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November 30, 2005 in Happy Links

• Entrepreneur hero Evan Williams offers "Ten Rules for Web Startups"
• Sony offers a cornucopia of lessons on how to completely blow it with customers. (In the wake of the rootkit debacle).
• The Beauty of Simplicity "Marissa Mayer, who keeps Google's home page pure, understands that less is more. Other tech companies are starting to get it, too. Here's why making things simple is the new competitive advantage."
• Keep It Simple waxes on about the impact of Too Much Information (TMI), Too Much Choice (TMC), Too Many Options (TMO) and "Time Famine" and the simple solutions being spawned as a result. How can you simplify as a competitive advantage?
• Top Ways To Use Web Analytics To Improve Your Blog or Website. A Google Analytics review will be coming here to WorkHappy.net as soon as Google opens it back up for registrations,  but bookmark this if you don't have Google Analytics yet, and pay close attention if you do. Great advice here.
• How to Make a Million Dollars. Dripping with cheese, but loaded with good entrepreneurial motivation.
• What Not To Do offers advice from a seasoned entrepreneur (John Osher, sold his company to Hasbro for bank) who reveals the 17 most common mistakes startups make and how to avoid them -- plus, the 5 things you must do to ensure success.

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Re: Ten Rules For Web Startups

My favorite point was #1 -- "to be narrow." I think too often people, and me included start off with a good idea, but end up losing focus because five other "good ideas" eventually pop into their head.

I almost feel like I am going against the grain when I only focus on one specific area, instead of having a much broader approach.

I use a simple phrase to help keep me on track. When ever I try to turn my entrepreneur television show into something broader, I constantly repeat to myself -- K-I-S-S -- and that seems to help me stay focused.