I was planning to write a new article this weekend, but got swamped with the day job. Ahhh... life at a startup in Silicon Valley! :)

Never one to leave my faithful readers empty handed (!) - I decided to share the following.

Interesting & Useful Links
These are some links that I read recently and liked, and thought you might too:

1. Death By Risk Aversion

   One of my favorite bloggers, Kathy Sierra writes about how "risk aversion" is the biggest innovation killer and how to overcome it. Check it out.

2. Demos That Spark

   Amit Bendov, former VP of Marketing at ClickSoftware, blogs about how to do powerful product demos. Mostly applies to B2B software, but pretty useful for any demo.

3. Market Segmentation or Senseless Mistake?

   Another one of my favorite bloggers, Scott Sehlhorst writes about how Microsoft does market segmentation for its Visual Studio product. Nice read.

4. How to Remain Sane

Guy Kawasaki, a popular author and venture capitalist, writes about how to remain sane and not let your competition drive you crazy. Good stuff.

5. How Bill Gates Works

   We may not be as rich as Bill Gates, but we sure can work like him! Entertaining Fortune article written by the man himself.

There you have it - five cool links.

Announcements
I'm also happy to announce that I will be writing two series of articles on my blog, in response to popular demand (okay, two of my friends suggested them!):

1. Ten Commandments of Product Management

   High-Tech Product Management boiled down to its core essence. I'm not a very religious person, but the title sounded very good. Depending on how it goes, I may change it to "Nine Commandments" or "Eleven Commandments" - please don't be offended!

2. Sun Tzu on Product Strategy

   Sun Tzu (circa 6th century, BC) was a Chinese military strategist who wrote a very influential book called The Art of War. The book is about military strategy - but the principles apply to many other areas. In this series, I will focus on what we can learn about product strategy from The Art of War.

I know you can barely contain your excitement about these articles - me neither! :)