2ndSite – Another Online Invoicing Alternative

November 30, 2005

Some weeks ago Blinksale was discovered and enjoyed a great deal of buzz- it’s a very simple online invoicing solution for (very?) small businesses. Part of the buzz was because it’s full of Ajax-y goodness, and the web has been nothing lately if it hasn’t been about Web 2.0. Since then I’ve discovered 2ndSite, another […]

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If You Could See Through My Eyes

November 30, 2005

A very funny look on how different people look at the same software development project.

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Starting a Company on No Money Down

November 29, 2005

Rick Segal posts on starting a company on no money down.

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Community Review of EULAs

November 29, 2005

EULAscan is a new service that collects community reviews of EULAs. Via Techdirt.

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The 12th Rule for Web Startups

November 29, 2005

Alec Saunders adds his 12th rule to the 11 recently posted by Evan Williams: 12. Be Parsimonious (ok, cheap!). Cash is king. We buy office equipment and furniture from bankruptcy sales. We buy from EBay for most other stuff. We ran our company with a single Vonage line for 18 months. We drive to meetings […]

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Nick Denton’s Startup Kit

November 29, 2005

Nick Denton lists the essential items in his startup kit.

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Linksys Finding Mimo

November 29, 2005

Linksys is finally shipping its MIMO routers and cards, based on the well-regarded Airgo chip. I’ll be very curious to see whether Linksys follows its success with open WRT in 802.11g by developing a MIMO router with open source firmware. A product with those characteristics is a credible enterprise substitute and would eventually sell for […]

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RIM Watching eBay Patent Appeal

November 28, 2005

The U.S Supreme Court is to hear an appeal from a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concerning whether or not permanent injunctions should always flow automatically from an infringement finding. eBay has argued in the case that a permanent injunction against using an invention is not appropriate when the […]

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Best Legal Practices for Open Source Software

November 28, 2005

Dennis Kennedy’s excellent article on best legal practices for open source software is up at LLRX.com. See his post at Between Lawyers for more commentary – it includes this little nugget: I take the somewhat unusual point of view for lawyers that people might actually want to use Open Source software in many situations and […]

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Is Content Still King?

November 28, 2005

Larry Borsato asks whether content is still king: I’ve heard the expression “Content is king” for years. But is it really true? If content is king, why are newspapers and magazines dying? Why is Google, a company that neither owns nor creates content, is growing by leaps and bounds? I think the answer is that […]

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The Art of Renegotiation

November 28, 2005

Via The Wired GC, an article in Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge by Jeswald Salacuse on renegotiating a bad deal. One of the many aspects that resonated with me was the importance of the relationship to creating the right conditions for productive renegotiation. Many counsel do not appreciate the impact that their attitude can have […]

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10 Rules for Web Startups

November 28, 2005

Evan Williams, CEO of Odeo, has a post on 10 rules for web startups that is attracting a lot of attention this week. Be Narrow Be Different Be Casual Be Picky Be User-Centric Be Self-Centered Be Greedy Be Tiny Be Agile Be Balanced

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