I attended the SF Bay Area Maker Faire again this year. Here are some of my favorite finds. Shannon Chappell‘s Steampunk Rock Golem. Provided by Solarbotics Michael Gard‘s Lift: Luminous Sculpture Justin Kohn‘s Channelled Alien Mechanicals
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Sean Murphy is honored to speak at Linked CXO Forum on Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 at Haworth Showroom in San Francisco, California. Linked CXO provides networking for senior executives – “Bosses Need Professional Development, Too.” “Lean” provides a scientific approach for creating a product and developing new businesses. Teams can build products or services to
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I will be a mentor at the B2B Startup Weekend June 6-8 in San Francisco.
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Tristan Kromer offers a great workshop on taking your big idea and break it into a series of small steps to test. Your MVP Sucks! – How to crush your dreams and embrace reality Monday, May 5, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT) more info Tuesday, May 20, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00
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I had a nice time at last night’s Cofounder Club. Dea Wilson, founder of Lifograph, invited me to talk about “Giving a Killer Demo.” We had a lively discussion upstairs at Procopio: starting with some introductions and then short demos by the attendees, then I gave a formal recap of the Great Demo methodology and how to apply
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Recently, I attended the Silicon Valley Robot Block Party. Like a mini-makers faire, it was a lot of fun. Folks were there with business robotics, home robotics, toy and entertainment robotics, and homemade robotic products by hobbyists and students. Some of the robots showcased.
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Whether you are a software startup or a consultant you have to convince prospects that you have the expertise to solve their problems by what you say, what you write, and what others say about you. This three hour workshop will outline a mix of proven marketing techniques for generating leads for your business. Attendees will
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We wanted to let all of you know that IEEE-CNSV has a new benefit for its members. You have a chance to join and participate in a formal Mastermind (Peer Support) Group. This group is much different from our regular meetings. We will meet for a fixed set of four weeks about every other week
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The video from my “What is Lean–Lean Innovation 101” talk is up: Here is the description for the talk “Lean” provides a scientific approach for creating a product and developing new businesses. Teams can iteratively building products or services to meet the needs of early customers by adopting a combination of customer development, business-hypothesis-driven experimentation
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IEEE-CNSV Panel Explores Engineering in Japan vs Silicon Valley Mon-Mar-3 I am helping to moderate a panel 7pm Mon-Mar-3 at IEEE-CNSV on “Innovation: Work and Life of the Engineer in Japan and Silicon Valley” The event takes place at Agilent Technologies, Inc. in the Aristotle Room, Bldg. 5 located at 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa
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Let’s face it, finding customers can be quite a challenge. In this interactive workshop, we will cover a variety of proven marketing techniques for growing your business: attendees will select one or two that fit their style and develop a plan to implement them in their business in the next 90 days. Speaking – small
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Semifore , Inc. was founded in 2006 by Richard Weber based on his system design experience at several startups and some larger systems firms. All of them struggled with the need for tools and methods to keep the hardware architecture in sync with software architecture and to ensure that the development and customer documentation was
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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This post curates content and commentary related to the 2013 Lean Startup Conference: videos, blog posts, slides, articles, etc.. I will continue to update it until about mid-February 2014 as videos, slide decks, blog posts and articles related to the 2013 Lean Startup Conference are published. If I have overlooked a post or other content
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Mastermind groups complement our Bootstrappers Breakfast meetings, they are for entrepreneurs who want to meet with a smaller group of the same people on a regular basis and really get to know each others’ businesses. In addition to the four Bootstrapper Breakfasts in Silicon Valley we facilitate three Mastermind groups. Napoleon Hill coined the Mastermind
The regular schedule for the Bootstrapper Breakfast fit nicely with the holidays this December. One around the table question we will ask at all three December breakfasts is, “What did you learn in 2013 that will make you more effective as an entrepreneur in 2014?” Fri Dec 6 7:30am Bootstrapper Breakfast Palo Alto Tue Dec 17 7:30am
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SKMurphy Mastermind groups have a unique high-technology focus and are limited to eight qualified members. We guide a small group of peers to brainstorm and critique your critical business issues. Our use of ‘workout buddies’ provides a level of feedback and joint accountability that will help you to become more effective. Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to
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Join other entrepreneurs for serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cash flow and organic profit at a Bootstrappers Breakfast®. Chris Christensen of BloggerBridge.com will offer a seven minute briefing on “Podcasting For Bootstrappers” and answer questions from other attendees at the Tue-Nov-19 breakfast in Sunnyvale. Chris’ briefing will be followed by our regular roundtable
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On Veterans Day 2013 I am grateful to the men and women who have put themselves in harms way to protect our way of life.
I am trying out a new talk on “What is Lean? – Lean Innovation 101” at the SF Bay ACM on Wed-Nov-20-2013. Here is a brief description: “Lean” provides a scientific approach for creating a product and developing new businesses. Teams can iteratively build products or services to meet the needs of early customers by
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