Newsletter August 2024: Startup’s Mission
A startup’s mission defines the purpose, values, and goals binding founders together. Commit to a mission helps to bring your vision to life.
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Building Better Startups with TPS and Lean Principles
TPS and Lean Principles align production with customer demand to minimize inventory, improve cash flow, and foster true efficiency.
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Mapping the Path from Idea to Revenue
We advise startups to follow a five-step approach to map their path from idea to revenue: validating the idea, validating the market, validating the offer, building the product, and building a repeatable sales process.
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Paul Scott’s expert guidance on the SBIR grant process
Paul Scott’s expert guidance on the SBIR grant process, from concept paper to full proposal.
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Newsletter Q2/2024: Surprise is a marker for learning
Surprise is a marker for learning. Some examples of entrepreneurs who have learned from their surprises and are expanding their businesses.
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10 Best Practices for Agile Hardware Product Development
Mike Keer discusses the concept of agile hardware, which involves cycles of innovation and testing requirements throughout the prototyping phases. He emphasizes the importance of learning from each cycle and making necessary adjustments to meet specifications and performance goals. He also highlights the need for flexibility and the ability to pivot in response to unexpected
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Sean Murphy’s Favorite Talks for Engineers and Entrepreneurs
A list of Sean Murphy’s favorite talks for engineers and entrepreneurs; includes Silicon Valley Innovation and How to Bootstrap.
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Gurley, Gerstner, and Calacanis on the State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024
State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024: a discussion among David Weisburd, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, and Jason Calacanis shed light on the challenges faced by startups, drawing parallels to the dotcom crash. Gurley, Gerstner, and Calacanis on the State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024 In a Jan-6-2024 conversation (on Episode 1875 of
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Shawn Flynn on Six Surprises from CES 2024
Video and highlight from Jan-17-2024 briefing by Shawn Flynn at Lean Culture where he shares insights and trends from CES 2024. He covers what it means for the future of the startup ecosystem.
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Navigating the Startup Sales Maze: Brendan McAdams’ Expert Advice
Brendan McAdams offered an expert perspective on navigating at the startup sales maze in a recent Lean Culture briefing.
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Happy Holidays 2023
Happy Holidays 2023: Best Wishes from all of us at SKMurphy for a Joyous Holiday Season and a Successful New Year!
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End of Year Planning Checklist To Prepare For 2024
A suggested checklist for your end of year planning efforts. Reflect on successes, cut losses, and plan new experiments for the upcoming year.
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Katie Munoz on The How of Humor for the Serious Professional
In a recent webinar, Katie Munoz presented how to make your communications entertaining. The Structure of Humor 3 Easy Rules Top Humor Techniques The Essential Element of Humor (It’s not what you think.) Even a naturally serious person can use humor – no personality transplant required. In the video below, Katie Munoz shares one humor
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Finding Product-Market Fit in Industrial IoT and Space Startups by Lee Garverick
Lee Garverick presents a three-part process to assist entrepreneurs and leaders in achieving product-market fit in space and IIoT markets.
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Red Flags: Identifying Incompatible Co-founders
Our checklist of red flags for co-founders. Evaluating these signs early on can help co-founders and teams address issues before they escalate and determine whether a partnership is viable in the long run.
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Startup Funding August 2023: What’s Hot and What’s Not!
Startup Funding 2023 – On August 10, 2023, Procopio hosted a panel of VCs to share the state of startup funding.
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How to Bootstrap a Startup Video Available
This comprehensive approach, as outlined in Sean Murphy’s insights, can help aspiring entrepreneurs bootstrap their startups effectively while maintaining a strong focus on building a real, valuable business.
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Guide to Silicon Valley Startup Events
Many digital nomads and travelers to Silicon Valley are looking for good networking events to meet and compare notes with other founders. This guide gives an overview of networking and startup events in Silicon Valley.
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ChatGPT Tips Getting the Most Out of the Chatbot
Here are some ChatGPT tips and use cases I’ve gleaned from a year of use for getting the most out of the technology.
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Success Is An Iceberg
Everyone can see success and accomplishments (the part of the iceberg above the water line). But beneath the surface is the hard work, commitment, and perseverance to achieve that success.
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