Startup Marketing Advice, “Failure,” Things I Learned the Hard Way, and more…

Startup Marketing Advice from Balsamiq Studio – With the startup success he’s achieved in the past 18 months, Peldi seems to know what he’s doing.

Hierarchy of the Successful Independent Software Developer – Freelancer -> Consultant -> MicroISV -> Micropreneur.

“Failure” Nike Commercial – “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

Things I Learned the Hard Way – Several related posts from Derek Powazek. Titles include Unsolicited Advice is a Valuable Clue, Save the Touchy-Feely for the Redwoods, Someone’s Always Listening and Never Piss Off the Sound Guy.

The Funniest Amazon Reviews Ever – 1,255 of them.

“The Office” ERP Parody – An exceptional parody of the British version of The Office. For a while I was trying to figure out if some of the actors were from the original series.

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#1 C.S. on 08.11.09 at 4:07 pm

Thanks for these great links! Just what I was looking for as my start-up is at the point where we need additional traffic to make it self-sustainable.

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