http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/19/doing-less-with-less/ Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Consultants Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/19/doing-less-with-less/comment-page-1/#comment-139592 SKMurphy » Quotes for Entrepreneurs - December 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:50:16 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/19/doing-less-with-less/#comment-139592 [...] “Startups survive by doing less with less. They live on the scraps of a market that larger competitors ignore.” Sean Murphy [...] [...] “Startups survive by doing less with less. They live on the scraps of a market that larger competitors ignore.” Sean Murphy [...]

]]> http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/19/doing-less-with-less/comment-page-1/#comment-75509 SKMurphy » We Don’t Encourage Individuals to Form a Startup Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:52:54 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/19/doing-less-with-less/#comment-75509 [...] SKMurphy “Doing Less with Less“ [...] [...] SKMurphy “Doing Less with Less“ [...]

]]> http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/19/doing-less-with-less/comment-page-1/#comment-75097 SKMurphy » Bob Lewis on Progress and Ecomizing vs. Cost Cutting Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:58:33 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/19/doing-less-with-less/#comment-75097 [...] I feel that there is a deep insight here: organizational change has a number of complex interrelationships that can yield sharply non-linear effects (sometimes no effect after seemingly large changes, and often small changes generating huge unintended consequences). Nibbling away allows you to proceed cautiously, especially when making cutbacks, to assess the effects. I have touched on a different aspect of this in “Doing Less with Less” but startups should be continually re-evaluating development and support methodologies, running experiments to see if changes in approach can yield more productivity or bona fide cost savings. [...] [...] I feel that there is a deep insight here: organizational change has a number of complex interrelationships that can yield sharply non-linear effects (sometimes no effect after seemingly large changes, and often small changes generating huge unintended consequences). Nibbling away allows you to proceed cautiously, especially when making cutbacks, to assess the effects. I have touched on a different aspect of this in “Doing Less with Less” but startups should be continually re-evaluating development and support methodologies, running experiments to see if changes in approach can yield more productivity or bona fide cost savings. [...]

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