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Sketching The Likeness Of An Imaginary Business

Startups originate in the mind of an entrepreneur, often as the result of observing something that seems odd, or is the result of juxtaposing two or three seeming unrelated or even incongruous ideas. The first challenge the entrepreneur faces turn his insight into something others can critique and improve upon: to show them sketches of […]

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Book Club: The Innovator’s DNA: Observing

Recorded discussion on Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen’s The Innovator’s DNA chapter 4, recorded on April 25, 2012. Jeff Allison, former VP of Engineering at Cisco Systems joins us to discuss observing. Chapter 4: Discovery Skill #3 Observing The Innovator’s DNA by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen Practical and provocative, The

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Book Club: The Innovator’s DNA: Questioning

Recorded discussion on Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen’s The Innovator’s DNA chapter 3, recorded on March 28, 2012. Sarah Gray, Ethan Thorman, and Mark Cook join Steve Hogan and Sean Murphy to discuss lessons learned asking questions to foster innovation. Chapter 3: Discovery Skill #2 Questioning The Innovator’s DNA by Jeff Dyer, Hal

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Book Club: The Innovator’s DNA: Associating

Call-in Book Review recorded on February 22, 2012 Terry Frazier, Steve Hogan and Sean Murphy recap Christensen’s’ “The Innovator’s DNA chapter 2” with insight of how they have incorporated associating into their work. Chapter 2: Discovery Skill #1 Associating The Innovator’s DNA by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen Practical and provocative, The Innovator’s

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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

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Book Club: Seth Godin’s Bootstrappers Manifesto

Recorded Discussion on Bootstrappers ManifestoSteve Hogan moderates a discussion with Neal Tovsen of TelemetryWeb.com and Sarah Gray of MercuryApp.com on Seth Godin’s Bootstrapper Manifesto. This recording starts after the panel introductions please see View session www.skmurphy.com/blog/2011/11/14/panelists-announced-for-bootstrappers-manifesto-book-club-webinar/ for details on panelists. The E-book version of The Bootstrappers Bible is available at no charge from The E-book

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Book Club: Origin and Evolution of New Business

Live Call-in Discussion on Wednesday, October 26, 2011Dave Stubenvoll, CEO & Co-Founder Wowza Media, Inc., Francis Adanza, Dir. Professional Services, Zephyr, Inc. and Sean Murphy, CEO SKMurphy, Inc. share insights from the book about how they explore uncertain and ambiguous opportunities. View recorded session Origin and Evolution of New Business by Amar V. Bhide’ The

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Outstanding Panel for Wed-Sep-14 Book Club on “Great Demo”

We have an outstanding panel lined up for next Wednesday’s Business Impact Book Club: Matt Cameron,  CEO, WhoTo.com Jon Cline,  Principal, Cirrus Path Brian K. Seitz, Managing Director, Intellectual Arbitrage Group We will discuss lessons learned applying Peter Cohan‘s methodology from his “Great Demo” book. If you are interested in improving your sales presentation you

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Seth Godin Blog

Book Club: Discussion on Seth Godin’s Texting While Working

Texting While Working by Seth Godin “Text While Working” is a thought-provoking blog article by one of our must-read bloggers, Seth Godin. We discuss the topics Seth raises, such as being “in flow” and raising the stakes. The panelists share how they manage their tasks and ensure they focus on the important items that differentiate

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Reminder: Book Club July 13 Community of Practice

Reminder: Book Club July 13, 2011 Community of Practice The Book Club for Business Impact looks at “Communities of Practice” Wed-Jul-13 from Noon to 1pm PDT. I think the key difference between social networks, communities of interest, and communities of practice is that a community of practice has a focus on shared learning. Entrepreneurs of

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Book Club: Cohan’s “Great Demo!”

We have two sessions on Peter Cohan’s Great Demo! book. Sep-4-2012 that addressed  “Lessons Learned Implementing The Great Demo! Methodology” We had two change agents join us on the panel: Barry Nelson and Jolie Rollins and our intent, consistent with the Book Club’s promise, elicit actionable insights from the panel informed by the book’s content.  Listen

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