Micro ISV Digest

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

News and Announcements

• Dennis Bottaro launched ebay Item ProfitCaster, a profit forecaster for ebay. Via BoS.
• Bob on DHH's Startup School presentation.
• A Startup-a-week looks interesting.
• Andy Brice started a Business of Software FAQ, to try to reduce repeating topics.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Selling software at retail, from Andy Brice.
• Transitioning from client work to products, from 37signals.
• The perils of working alone, from Andrew Duffy.
• User interface before code, from Joel Marcey.
• Focusing on Focus, from 47hats.
• What I wish I'd known, from Jon Fox.
• The startup lottery, from Dennis Forbes.
• Stop waiting for the magical startup fairy, from OnStartups.
  Also, Startup School Takeaways.
• Lessons from a year in SF, from Andrew Chen.
• Are you sure you want to be in SF, from 37signals.
• Bootstrapping in bits and pieces, from BootStrapMe.
• Progress updates from Joel Marcey, Ian (Six Products), Follow Steph.

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• Becoming a lifestyle Entrepreneur, from AnyWired.
• The long tail and indie game devs, from Psychochild.
• Lessons for weathering a downturn, from FoundRead.
  Also, 9 people you meet at Y Combinator.
• Change your work hours to get more done, from WWD.
  Also, Hands on with Google App Engine.
• About Amazon FPS, from Tim Haughton.

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