Book Club: Brian Arthur’s “The Second Economy”
The Second Economy by W. Brian Arthur is the context for a though- provoking discussion of the emerging digital infrastructure for our world.
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Events
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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Slides from “Working For Equity” Panel at SVCC 2011
Here are the slides from today’s “Working for Equity” panel at Silicon Valley Code Camp. It was a standing room only crowd of over 70 that made for a very interactive session with the panel.
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Working For Equity Panel at SVCC 10:45am Sun-Oct-9
If you are considering joining a startup or are in the process of building out your initial team I am moderating a panel at Silicon Valley Code Camp with three startup CEO’s offering lessons learned on their entrepreneurial experiences. The Working For Equity panel is Sunday October 9 at 10:45 am in Room 4306 and
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Book Club: Seth Godin’s “Texting While Working” Wed-Sep-27
We are trying an experiment tomorrow, instead of a book we will be talking about a short (200 words) but insightful blog post by Seth Godin “Texting While Working” that addresses several challenges many bootstrappers wrestle judging by the breakfast conversations I take part in. Our panel: Organizer: Francis Adanza, Dir. Professional Services, LeadFormix Carl
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Hotels Near Great Demo! Workshop
On October 12, we are hosting Peter Cohan’s Great Demo! Workshop. It is open to the public and often participates travel from afar. The all day workshop held at the Moorpark Hotel, which several past attendees have stayed at and enjoyed. Here are some additional hotels that are nearby listed in increasing distance from the
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Charles Minnich of Hyland Software on “Great Demo!” Workshop
Here is a brief testimonial from Charles Minnich of Hyland Software after he attended our Great Demo workshop in September of 2010.
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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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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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Venkatesh Rao Thought Provoking on Tempo at Bootstrapper Breakfast
Venkatesh Rao on the OODA Loop. Disruption is operating inside an opponents tempo. It’s not about moving faster or iterating faster, it’s right action at the right time.
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July 4, Independence Day, 2011
When I was a boy the 4th of July was sparklers and fireworks in Kirkwood Park. While I don’t find fireworks as exciting today as when I was younger, I do have a better understanding of these words from the Declaration of Independence and I find them very energizing.
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Looking for Panelists for Book Club for Business Impact
Would you like to participate in one of SKMurphy’s upcoming Book Club for Business Impact webinars? We are looking for panelists to talk about key insights they took away from the book or article and share some lessons learned in applying them. Let us know if you are interested in taking part. Wed-Jul-13 “Community of
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Startup Lessons Learned 2011 Roundup
This is a recap of the presentations from the 2011 Startup Lessons Learned Conference. My intent is to provide links to the presentations, videos, and relevant blog post for each session. Update Aug-5-2014: none of the Justin.TV links resolve at this point because of their exit from the video hosting business. As I find other
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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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Darwin and the Demon: Innovating Within Established Enterprises
Call-in Book Discussion recorded on August 24, 2011Karen Sage, VP of Technology Alliance and Industry Program Marketing for CA Technologies, and Ellen Chandra, Product Marketing Manager at Cisco Systems, join Sean Murphy to discuss market innovation. View the recorded session Darwin and the Demon: Innovating Within Established Enterprises by Geoffrey A. Moore Moore offers a
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Steve Mock Joins 3D Negotiation Panel June 22
I have been fortunate to add Steve Mock as a panelist for our next Business Impact Book Club on “3D Negotiation” a 2003 Harvard Business Review Article by David Lax and James Sebenius. Steve Mock (@steve_mock) Founder or management team of 5 venture-backed start ups. Proven track record of effective marketing and sales strategy, business
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B.V. Jagadeesh on “Startup Leadership Lessons Learned”
Summary of a very insightful talk on leadership lessons learned by Mr. B.V. Jagadeesh entitled “Lessons Learned Starting, Leading, and Succeeding at Multiple Startups.”
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Crucial Customer Development Concepts At GITPRO Sat-Jun-18
A talk on “Crucial Customer Development Concepts” that covers the basis for conventional wisdom on customer development in Silicon Valley.
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Boyd’s Essence of Winning and Losing
Call-in Book Discussion recorded on July 27, 2011 Panel discussion on John Boyd’s OODA Loop (Observe-Orient-Decide-Act) with Lenny Greenberg of Assistyx and Venkatesh Rao, author of Tempo and the Ribbonfarm blog, Francis Adanza of LeadFormix, and Sean Murphy of SKMurphy. They shared how they have consciously applied the OODA process to business situations. View record
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Book Club July 13 Community of Practice
Our July 13 Book Club for Business Impact features two articles on the concept of “Community of Practice” with a panel of entrepreneurs.
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