Alessio Rastani is an ‘independent market trader’ and the founder of LeadingTrader.com but he also seized his moment when he was interviewed by News 24 on the Euro crisis. He has the gift of the gab but also nails the difference between politicans who think they run the world, and traders, who often do.

http://thebln.com/2011/09/euro-crisis-traders-vs-politicans-waffle-vs-cash-where-would-you-put-your-money-goldman-sachs-rules-the-world/

Seth Godin on why he is not naked on stage & other more useful insights. Video & talk transcript from Business of Software.

Seth Godin. “Are you afraid to truly make an impact? The opportunity for linchpin organizations and the people who run them.”

http://thebln.com/2011/09/seth-godin-on-why-he-is-not-naked-on-stage-other-more-useful-insights-video-talk-transcript-from-business-of-software/

Nice infographic of S&P 500 represented by market cap & today's price changes. Ouch!

http://thebln.com/2011/09/i-like-red-i-really-do-but-this-is-a-little-bit-too-much-sp-500-today/

Don’t make my eyes bleed. Don’t bore me. How to hack a business plan that makes sense. Guest blog from Neil Davidson, co-CEO, co-Founder, Red Gate Software.

http://thebln.com/2011/09/dont-make-my-eyes-bleed-dont-bore-me-how-to-hack-a-business-plan-that-makes-sense/

Scott Farquhar built Atlassian to $100 million revenue from Australia with no sales people. He shares his ten commandments for startups and growing businesses in this video and talk transcript.

http://thebln.com/2011/09/from-0-100million-with-no-sales-people-atlassians-ten-commandments-for-startups/

Book review: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Essential reading. Title sucks.

http://thebln.com/2011/09/book-review-the-lean-startup-by-eric-ries-essential-reading-title-sucks/

Guest blog from Alex Osterwalder, author of Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers.

8 Essential questions you need to ask about your business model.

http://thebln.com/2011/09/8-essential-questions-you-need-to-ask-about-your-business-model-guest-blog-by-alex-osterwalder/

Most software projects fail. Most startups fail. Most new products are never used. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The Lean Startup is a disciplined approach to imagining, designing, and building new products. By testing our assumptions earlier, faster, and with more rigor, we can stop wasting people’s time.

Eric Ries has just published The Lean Startup book. This is the video and transcript of his talk at Business of Software 2010.

http://thebln.com/2011/09/eric-ries-the-lean-startup-the-most-innovative-book-launch-ever-video-transcript-of-erics-talk-the-science-of-lean-startups-at-business-of-software-2010/

One of the team just called the number we had for a Fast 50 winner from last year to see if they were entering this year – the deadline is midnight 16th September. The phone was answered.

“I’m his Mum. He’s moved out – 200 people work there now. They won’t fit in my house.”

Just shows what you can do when you bootstrap a business and it goes right...

http://thebln.com/2011/09/im-his-mum-hes-moved-out-200-people-work-there-now-they-wont-fit-in-my-house-majority-of-uks-fast-growth-tech-businesses-are-self-or-angel-funded/

A soda store that won’t sell Pepsi or Coke is like a software vendor that won’t sell Microsoft or Oracle.

Why we have invited someone that, 'can't do email', to talk at a software conference.

http://thebln.com/2011/09/a-soda-store-that-wont-sell-pepsi-or-coke-is-like-a-software-vendor-that-wont-sell-microsoft-or-oracle/

For several years I had heard about this conference that a lot of my online tech/marketing/business heroes were involved in. Right before the conference in 2010, I had just been asked to start a SaaS and mobile products division for a successful global mapping firm, so I figured it was time to make the investment and travel to Boston for the conference. I expected to be impressed, but did not imagine the amazing impact it would have on my life and on the way we do business...

http://thebln.com/2011/09/how-business-of-software-2010-meant-i-now-have-too-many-sales/

Eric Sink is the author of Eric Sink on the Business of Software and Version Control by example. He is the founder of SourceGear, a source control system vendor. He also founded the AbiWord project, and lead the team that built the SpyGlass browser, now known as “Internet Explorer”. He’s the first to have coined the term “Micro-ISV”.

This is the video & transcript of his talk about selling Teamprise to Microsoft in 2010.

http://thebln.com/2011/09/teamprise-vs-microsoft-a-software-entrepreneurs-ma-story-video-transcript/