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		<title>Got hit by a Penguin and lost 80% of my Google search traffic (now what?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 23:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually worry too much about SEO, I prefer to believe that good content will attract visitors (I know, I´m sometimes a bit naïve!). So, I was not even aware that on April 24rd Google was launching the Penguin &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/05/28/got-hit-by-a-penguin-and-lost-80-of-my-google-search-traffic-now-what/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=267&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get paid not played by clients</title>
		<link>http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/05/08/get-paid-not-played-by-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most (all?) of us selling services have clients that went missing after doing the work. This has happened to me (when I started, I&#8217;m not so naive anymore, and luckily it was only an invoice of 200 USD) but I &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/05/08/get-paid-not-played-by-clients/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=260&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Battery of tests your next business idea should pass</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice discussion on answers.onstartups.com about how to analyze your new business idea before getting too excited (and investing your time and money) on it. To complement this reading you can also take a look at my series of posts trying &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/04/26/battery-of-tests-your-next-business-idea-should-pass/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=256&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wanna improve your productivity? Have a baby!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may think I&#8217;m nuts but as counter-intuitive as it may seem, I&#8217;ve improved my productivity since having my first baby six months ago. Sure, the first three months were horrible (in terms of sleep deprivation) and some days I &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/04/04/wanna-improve-your-productivity-have-a-baby/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=248&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why did I fail with my previous software business – Advise(III): Test your market exists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third in a series of posts trying to explain what I think went wrong with my attempt of selling online code-generation services, that I end up shutting down due to the lack of clients. In previous posts, &#8230; <a href="http://storiesfailedentrepreneur.com/2012/03/05/why-did-i-fail-with-my-previous-software-business-adviseiii-test-your-market-exists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storiesfailedentrepreneur.com&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=245&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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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&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=242&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=236&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=233&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;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>
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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&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=230&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;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>
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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&#038;blog=21805014&#038;post=224&#038;subd=storiesfailedentrepreneur&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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