Michael Lehman's Independent Innovation

Ok, this is just too fun to pass up: http://putthingsoff.com/ In Nick Cernis' own words: "Put Things Off (PTO) helps freelancers, entrepreneurs and busy people just like you work smarter, play harder and live the lives they love. PTO talks about productivity, freelancing, running your own business, making money online, setting goals, ...

I've been working with one of my fellow travellers on the software bus for 20 years now.  He works really hard to keep his identity protected so I won't "out" him but I'll refer to him by his secret identity of "Krow".  Krow and I first met when I put a 3 line advertisement in the Monterey Herald in 1987 ...

Independent Innovators face marketing challenges in ways funded startups do not.  Most Indies (at least the one's I've met) have extensive domain experience and little marketing background.  A blog, smartly written, can be invaluable.  How to write a "smart" blog?  Read what others have done, experiment and be ...

Today Om Malik's blog, he's posted a great profile of some Independent Innovation companies that are really taking off. I especially liked his 3 rules for the new "technology enabled" startup:Involve your customer: Spreadshirt and Threadless work because they allow customers to create, design and customize their own T-shirts, ...

In my "day" job I work for Microsoft focusing on a particular segment of Independent Innovators known as MicroISVs.  This week I'm headed to Microsoft's sold-out MIX07 conference at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from late today through Wednesday, May 2nd. If you are going to be at MIX07 and you're an ...

On this site when I talk about the 'color' of bits I mean the type (art, music, text, code) of the digital IP that Independent Innovators distribute. However, in his post "What Colour are your bits?", Matthew Skala (blog home page) has a very interesting point to make about the 'colour' of bits by which he means the ...

Hello and welcome to the first day of Michael Lehman's Independent Innovation blog and podcast. In the 1970's Richard Nelson Bolles wrote an enormously popular career advice book entitled "What Color is Your Parachute?"  In the 21st century, I think the new question is "What Color are Your Bits?".  You can ...