Community News:

• Eight free scholarships to the “Startup Lessons Learned” Conference – On April 23 the first Lean Startups conference happens in San Francisco, and the organizers have made available eight scholarships to startup professionals who are interested in attending the show. The scholarships cover the full price of conference registration, valued at $699 for the “early-bird” registration. The confirmed speaker list is a who’s who of the Lean Startup movement, including:
  • Eric Ries, The Lean Startup (@ericries)
  • Kent Beck, Three Rivers Institute (@kentbeck)
  • Steve Blank (@sgblank)
  • Randy Komisar, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Andrew Chen, Futuristic Play (@andrew_chen)
  • David Weekly, PB Works (@dweekly)
  • Hiten Shah, KISSmetrics (@hnshah)

  If you’re interested in applying, send an email to leanapplication@imvu.com before midnight on Monday, April 12, 2010 describing (in 500 words or less) who you are, how you are using (or intend to use) the lean startup methodology and how the scholarship will help your company. Selected recipients will be notified by Friday, April 16, 2010. More info.

Interesting  Answers.Onstartups.com questions with useful answers:

• Referring to one-man-company: use “we” or “I”?
• Can one pay for expenses that a start up requires before forming your LLC or Corp?
• How to start a business and not destroy your marriage?

News/posts for microISVs and Startups:

• Just one: Gina Trapani’s awesome The Power User’s Guide to Google Apps. If you use Google Apps, this is a post you need to read.

StartupToDo.com, The Startup Success Podcast and other plugs:

• No new Guides at StartupToDo.com (I’ve been on a programming deathmarch the past month, striving to finish 2.0a):
• Show #63 [bob.walsh@47hats.com with the word digest in the subject.)
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