Lately I’ve been real busy and hadn’t enough time to dedicate to this blog all the attention it deserves, so I decided to share some of the stuff I’ve been reading in the last few days about entrepreneurship and building a startup.

I’ve gathered a bunch of topics which cover most of the essential stuff you need to know when you’re thinking about dismissing your ’steady’ job and starting your own company focused on products or consulting. One of the great things about the internet is that you can take advantage of all the information lying around and learn something from other people’s point of view or mistakes.

5 reasons to create your first startup - Particle Tree

Small Biz 101: How to Get Started - 37Signals blog

Small Biz 101: Cash Flow

My friend Pedro Custodio just received a bunch of Moo Cards today.

Moo is an online printing service that lets you turn your Flickr photos into small business cards. (like half the size of regular ones). After you login to your Flickr account, there’s a nice drag, drop and crop interface which lets you choose your pictures for your cards.

You can order 100 of them for $20 and Flickr Pro users get 10 extra cards for free (wee). Quite frankly, they look awesome and are better than those “enterprise” black-and-white -and-looking-very-seriously-respectfull business cards.

I’m going to order a batch of them and show them when they arrive.

Ever wondered what kind of Superhero you would be if you belonged in comic book world?

Well, now you can find out if you’re fit to be Superman, Thor or erm… Wonder-Woman. So remember to be honest and answer the quiz over at The Super Hero Quiz.
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 85% Superman 75% Robin 65% Catwoman 60% Iron Man 55% Hulk 55% The Flash 55% Green Lantern 50% Batman 50% Supergirl 40% Wonder Woman 30%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.