Micro ISV Digest

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

News and Announcements

• Ryan Smyth jumped into his Micro ISV (Renegade Minds) full time. Via BoS.
• Neo Syne was looking for feedback for Induspreneur, an indian entrepreneur networking site.
• Steph released a sample of his new ebook.
• 47hats promotional postings: Fast Spring and EC Suite. Also, YCombinator for Micro ISVs.
• Amazon EC2 now offering static IPs.
• Adobe launched Photoshop Express.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Software startup lessons (part 3), from Lavablast.
• 7 questions I'd ask a Startup, from OnStartups.
• Selling software, from Andrew Clarke.
• "Flacking" effectively on a startup budget, from FoundRead.
• Choosing a development stack, from Andy Brice.
• Giving it up to get more done, from Web Worker Daily.
• The making of an indie (part 4), from Joe Indie.
• Revisit your design ideas, from Jon Chase.
• Helium Foot Site++ plus, from Keith Alperin.
• Download sites are useless, from Patrick.
• Progress updates from Brian Manley, Neville Franks, Visual Hint, Phil (summary: don't throw away your Mary Poppins gags just yet :)).

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• The psychology of entrepreneurial misjudgment, from pmarca.
  Or, shorter version from VentureHacks.
• Brain research for Micro ISVs, from 47 hats.
• Ev Williams, do as he says and as he does, from FoundRead.
  (see Ten Rules for Web Startups)
• 25 paths to an insanely popular blog, from Skelliewag.
• Is it possible to make a living making indie or casual games, from Grey Alien Games.
• Core principles for rapidly attaining creative flow, from PSDTuts.
• Very short stories, from Wired.
• Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship.

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