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		<title>BM: Blog Micro Transactions</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/02/23/bm-blog-micro-transactions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reviewing the original business model of the Entrecot restaurant I&#8217;d like to write today about a second original business model: blog micro transactions. The idea is to write a blog post interesting enough so that people want to know &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/02/23/bm-blog-micro-transactions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=242&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worst thing can happen to you is to have &#8220;some&#8221; success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you have no clients (and you&#8217;ve been pushing the product long enough) is easy to realize that you better drop the product and go back to the drawing board. When you have many many clients, it&#8217;s a no brainer &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/02/14/worst-thing-can-happen-to-you-is-to-have-some-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=236&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RR: The creators of no-longer-with-us products explain what went wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t done it yet (this recommended reading was published at the end of 2010) I strongly suggest you to thoroughly read why the authors of several software products decided to pull the plug. You can also read my, &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/02/08/rr-the-creators-of-no-longer-with-us-products-explain-what-went-wrong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=233&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry, but I’m not in twitter to follow your personal life</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/02/03/sorry-but-im-not-in-twitter-to-follow-your-personal-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I use twitter as a work tool every day and I’m always looking for new people to follow (among the ones that follow me or thanks to the twilert search alerts that I’ve setup). Unfortunately, I end up following few &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/02/03/sorry-but-im-not-in-twitter-to-follow-your-personal-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=230&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why did I fail with my previous software business – Advise(II): Don&#8217;t sell to developers</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/01/26/why-did-i-fail-with-my-previous-software-business-adviseii-dont-sell-to-developers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of posts trying to explain what I think went wrong with my previous business attempt, that I end up giving up for free due to the lack of clients (the blog part is &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/01/26/why-did-i-fail-with-my-previous-software-business-adviseii-dont-sell-to-developers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=224&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CSS Killswitch &#8211; (funny) strategy to deal with bad clients for web designers</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/01/18/css-killswitch-funny-strategy-to-deal-with-bad-clients-for-web-designers/</link>
		<comments>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/01/18/css-killswitch-funny-strategy-to-deal-with-bad-clients-for-web-designers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CSS Killswitch lets you non- destructively black out a difficult client&#8217;s website with the click of a button since as they say &#8220;Because sometimes, no matter how diplomatic you are, people are&#8230; well&#8230; mean.&#8221; I say this is a funny &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/01/18/css-killswitch-funny-strategy-to-deal-with-bad-clients-for-web-designers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=221&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As a freelancer, how much do you bill per hour?</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/01/04/as-a-freelancer-how-much-do-you-bill-per-hour/</link>
		<comments>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/01/04/as-a-freelancer-how-much-do-you-bill-per-hour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>softmodeling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting poll in hacker news: as a freelancer how much do you bill per hour? To be honest I don&#8217;t know how value their time those that say that charge less than 50 USD per hour. I guess all depends &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/01/04/as-a-freelancer-how-much-do-you-bill-per-hour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=216&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m now &#8220;legally protected&#8221; (and why)</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2011/12/22/im-now-legally-protected-and-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>softmodeling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pretty sure that hiring a lawyer is not one of your priorities when starting your new entrepreneur project. There are several reasons for this: lack of money (they don&#8217;t come cheap!), lack of time (to find one, to discuss &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2011/12/22/im-now-legally-protected-and-why/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=209&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why did I fail with my previous software business &#8211; Advise(I): Choose a cool technology to sell</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2011/12/14/why-did-i-failed-with-my-previous-software-business-i-choose-a-cool-technology-to-sell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.wordpress.com/?p=203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The readers of this blog already know that my first attempt at becoming a micropreneur (selling online code-generation services from simple design models) failed while my second attempt (migration services to convert your site to wordpress is performing much better &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2011/12/14/why-did-i-failed-with-my-previous-software-business-i-choose-a-cool-technology-to-sell/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=203&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My first 1000 USD in ad revenue</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2011/12/04/my-first-1000-usd-in-ad-revenue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>softmodeling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last July I got tired of making no money with adsense, flattr, amazon and similar programs and decided that I had nothing to lose by trying to sell ad space myself for my software modeling site. I´m happy to say &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2011/12/04/my-first-1000-usd-in-ad-revenue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&amp;blog=21805014&amp;post=196&amp;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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