Work Is A Beautiful Thing
Mike Rowe did a great voice over for “I am a Factory” a commercial for Walmart’s American Jobs program that ends with “Work is a beautiful thing.”
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Wynton Marsalis on Humility, Self-Mastery, and Learning
Humility allows you to question what you are working on and why. It enables you to understand what it is you really want your business to accomplish.
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Leonard Smith 1927-2014
I didn’t know Leonard Smith but I was forwarded a link by John McKenna two days ago to his obituary (originally published in GreenwichTime on Jan. 26, 2014) and I thought it captured the essential personality of people who bring change to organizations in trouble and often start new ones.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs–January 2014
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Discerning the Future
Discerning the future is hard work, we travel facing backward into the past so that it seems to sneak up from behind us. Some insights on discerning the future using Robert Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” as a point of departure.
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Getting Unstuck Revisited
A friend I had not seen in a while felt “stuck” in a startup. It’s a feeling I am familiar with: I made 3 suggestions for getting unstuck.
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Difference Between a Hypothesis and an Assumption
The difference between a hypothesis and an assumption is that the first is typically explicit and the second implicit. A hypothesis is what you are testing explicitly in an experiment. An assumption is tested implicitly. By making your assumptions and hypotheses explicit, you increase the clarity of your approach and the chance for learning.
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Q: How To Pull The Trigger On A Pricing Model
It can be difficult to put a price on a new product service, much less to develop a pricing model you can use to offer pricing to many different prospects. Here are some tips.
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Recap Semifore MVP Clinic: Selling To A Team of Diverse Experts
This MVP clinic explores some of the challenges Semifore must navigate selling a solution to a team of diverse experts.
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The Likely Consequences of Entrepreneurship Require Perseverance
Justin Kan (@JustinKan) wrote “Startups Don’t Die, They Commit Suicide” in 2011″ (mirrored on his blog here) reflecting on what he had observed and learned as a serial entrepreneur. It was reposted on the Philly Startup Leaders list earlier this week which led me to write the following comments mixed with excerpts from Kan’s post.
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Plant Acorns With A Customer Development Interview
A customer development interview should be treated as a conversation that can enable a future business relationship. Use it to plant acorns .
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The Intelligent Pursuit of Happiness
Arthur Brooks outlines the intelligent pursuit of happiness in the key choices that under our control: faith, family, community, and work.
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Ten From Paul Zappia’s “29 Ways To Stay Creative”
Paul Zappia (@PaulZii) aka “Paul Zii” blogged a great list of “29 Ways to Stay Creative.” Here are my top 10 from his list (shown at left) with some comments added. 1. Make Lists. To Do Lists, Shopping Lists, Things to Try, Experiments to Run. If only for the pleasure of crossing items off you
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Semifore Execs Share Bootstrapping Lessons and 2014 Scaling Up Plans at Jan-17-2014 MVP Clinic
Semifore execs, Rob Callaghan and Herb Winsted, Share Bootstrapping Lessons and 2014 Scaling Up Plans at an Jan-17-2014 MVP Clinic.
Recap From Dec-16-2013 MVP Clinic With Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI)
On December 16, 2013 John Smith and I sat down with key members of the leadership team from the Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) to discuss their plans for their 2014 EcoChallenge program. Recap From Dec-16-2013 MVP Clinic With Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) The following folks took part from NWEI: Mike Mercer, Executive Director As Executive
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Join Us Tonight For A Mastermind Open House To Kick Off 2014
We have been facilitating Mastermind groups in Silicon Valley for three years now and have an open houses scheduled tonight in Sunnyvale from 6-8pm. When: Mon-Jan-13 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Sunnyvale Where: Tonight at Roundtable Pizza 1220 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Cost: No Charge for event but regular meetings are two hours long twice a
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Welcome to 2014
My resolutions for 2014 are for habits, systems and capabilities: think marathon not sprint; reduce variation; formalize rules of thumb; play our own game.
Quotes For Entrepreneurs–December 2013
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Product Market Fit Metrics
Q: I am considering product market fit metrics for an add-on new product launching in a well established company that makes equipment to test electrical cables (for the last 29 years). We are introducing a new product that is an add-on to existing products (it is only useful if used with the existing product). This is
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Through The Rude Wind’s Wild Lament And The Bitter Weather
We have a week left in 2013. This is a short post to collect some odds and ends on the day after Christmas, also known as Feast of St. Stephen or Boxing Day depending upon where you are reading this.
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