Comments on: Unfamiliar Pain http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/23/unfamiliar-pain/ Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Consultants Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:55:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SKMurphy » George Grellas on Insightful vs. “Window Dressing” Advisory Boards http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/23/unfamiliar-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-130561 SKMurphy » George Grellas on Insightful vs. “Window Dressing” Advisory Boards Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:31:14 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/23/unfamiliar-pain/#comment-130561 [...] Nov-23-2008 “Unfamiliar Pain” If you don’t have a kitchen cabinet or board of advisers that you are accountable to, I would encourage you to create some mechanism for independent outside advice from folks with relevant experience. I have several other independent consultants that I compare notes with, we also take turns kicking each other in the ass encouraging each other to make hard decisions and do the things we know we need to do that are getting neglected. We having a meeting with all of our partners together for the first time in early December. I hope to use this as both a joint planning and joint accountability mechanism. [...] [...] Nov-23-2008 “Unfamiliar Pain” If you don’t have a kitchen cabinet or board of advisers that you are accountable to, I would encourage you to create some mechanism for independent outside advice from folks with relevant experience. I have several other independent consultants that I compare notes with, we also take turns kicking each other in the ass encouraging each other to make hard decisions and do the things we know we need to do that are getting neglected. We having a meeting with all of our partners together for the first time in early December. I hope to use this as both a joint planning and joint accountability mechanism. [...]

]]> By: James Colgan http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/23/unfamiliar-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-73157 James Colgan Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:24:07 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/11/23/unfamiliar-pain/#comment-73157 Very interesting analysis. An honest feedback mechanism is crucial. Often an entrepreneur can have the intuition that something is amiss, but not be able to objectively analyze the pain to determine the source. We have advisers that point us in the right direction, but a direct channel to the community your business serves is a great source. Either through a blog,an online community or even just email feedback, connect with those that are passionate about your business or technology and listen. Very interesting analysis. An honest feedback mechanism is crucial. Often an entrepreneur can have the intuition that something is amiss, but not be able to objectively analyze the pain to determine the source.

We have advisers that point us in the right direction, but a direct channel to the community your business serves is a great source. Either through a blog,an online community or even just email feedback, connect with those that are passionate about your business or technology and listen.

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