When it comes to launching a new business don't be surprised if your friends, rather than helping out by placing paying orders for your goods or services, offer little more than morale support... They'll give you the best wishes and be sincere in doing it, but if only I'd known that when it comes to directly helping you, few will want to risk their own careers by awarding you ... Read full entry

Renai LeMay has launched bootstrappr a blog that assesses the viability of new Australian start ups, and makes a call as to whether they will boom or go bust. First cab of the rank is a review of Streem, a news aggregation site that invites readers to submit news stories and photos, and makes a small payment should the content be published.