Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in October 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in October of 2021, theme this month is self-improvement and raising the floor of your capabilities.
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How We Picked Our Tagline “Early Customers and Early Revenue”
In Ed Ipser’s recent Lean Canvas workshop I shared how we picked our tagline “early customers and early revenue.”
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xMentium Reframes Contract Management as Faster Deals
xMentium Reframes Contract Management as Faster Deals What follows is a quick look at xMentium’s current positioning and some lessons I have learned from their realization of the customer’s true need–or at least the need that emerged once you have contracts under revision control in a searchable repository. SKMurphy has been an advisor since February
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in September 2021
Quotes for Entrepreneurs curated in September 2021, theme this month is managing doubt and discomfort, leveraging surprise.
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9-11 Twenty Years Later: An American Cultural Watershed
I have blogged about 9-11 14 times, starting with Lesser Sons of Greater Fathers in 2008. 9-11 is an American cultural watershed as transformative an event as Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, and the Moon landing.
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Engineering Your Sales Process Bootcamp
Our Engineering Your Sales Process Bootcamp will help you learn from common sales situations by using conscious planning and experimentation.
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Three Insights from Dr. Edward Baker’s “Scoring a Whole in One”
This post explores three insights from Dr. Edward Baker’s “Scoring a Whole in One.” First, individuals must understand the enterprise context they operate in; second, leaders must serve and connect; and third, practice is necessary for improvement but does not lead to perfection.
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3D Negotiation: Pricing for Early Customers
Pricing for early customers must compensate them for the risks of adopting early. Startups need revenue, references, and case studies
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Robert de Neve: Mechatronics is key differentiator products in the 2020s
Robert de Neve offered an interesting prediction in his Aug-11-2021 briefing on the 4th Industrial Revolution: your ability to win in your market space will depend on your ability to add mechatronics design to your repertoire.
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Tom Tugendhat on the Value of Patience
In an Aug-18-2021 speech to House of Commons, Tom Tugendhat emphasizes the need for patience and persistence to achieve peace.
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Peer Advisory Group: Digital Health Consultants and Materials Science Engineers
Digital health and materials science engineering are driving significant new opportunities. We have a new peer advisory group for consultants operating in these areas.
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Brian Norgard Offers Pithy Insights From the Trenches of Entrepreneurship
I am not sure which of these tweets brought Brian Norgard (@BrianNorgard) to my attention; he offers pithy insights from the trenches of entrepreneurship.
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs Curated in July 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in July of 2021, theme this month is developing and refining ideas
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Morgan Housel: Beware the Intellectual Arrogance of “Too Smart”
In “Too Smart” Morgan Housel outlines three risks of intellectual arrogance: a lack of empathy, poor communication, and poor grasp of detail.
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Why is an Enterprise Sale So Complex?
An enterprise sale is a significant source of opportunity for startups, but it is a complex undertaking with many moving parts and many people involved. This article is the result of a collaboration with Brendan McAdams (@BrendanMcAdams), a sales and marketing professional focused on B2B clients in healthcare.
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Independence Day 2021: A Promissory Note to Every American
Some quotes and observations on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as a promissory note to all Americans.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in June 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in June of 2021, theme this month is giving a talk, briefing, demo, or presentations.
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“The Ship that Never Was” from “Skunk Works” by Ben R. Rich
“Skunk Works” by Ben R. Rich is a worthy sequel to Kelly Johnson’s “Kelly: More Than My Share of It All.” It brings the story of the Lockheed Skunkworks, founded by Johnson, up to 1995. There are a number of lessons for technology entrepreneurs.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in May 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in May of 2021, theme this month is confronting fears and anxieties.
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Hugh Jackman on the Benefits of Meditation
Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) talks about the benefits of meditation and aligning your efforts with your purpose in two excerpts from his June 2020 interview with Tim Ferris. These excerpts were condensed from the interview transcript Ferris published June-30-2020.
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