRM system.
- Adobe Apollo beta available.
- End of the line for Chimsoft, no more Mary Poppins gags in the Micro ISV crowd...
- Phil's excellent series on the lessons of Chimsoft. #1 #2 #3
- Which gave Scott Meade a push to start an interesting looking Business Decisions series.
- The top 10 tips for new consultants and freelancers, from Instigator.
- Market/Pain selection for Kalzumeus, from Patrick McKenzie.
- Host a product design dinner party, from Creating Passionate Users. Also, is your app an ass-kisser?
- How important is luck in entrepreneurship? from StartupSpark. Also, survival isn't good enough for entrepreneurs.
- The realistic entrepreneurs guide to venture capital, from Seth Godin.
- One year old (Micro ISV/consulting experience), from Ade Olonoh
- Getting your spouse on board, from EfCN.
- Excerpts from Stephen King's On Writing, from 37signals.
- Google Adwords Keywords, from Dave Collins on MyMicroISV.
- Why Combinator? from OnStartups.
- There's no point being a damn fool about it, from Success from the nest.
Further (mostly relevant) Reading
- The Carnival of Entrepreneurs.
- TED talks. And, Guy Kawasaki at the Small Business Summit.
- Seven Blogging virtues.
- AddThis, via Scott Meade.
- Micro ISV Web Resources, from BoS. Check out Ted Graham's blog for his weekly startup news and links.
- Free Sales eBook, on BoS.
- How to be Creative, on Youtube.
