Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in April 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in April of 2021, theme this month is faster learning.
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Just Sell the Results to Reduce Perception of Risk
Sean Murphy explains to a client why startups should just sell the results to reduce a prospect’s perception of risk in a new tool.
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Sean Murphy Interview with Etienne Garbugli for the LeanB2B Podcast
Sean Murphy was interviewed by Etienne Garbugli on “Working Capital: It Takes More Than Money” for the March 9, 2021 LeanB2B Podcast.
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Sean Murphy Joins Kinetic River Advisory Board
Sean Murphy and SKMurphy, Inc. have enjoyed a decade-long association with Dr. Giacomo Vacca, founder of Kinetic River, who announced today that Sean has joined the KRC Advisory Board.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in March 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in March of 2021, theme this month is ying-yang, paired opposites, and taking two steps forward after taking a step back.
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A Cofounder Commitment is Long Term: an Informed Decision Takes Time
A cofounder commitment is for long term. A fully informed decision takes time: prove your value and avoid painful mistakes.
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What to Do When You Are Asking Yourself, “Is My Product Meh?”
Entrepreneurs often ask themselves “Is my product meh?” out of a fear of making a fool of themselves. Here are some objectives questions to ask yourself to get a more balanced perspective on your situation.
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Scale by Understanding Your Value Stream: Slides and Video Recap
Martha Ryan and Terry Frazier offered a briefing on how to “Scale by Understanding Your Value Stream” at the Lean Culture Meetup on Feb-25-2021. Here is a recap of the event that includes slides and video.
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Phil Liao Reviews “Working Capital: It Takes More Than Money”
Phil Liao reviewed “Working Capital: It Takes More Than Money” in January 2021, here is his full review with more context on his experience as an entrepreneur.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Collected in February 2021
These quotes for entrepreneurs were curated in February 2021. The theme this month is the value of a clear purpose and goals to support it.
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Landing Your First Ten Customers: Videos, Slides, and Other Resources
Here is video and slides from Feb-11-2021 talk “Landing Your First Ten Customers” at the Lean Culture Meetup. I have included some supplemental resources for further reading.
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Time Capsule: Ipaiku sat on the edge of his bed (Fiction)
Ipaiku is a character in a “science fiction detective novel” that I wrote some drafts for in 1975-78. This vignette is one of the early scenes in the novel that tries to capture a particular sense of movement beneath the surface or the potential energy latent in apparent stillness.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in January 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in January 2021. Theme is co-evolution and making adjustments to reflect new realities.
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Why is it so hard to get your first ten customers?
The key challenges to getting your first ten customers relate to understanding the customer buying process and managing the startup learning process for need, impact, customer definition and message.
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Unasked Questions and Other Things You Wish You Had Said
Unasked questions linger after the death of a parent, along with all of the things that you wish you had said.
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Entrepreneurs Cannot Rely on a Cookbook or a Manual
Entrepreneurs starting their first business often hunt for a cookbook of recipes to make sense of a journey that is alternating between bewilderment and frustration. But startups fight for existence in a competitive and evolving environment, where changes in the technical or social substrates can invalidate their strategy or enable competitors without warning.
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Reflections on 2020, Plans for 2021
Here are some reflections on 2020, our most challenging year since we started in 2003, and our current plans for 2021.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in December 2020
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in December 2020. My themes for this month are two sides of the impact of change: resilience (improvements enabled by change) and Cardwell’s Law or how those who benefit from the status quo inhibit innovation.
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Rob Fitzpatrick: Five Mistakes Bootstrappers Should Avoid in 2021
Rob Fitzpatrick, author of the Mom Test, offers some evergreen advice on mistakes bootstrappers should avoid in 2021 (especially if they have not made already and won’t see them coming.)
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Q: How Does a First Time Founder Learn Sales?
You learn sales by doing sales: as a founder you must sell. Sales is a conversation, marketing is a broadcast. Marketing gets the phone to ring, sales takes the call and closes the deal.
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