Clayton Christensen on “How Will You Measure Your Life?”
Excerpts from Clayton Christensen’s address to the 2010 graduating class at Harvard Business School on “How Will You Measure Your Life?” […]
Quotes For Entrepreneurs Collected in January 2020
My January 2020 collection of quotes for entrepreneurs has a focus on seeing the present clearly, with all of its promise and risk, and managing your actions and expectations accordingly. […]
40 Tips for B2B Customer Development Interviews
This post on B2B customer development interviews builds on one of my most popular. If you would like help preparing for customer development interviews or reviewing results from recent interviews, contact us. Here are my lessons learned from taking part in interviews where the startup planned to offer a product [...]
Quotes For Entrepreneurs Collected in December 2019
My December 2019 collection of quotes for entrepreneurs has a focus on embracing your unique strengths and following through. […]
Walt Maclay: SKMurphy Has Contributed Significantly to Our Growth
We have been supporting Walt Maclay and the team at Voler Systems, Inc. since 2008. In that time they have increased revenue by a factor of 8. Walt looked back at how we have supported Voler and thanked us for making a significant contribution to Voler’s growth over the last [...]
On-Line Mastermind Group for Intrapreneurs and Change Agents
We are looking for new members for our on-line Mastermind Group for Intrapreneurs and Change Agents. […]
Q: I need an attorney who works with startups who don’t have a ton of cash
If you need an attorney because you want to initiate a lawsuit, please consider the opportunity cost very carefully before proceeding. The time to hire an attorney is before you sign an agreement, not after. […]
Quotes For Entrepreneurs Collected in November 2019
My November 2019 collection of quotes for entrepreneurs has a focus on finding a calling and aligning your startup with a higher purpose. […]
Thanksgiving 2019
Both of our sons were able to join us for Thanksgiving 2019. It was wonderful. We ended up in a conversation about George Washington, I have included his 1798 proclamation that established Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the US. […]
On-Line Bootstrappers Breakfast Complements In-Person Roundtable Model
We continue to experiment with new and varied formats for Bootstrapper Breakfasts, the most recent one is offering on-line meetings in Zoom complemented by access to a Google Doc for shared note-taking. […]
Mary Sorber: Raw Pasta is Not Enough
It’s easy for the product team to to fixate on the core technology that enables a product and lose sight of what’s needed for the “whole product.” This article is the result of an ongoing collaboration with Mary Sorber that started with her metaphor that raw pasta is not enough [...]
Quotes For Entrepreneurs Collected in October 2019
My October 2019 collection of quotes for entrepreneurs has a focus on intuition and the unconscious recognition of risk and danger that surfaces as sudden anxiety when your “spidey sense is tingling.” […]
Getting Work Done: Leveraging Calendars, Task Lists, and Project Plans
A collection of practical suggestions for getting work done curated from a roundtable conversation among entrepreneurs at an Oct-25-2019 Bootstrappers Breakfast. […]
Four Services We Offer That Help Entrepreneurs Bootstrap a Business
We have four service offerings to help entrepreneurs share plans, solicit feedback, and gain perspectives that allow them to prosper. […]
Building WordPress Websites
Three reasons I like building WordPress websites: they are cost effective, they are scalable, and they easily support search engine optimization. […]
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Collected in September 2019
My September 2019 collection of quotes for entrepreneurs has a focus on courage and performance under pressure, something we all need from time to time. […]
A Self-Assessment: Are You Working on the Right Risks?
Take our self-assessment to verify that your team is working on the right risks. Identify the capabilities you need to develop next. […]
Carl Angotti on “How to Decide How Much to Charge for Your Services”
I interviewed Carl Angotti of Angotti Product Development on the topic of how much to charge for your services. Carl has spoken on this topic regularly and brings more than two decades of independent consulting experience to bear in his answer. […]
On That Day: 9-11 Eighteen Years On
I want to commemorate the 18th anniversary of 9-11 by focusing on people who stayed at their post or rushed in to help. I was inspired by the closing lines of Leonard Cohen’s “On That Day,” a song I heard yesterday for the first time. […]
Competitive Intelligence for Bootstrapping Startups
A summary of my personal experience and our firm’s perspective on what practical steps early stage startups should take for competitive intelligence. […]