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E-Books: Dead Trees vs Dead Money

I read recently that Amazon currently sell something like 180 e-books for every 100 dead-tree books.

I just finished reading Grumby as an e-book on my iPad via the Amazon Kindle software. Read more »

People Management – Don’t Do as You Would be Done by

Here’s a thought provoking question I got asked the other day:

Would you like to manage people in the same way you’d like to be managed?

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A simple yet effective way to get free PR for your startup

When you’re starting a new business, every penny counts. So I thought I’d share a lesson I’ve learnt on how you can get free PR for your business.

Engaging a PR firm can be expensive, doing it yourself can be time consuming and frustrating. Read more »

Four things your new SaaS app must have

Recently I’ve had a fair number of people get in touch saying they’re starting SaaS businesses and wanting to pick my brains.

It makes me feel like a bit of a fraud if I’m honest. Read more »

Four things You Probably Don’t Know About Twitter

Here are four things I found out about Twitter that aren’t immediately obvious, so hopefully they may be of use to you too. Read more »

Hitler and Cloud Computing Security

An entertaining video that was brought to my attention by 10Yetis. You get the gist after the first couple of minutes, but it’s worth watching the whole thing. Read more »

What’s your viral coefficient?

I attended a shareholders meeting last night for a small start-up.

The marketing manager mentioned their “viral coefficient”.

I had to raise my hand and ask what a viral coefficient actually is. The embarrassment was only slightly lessened when the majority of other people in the room confessed they’d never heard of it either. Read more »

Timing Matters

Pass through London Bridge mainline station during any evening rush hour and you’ll see someone from one of the shops there trying to get you to take a free sample of their food. Not once have I ever seen anyone stop and take anything. Read more »

SEO is no substitute for a marketing plan

After the Global Entrepreneurship Week launch event last Monday I went along to the IoD for the final of The Pitch. Think Dragons Den without the TV cameras. Read more »

Figuring out what your company is all about

One of the blogs I read quite often is JoelOnSoftware by Joel Spolsky.

Joel and his blog are a bit of a legend in the software startup space and is a must-read for anyone building a software business. Read more »

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