August 2023 Newsletter – Origin Story
Origin story – Why did you start your business? SKMurphy highlights and a few tools for startups.
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2023 – This year’s experiment
Every year we design experiments – new things we try. Our 2023 experiment was doing short 2 minute videos – chalk talks. Below is a roundup of some of our favorites.
SKM April 2023 Newsletter – 2023 – a Year of Learning
Make 2023 a year of learning! Entrepreneurs always need to maintain a balance between exploration and execution. Today is a good time to look back, adjust your priorities and increase your rate of learning by increasing your rate of experimentation and the number of conversations you have with prospects, customers, and peers. There …
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Newsletter Q4 2022: Problem Solving Checklists
Our Q4 2022 Newsletter is devoted to problem solving checklists for that can help entrepreneurs address common startup challenges.
Newsletter Q2 2022: Startup Friendly – Scrappy Sales Framework
Is this you? You have put their heart and soul into developing your product. You launch your dreams and then nothing…nobody buys
Newsletter V2022 Issue 1: Startup Journey
Startup Founders – Plan to do something epic with their one wild and precious life!
Newsletter V2021 Issue 4: Shared Situational Awareness
In a dynamic environment, situational awareness is an important prerequisite to identify what needs to be done.
Newsletter V2021 Issue 3: Increase Your Luck To Get More Leads
Increase your luck surface area to get more customers and grow your business. Lead generation ideas and customer discovery bootcamp.
Newsletter V2021 Issue 2: Making Business Decisions in Uncertain Times
At the very beginning of starting your company, there is a high level of uncertainty in many dimensions. We ask questions that clarify and help people to move in the direction of their fears and uncertainties.
Newsletter V2021 Issue 1: Building, Borrowing and Keeping Trust
This newsletter is devoted to practical advice for entrepreneurs on how to build, borrow, and keep trust.
Newsletter 2020 December: Withdrawal and Return
While 2020 has been a year of withdrawal, 2021 promises to be a return to a “more normal” mode of operation. Great innovation and creativity often stream from periods of “withdrawal and return.” The break in regular routines can provide new and useful perspectives that are applicable to a range of conditions.
Newsletter August 2020: Sustained Growth
Growth is on everyone’s mind. These four blog posts focus on the ebb and flow of business, the fact that growth is rarely “more of the same” and often requires a change in structure and effective specialization. Sustained growth requires focused execution on the opportunities that are immediately in front of you, the abandonment of …
Newsletter October 2018: Lessons Learned from 12 Years of Blogging
Here are some key lessons I have learned from 12 years of blogging that has produced 1842 posts and 1,281,326 words. This post was also sent as the SKMurphy newsletter for October 2018.
Newsletter August 2018: Making Adjustments at the Half While Navigating 2018
This August 2018 newsletter is an update on what we’ve been up to, reflections on lessons learned, some adjustments at the half for 2018, and other plans for the near term.
The Shape of Firms to Come: Key Values and Architectural Philosophy
This blog post is an overview of a series of blog posts on “The Shape of Firms to Come.” It’s an attempt to outline what I believe are key values that businesses will embrace to endure over the next 25 years.
Newsletter September 2017: The Shape of Firms to Come
The shape of firms to come: how existing inventions are likely to change the way we organize work in teams, business models, and our careers. How firms adapt to the rich spectrum of new inventions in their business models and how they organize themselves. I finally got this overview published in February of 2018: The …
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Newsletter August 2017: Entrepreneurial Secrets
There are few–if any–real secrets to entrepreneurial success. Most entrepreneurial secrets are hiding in plain sight, available to anyone who keeps their eyes and ears open and is willing to ask questions.
Newsletter July 2017: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Our July 2017 Newsletter focused on key insights for entrepreneurs offered by Robert Pirsig in “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. If you have not had a chance to read it I would encourage you to put it on your summer reading list.
Newsletter June 2017: Summer Reading 2017
Our June 2017 Newsletter features four books entrepreneurs should consider for their Summer Reading 2017 list. I have included an additional four free books in our special offers section.
Newsletter May 2017: New Market Exploration
Our May 2017 Newsletter features four articles on new market exploration, one of the most difficult customer development challenges that entrepreneurs face. It requires strong interview, observation, and sense making skills.