What isn’t surprising is that someone has written some advice on how to run a smart software business, what is surprising is that he wrote this eight years ago and it’s still holding true.  Check out Joel Spolsky.

1. Strategy Letter I: Ben and Jerry’s vs. Amazon
2. Strategy Letter II: Chicken and Egg Problems
3. Strategy Letter III: Let Me Go Back!
4. Strategy Letter IV: Bloatware and the 80/20 Myth
5. Strategy Letter V
6. Strategy Letter VI