Amazon's top business books for 2011. Eric Ries coming to London.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/amazons-top-business-books-for-2011/

In this talk from Business of Software 2009, Joel flies in the face of what is often accepted as current wisdom and says that building new features does add value to your product. Simplicity is often a way to avoid your customers knowing you are releasing a product without enough features. Features are good if you can add them without making a product too complex. This can create real value for customers and revenue for your business. You can watch the talk or read the full transcript of this talk.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/joel-spolsky-at-business-of-software-2009-simplicity-is-a-way-of-avoiding-looking-like-you-lack-value/

Two years of door-to-door selling is worth four years of college.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/two-years-of-door-to-door-selling-is-worth-four-years-of-college-kenny-brooks/

The World is obsessed with Facebook. And quite rightly so.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/the-world-is-obsessed-with-facebook-and-quite-rightly-so/

Tips on building a successful culture & team building from Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/success-is-all-about-the-team-would-you-employ-someone-with-a-criminal-record-for-drug-trafficking-ben-rooney-walls-street-journal-i-used-to-be-a-dj-i-am-also-timothy-learys-godson-so-y/

Congratulations to founder/CEO Barry Houlihan, and the team at Mobile Interactive Group on their acquisition by Velti. A great exit for an angel backed business and the start of a new chapter in their mobile growth story. The deal is worth up to $60million.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/congratulations-to-mobile-interactive-group-on-acquisition-by-velti/

Congratulations to Professor Clayton Christensen who opened our recent Business of Software Conference who has just been named the world’s top business thinker. What makes Clayton particularly brilliant is the fact that he has spent a lot of his life thinking about management but has also spent a considerable amount of time thinking about how those same principles apply to his life.

If you have five minutes, watch the video of his acceptance speech. Lots to think about and quite moving.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/professor-clayton-christensen-recognised-as-worlds-top-business-thinker-he-will-measure-his-life-in-a-different-way/

Nick Halstead is the entrepreneur behind Tweetmeme & Datasift. Today he announced that he will be standing down from the role of CEO, to be replaced by Rob Bailey who he has been working with for some time.

Congratulations Nick. More founders should do this the right way.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/datasift-founderceo-takes-role-as-cto-nice-move/

Thank you EU – a mayor from Greece meets a mayor from Spain.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/thank-you-eu-a-mayor-from-greece-meets-a-mayor-from-spain/

When sales motivation events go horribly wrong...

http://thebln.com/2011/11/astonishing-motivational-techniques-for-sales-people-is-the-the-worlds-worst-sales-conference/

Michael Woodford, ex CEO of Olympus does the right thing, not the easy thing.

http://thebln.com/2011/11/my-business-hero-of-the-week-for-doing-the-right-thing-michael-woodford/