May 2011

Quotes For Entrepreneurs–May 2011

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Memorial Day 2011

On Memorial Day 2011 we commemorate those who died in the service of our country.  I offer three quotations related to men giving their lives in battle for you to meditate on.

Actionable Insights For The Entrepreneurially Minded

SKMurphy’s Book Club for Business Impact provides actionable insights for the entrepreneurially minded, whether you are trying to bring change to a market or an organization. It’s a webinar / call in  with a panel that has a roundtable discussion with the audience. Everyone will have a chance to contribute their experiences and lessons learned …

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SDForum Workshop Series “Networking for Lifetime Career Success”

SDForum June Event Information: Title: SDForum Workshop Series “Networking for Lifetime Career Success” Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM Description: During times of change, the ability to naturally and effectively network to identify new opportunities and develop professional relationships can be critical to success. In this interactive session, Next Step CEO, …

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Tristan Kromer on Businesses Models

Tristan Kromer suggests that there are many viable models for a business,  all have advantages and drawbacks. Services are easy to start but hard to scale. Despite surface appearance, a software business still inventory of people, key assets in the form of ideas, and a manufacturing process in the form of software release.

SKMurphy’s Book Club for Business Impact Inspires You To Take Action

A special announcement for our valued readers SKMurphy introduces a new service, Book Club for Business Impact. This is a call-in virtual discussion group that leverages the best ideas from business experts, best-selling authors, and thought leaders. Listen to the live action group review and discuss prominent books and articles that will inspire you to …

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You Need to Be a Little Crazy by Barry Moltz

Call-in Book Review  Recorded on Wednesday, June 8, 2011Massimo Paolini, Miles Kehoe, Dorai Thodla, and Sean Murphy recap Barry Moltz’s “You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business”. They share how they personally found the courage to start their businesses and their desire to make “working for yourself” …

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We Use a Wiki to Organize Customer Interviews

“The only certainty is a reasonable probability.” Edgar Watson Howe, “Country Town Sayings” We help clients to interview prospects in the early market for customer discovery purposes, we also help them have serious conversations with early customers periodically to capture their evolving perspective on the client’s offering. Sometimes we will do this on the client’s behalf …

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Tom Van Vleck’s “3 Questions” Complement Root Cause Analysis

Tom Van Vleck has  a great collection of software engineering stories on his site. One particularly good article is “Three Questions For Each Bug That You Find” which offers the following key observation: The key idea behind these questions is that every bug is a symptom of an underlying process. You have to treat the …

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