Entrepreneurial Imagination
If we are to reach better days we need as much entrepreneurial imagination as possible applied to the hard challenges facing us.
Entrepreneurial Imagination Read More »
Merry Christmas 2011
Merry Christmas 2011: “It’s a whole year between Christmases, but it’s a short Christmas between years.” Ashleigh Brilliant Merry Christmas 2011 “It’s a whole year between Christmases, but it’s a short Christmas between years.” Ashleigh Brilliant “Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.” E. B. White in “Charlotte’s Web”
Merry Christmas 2011 Read More »
December Bootstrapper Breakfasts Recap 2011 To Prepare for 2012
We have four Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfasts® scheduled in the last two weeks of December. All of these Bootstrapper Breakfasts will feature a facilitated roundtable conversation among bootstrapping entrepreneurs, a chance to network before and after the formal meeting, and the opportunity to compare notes with other bootstrapping entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast. At a
December Bootstrapper Breakfasts Recap 2011 To Prepare for 2012 Read More »
Zoom In For Traction, Zoom Out For Impact
Your startup is a work in progress. When most entrepreneurs evaluate where they are it’s difficult not to include the promising future they foresee naturally ensuing from current efforts (or on bad days the certain doom no matter what they do). If you are not getting traction, if you don’t have the ability to reliably
Zoom In For Traction, Zoom Out For Impact Read More »
Anne Rozinat of Fluxicon Joins Business Book Panel for “Second Economy”
Anne Rozinat of Fluxicon Joins Business Book Panel Discussing “The Second Economy” “Every so often—every 60 years or so—a body of technology comes along and over several decades, quietly, almost unnoticeably, transforms the economy: it brings new social classes to the fore and creates a different world for business…something deep is going on with information
Anne Rozinat of Fluxicon Joins Business Book Panel for “Second Economy” Read More »
Silicon Valley Bootstrapper Breakfasts in December/January
We have been facilitating Bootstrapper Breakfasts® since 2006 in Silicon Valley. Our promise is serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cash flow and organic profit. This is not for entrepreneurs who want to meet VCs–there are plenty of meetings in Silicon Valley that already enable those conversations–this is for founders who are
Silicon Valley Bootstrapper Breakfasts in December/January Read More »
Quotes For Entrepreneurs–November 2011
You can follow @skmurphy to get these hot off the mojo wire or wait until the end of the month when these quotes for entrepreneurs are collected on the blog. Enter your E-mail if you would like new blog posts to your inbox.
Quotes For Entrepreneurs–November 2011 Read More »
Mastermind Group Open House Wed-Nov-30 in Sunnyvale
Mastermind Open House Wed-Nov-30 in Sunnyvale On Wed Nov. 30 from 6-8pm, we are brainstorming with some folks about forming a mastermind group for technology firms. We want to take stock and evaluate what will impact our bottom line. Join us for the upcoming Open House. Bring your 2012 plans and let’s brainstorm on what
Mastermind Group Open House Wed-Nov-30 in Sunnyvale Read More »
Better Interfaces: Interview, Treemap, Tornado Chart
Innovative user interfaces have helped a number of products get adopted. These are three examples–interview, treemap, and tornado chart–may help to stimulate your thinking.
Better Interfaces: Interview, Treemap, Tornado Chart Read More »
Thanksgiving 2011
Reflections at Thanksgiving 2011: in the second half of my life, it’s time to appreciate all that I have and be more forthcoming in my gratitude to others.
Pictures Are to Words as Conversations are to Surveys
You waste time and reputation using these methods for B2B customer discovery: surveys, landing pages, and asking for endorsement before product experience.
Pictures Are to Words as Conversations are to Surveys Read More »
Start Black Friday at the Bootstrappers Breakfast in Mountain View
Do your shopping on-line and avoid the crowds, then drop by the Bootstrappers Breakfast® in Mountain View this Friday at 9am at Red Rock Coffee. We will be upstairs in our usual location in the corner to the left of the staircase. A Bootstrappers Breakfast allows you to Take part in a serious roundtable conversation among
Start Black Friday at the Bootstrappers Breakfast in Mountain View Read More »
Panelists Announced for Bootstrapper’s Manifesto Book Club Webinar
Here is the panel for the Bootstrapper’s Manifesto Book Club Webinar: Neal Tovsen, Sarah Gray, Francis Adanza, and Sean Murphy.
Panelists Announced for Bootstrapper’s Manifesto Book Club Webinar Read More »
Veterans Day 2011
On Veterans Day 2011 we honor those who have served in the military and lived: thanks for putting your life on the line for all the things we hold dear.
Seth Godin’s “Bootstrapper’s Manifesto”
Seth Godin’s “Bootstrapper’s Manifesto” is worth and posting it where you can see it every day as a reminder to learn and to grow and enjoy.
Seth Godin’s “Bootstrapper’s Manifesto” Read More »
Perfectionism vs. Mastery
Perfectionism vs. Mastery Mastery’s great accomplishments require time and a willingness to release a sequence of prototypes. Perfectionism means you don’t ship until it’s perfect. Which means you never ship or what you ship has not learned from problems or needs that only visible post deployment. Randall Munroe’s “The General Problem” embeds this observation: “I
Perfectionism vs. Mastery Read More »
Customer Interviews: Allow Yourself to Be Surprised
A few thoughts on customer interviews and why their capacity to surprise us makes them preferable to surveys and landing pages for early market exploration.
Customer Interviews: Allow Yourself to Be Surprised Read More »
Stay Tuned! We Are Being Purposefully Vague Right Now
I came across an interesting tool this week in the collaboration area. The web page invited me to apply for membership, prompting me to enter my e-mail, twitter handle, blog, and a brief bio. But they were “purposefully vague’ about who they were. It wasn’t exactly stealth mode, more like maintaining deniability if it failed
Stay Tuned! We Are Being Purposefully Vague Right Now Read More »
Geva Solomonovich of Fraud Sciences at Fri-Nov-4 BB
Geva Solomonovich, an early employee at Fraud Sciences and several other startups joins us tomorrow to share lessons learned getting early customers and growing the business.
Geva Solomonovich of Fraud Sciences at Fri-Nov-4 BB Read More »
The Startup Mythology of Silicon Valley
Align your startup with a higher purpose to sustain motivation. Avoid “entrepreneurial lifestyle” and startup mythology: build a going concern.
The Startup Mythology of Silicon Valley Read More »