Speaking Engagements

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Recent and planned speaking engagements as well as featured articles.

2012

• Thurs April 12 PATCA “Tips on Structuring Business Relationships: Contractor, Alliances, Partners and Co-Owner“

2011

• Sat June 18 “Crucial Customer Development Concepts” Global Indian Technical Professional (GITPRO)
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• Oct 9&10 “Will Work For Equity: A Startup CEO Panel“  Silicon Valley Code Camp

2010

• Tue-Nov-2: “Assessing Your Market Opportunity” at SDForum “Kickstart Your Startup Workshop”
• Thu-Oct-21: “Forming & Leading Teams of Experts” at  SDForum Engineering Leadership SIG
• Sun- Oct-10: “Will Work For Equity: A Startup CEO Panel” moderating panel at Silicon Valley Code Camp
• Thu- Sep-23: “Feed Readers De-Mystified: Tips for Keeping Informed” People On The Go Webinar
• Mon-Sep-13: “10 Tips on How to Choose a Business Partner” Women In Consulting South Bay Lunch talk
• Fri-Apr-23:  Mentor at Startup Lessons Learned Conference
• Mon-Jan-25: “Bootstrapping Your Startup Business: Ten Mistakes Early Entrepreneurs Make” at CSUEBEA (California State University East Bay Entrepreneurship Association)

2009

• September 16 “The Limits of ‘I Will Know it When I See It” at SFBayACM
• August 21 “Ten Mistakes Bootstrappers Make in Starting Their Business” Bootstrappers Breakfast San Francisco
• July 29 “Tweet, Blog, or News? How Do Engineers Stay Current” at Design Automation Conference, San Francisco
• July 29 “Managing Project Health” at Design Automation Conference, San Francisco
• July 27-29 “Global Teams and Multi-Firm Collaboration” at Design Automation Conference, San Francisco
• March 19 “Leveraging Your Referral Network to Grow Your Business” at Bay Area Business Growth Meetup
• January 20 “Cultivating Communities to Get More Customers” part of Marketing Consultants Forum at IEEE-CNSV

2008

• Nov 2008 “Ten Business Books in One Hour for the Busy High-Tech Executive.” Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the IEEE Technological Management Council (see blog posts Nov-4-2008 and Oct-5-2008 )
• March 2008 SDWest conference offers both business and technology tracks and has an interesting mix of sessions for software entrepreneurs. Visit our Startup Resource Center at Booth #318
• Feb 2008 “Leveraging Your Social Network to Find Early Customers” SDForum
• Jan 24 People-OnTheGo ’s Lunch & Learn webinar: “Wiki Use Case: Managing Team Meetings: Agendas, Minutes and Tasks”

2007

• Nov 2007 “Crucial Marketing Concepts for Startups”, SF Bay ACM
• Oct 2007 “Now What? Post Launch Growth Plan“, KASE Entrepreneur Seminar. Podcast and transcript available.
• July 2007 Chairing panel “Scaling Up Product Development” StartupEpicenter
• July 2007 “From Idea to Revenue”, TVC Center for Commercialization and Entrepreneurial Training Seminar – Entering the Entrepreneurial World
• May 2007 “Crucial Technology Marketing for the Busy Consultant”, PATCA
• April 2007 “Crucial Marketing Concepts for Startups” by Sean Murphy and Mark Duncan, MarketingConceptsArticle.pdf
• Feb. 2007 “Ten Tips for Leveraging Blogs and Wikis in Your Consulting Practices”, IEEE CNSV

2006

• Dec. 2006 “Twelve Business Books in One Hour for the Busy CEO“, SDForum
• Oct/Nov 2006 Article in SDForum news: Event Review: Marketing SIG “How to Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations”
• April 2006 “10 Tips on Blogs and Wikis for the Professional Service Firm”, EPIC
• March 2006 Article in American Journal of Public Health: “Systems Analysis of Real-World Obstacles to Successful Cervical Cancer Prevention in Developing Countries” by Dr. Eric Suba and Sean K. Murphy et al. [Abstract]
• Jan. 2006 “Lessons Learned from First Three Years Consulting”, presented at Institute of Management Consultants breakfast meeting in San Jose

2005

• Dec. 2005 “Five Phase Planning”, RETRO
• June 2005 “Business of EDA Standards”, Design Automation Conference

2004

• Oct 2004 Business of EDA Standards, Synopsys EDA Interoperability Developers’ Forum

Sean Murphy is available for selected public speaking engagements. The format generally used is 45 minutes of practical information followed by question-and-answer segment. This format can be customized to meet the needs of your group. Fees vary depending upon nature and charter of group.