Daily Reading from June 13, 2008

13 Jun 2008

Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

Simple sabotage | Everything is Miscellaneous — "instructions from a 1944 manual on how to sabotage a business. "
How to pitch investors (VCs and Angels) — "A Few Thoughts, Pre‐Pitch… Where possible, research the investor or firm you are meeting with. Tailor the presentation to their affinities. Why might there be good synergies? What past investmentshave the made they complement your work? Do they blog? Are …"
Taking The Leap: Don’t Just Be A Wannabepreneur
Gtalk Access to Beta Bots (or lack thereof) — "We host our own jabber servers but Google will route any jabber traffic to and from a Google Apps domain through their jabber servers. So when you try to talk to your bot from gtalk, google is sending your message …"

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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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