Michael Lehman's Independent Innovation

Ok, September has officially started and life is back "in session". After moving, a great vacation and recovering from the digital debt of being "off-the-grid" for 12 days in a row (a record in recent history!) I'm now ready to continue my exploration of the brave new world of the 21st century. While I'll be writing ...

Nearly twenty years ago I started a small company which was, at first, called MetaTech and then, after the threat of a lawsuit, changed to MT MicroSYSTEMS to build Pascal compilers.  The company was what we now would call a MicroISV and, if the Internet had been available, certainly would have been an Independent Innovation company.  In ...

I discovered Edith Yeung "Dream Think Act" website via Bob Walsh who went to a recent presentation by Seth Godin in Silicon Valley. Edith is a former consultant who left the corporate world this year to pursue an independent career as a public speaker and professional coach. Her post about "99 Life Lessons Learned from Quitting ...

Independent Innovators, of course, want to get paid.  Some will simply put a "tip" jar on their blog.  Some will send users through the PayPal website.  And some will want custom interfaces that support subscriptions, custom user interface and more. All can benefit at many levels by checking out the new book Pro PayPal ...