It’s appropriate on Thanksgiving to think of the things we have to be grateful for. My short list: Health Family Friends Opportunity As an entrepreneur I am interested in getting something new done. But life is what happens while you are making other plans. I can sometimes get so focused on trying to make a […]
Bill Paseman offers this advice to entrepreneurs: find a problem so bad that people pay you to solve and let you keep the software.
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Peter Drucker outlines four entrepreneurial pitfalls, starting with rejection of a new product’s success in a market that is different than was expected.
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Some quotes on the important distinction between understanding and mastery.
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Some great insights from a column by Frank Hayes on “Conventional IT Wisdom” including: “A good idea is no match for a bad habit.”
A Good Idea is No Match for a Bad Habit Read More »
“We live in a world built by scientists and engineers, but salespeople run it.”
A World Built by Scientists and Engineers But Run by Salespeople Read More »
So last night’s talk at the SF Bay ACM on “Crucial Marketing Concepts for Technology Introduction” was a blast. If you missed it we didn’t hand out slides but we did hand out copies of the short form of the Crucial Marketing Concepts article. It was a very technical audience, almost entirely software engineers and
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Google’s acquisition of YouTube seems to have captured the imagination of a lot of entrepreneurs that we meet at various events, in particular everyone wants to start a consumer Internet or media oriented businesses based on “viral marketing.” Here are a couple of key questions to answer for your pre-viral marketing plan, or what you
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Join the ACM and improve your peripheral vision–keep track of technical developments in related fields that may impact your business
Join the ACM & Improve Your Peripheral Vision Read More »
I had the opportunity to attend a “Dutch Business Breakfast” that morning. It was organized by the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency and held at the US Market Access Center. There were three speakers who addressed the challenges of European firms coming to Silicon Valley, followed by individual presentations by about a dozen Dutch startups. Chris
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I will be giving a presentation next week at the SF Bay ACM on “Crucial Marketing Concepts for Technology Introduction.” The event starts at 6:30 next Wednesday, November 14. It will be held in the Oak Room of Bldg 48 at Hewlett Packard, which is at the corner of Pruneridge and Wolfe in Cupertino (or
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My father, Joseph Murphy, died suddenly of a heart attack at home in St. Louis last night with my mother and brother present. He had been to see his internist that morning and gotten a clean bill of health. He would have been 82 in a week.
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I really liked “Pithy Thoughts For Startup Founders” by Dharmesh Shah. This post uses six as a point of departure for exploring the challenges of getting a startup off the ground.
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Please Come Back Soon accompanied by a promise of more information shortly. If you do, don’t put a date next to it because when that date is three months old prospects get a “lost dial tone” sensation, they are not sure your firm is still active. Variations that are equally annoying: Please check back soon
Three Phrases Prospects Should Not Find On Your Website Read More »
Three rules of thumb on deal making I took away from a conversation with an electrical engineer and serial entrepreneur.
Don’s Three Rules of Deal Making Read More »
The key challenge in advising entrepreneurs is to help them walk around the options and explore the consequences of each decision.
The Challenge of Advising Entrepreneurs Read More »
I will be speaking on “Now What? Your Post Launch Growth Plan” at the KASE / KIN Entrepreneur Academy tomorrow night. Location: KIICA Silicon Valley at 3003 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95134 Agenda 5:50PM – 6:00PM Registration and Networking 6:00PM – 6:30PM Successful Entrepreneur – Paul Tien 6:30PM – 6:45PM Break 6:45PM –
You’ve Launched, Now What? at KASE/KIN Oct 16 Read More »
I collect quotes for entrepreneurs, here are a set quotes on operational excellence. You can follow @skmurphy to get quotes for entrepreneurs hot off the mojo wire or wait until they are collected in a blog post at the end of each month. Enter your E-mail address if you would like to have new blog
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An interview with Rick Munden exploring what he has learned bootstrapping the Free Model Foundry and Epiphyte.
Founder’s Story: Rick Munden of FMF & Epiphyte Read More »
I had mentioned that I was going to be on a panel at a GABA event on “Communications Today: Blogs, Email Etiquette and More” that was held tonight at SAP on Hillview Avenue in Palo Alto. It addressed a broad theme with four speakers (Jennifer Lankheim was a no show) from fairly different backgrounds in
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