Daily Reading from June 02, 2008

2 Jun 2008

Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

You Can Sell Used Copies of AutoDesk
Avoid Undue Diligence like the Plague — "Due diligence is the verification of information given to an investor by a startup in contemplation of a potential investment. Undue diligence, the solicitation of information for competitive reasons, is perhaps the most unsavory you can commit against a startup. …"
Yahoo! Hands Out Design Stencils — "The folks over at Yahoo! Developer Network have released another good resource for the web designer: the Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit. The kit contains 16 different high-resolution image sets (available as OmniGraffle or Visio stencils, PDF, PNG, and SVG). Each …"

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Where do the RSS ad startups fit in? Yahoo's RSS advertising service could spell trouble for pure-play RSS advertising services unless they adapt their business model.
Customer reference questions. Sample questions to ask customer references when choosing a software vendor.
Lock-in is bad T-Mobile thinks they'll get new Hotspot customers with exclusive content and locked-in devices.
Let it go Netscape 4 is six years old.
The importance of being good Starbucks is pulling CD burning stations from their stores. That says something interesting about their brand.
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