The Intelligent Pursuit of Happiness
Arthur Brooks outlines the intelligent pursuit of happiness in the key choices that under our control: faith, family, community, and work.
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Ten From Paul Zappia’s “29 Ways To Stay Creative”
Paul Zappia (@PaulZii) aka “Paul Zii” blogged a great list of “29 Ways to Stay Creative.” Here are my top 10 from his list (shown at left) with some comments added. 1. Make Lists. To Do Lists, Shopping Lists, Things to Try, Experiments to Run. If only for the pleasure of crossing items off you
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Semifore Execs Share Bootstrapping Lessons and 2014 Scaling Up Plans at Jan-17-2014 MVP Clinic
Semifore execs, Rob Callaghan and Herb Winsted, Share Bootstrapping Lessons and 2014 Scaling Up Plans at an Jan-17-2014 MVP Clinic.
Recap From Dec-16-2013 MVP Clinic With Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI)
On December 16, 2013 John Smith and I sat down with key members of the leadership team from the Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) to discuss their plans for their 2014 EcoChallenge program. Recap From Dec-16-2013 MVP Clinic With Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) The following folks took part from NWEI: Mike Mercer, Executive Director As Executive
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Join Us Tonight For A Mastermind Open House To Kick Off 2014
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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Welcome to 2014
My resolutions for 2014 are for habits, systems and capabilities: think marathon not sprint; reduce variation; formalize rules of thumb; play our own game.
Quotes For Entrepreneurs–December 2013
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Product Market Fit Metrics
Q: I am considering product market fit metrics for an add-on new product launching in a well established company that makes equipment to test electrical cables (for the last 29 years). We are introducing a new product that is an add-on to existing products (it is only useful if used with the existing product). This is
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Through The Rude Wind’s Wild Lament And The Bitter Weather
We have a week left in 2013. This is a short post to collect some odds and ends on the day after Christmas, also known as Feast of St. Stephen or Boxing Day depending upon where you are reading this.
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Lean Startup Conference 2013 Roundup
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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Peer Advisors
Comparing notes with peer advisors, other knowledgeable entrepreneurs, is a great way to get valuable perspectives on challenges.
Where To Find Us in December 2013
At 3 Bootstrappers Breakfasts in December we will ask, “What did you learn in 2013 that will make you a more effective entrepreneur in 2014?”
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Terry Frazier: How to Do Real Competitive Analysis
A Q&A with Terry Frazier where he outlines his view of real competitive analysis, advising firms to stop relying on SWOT (Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats) analysis.
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Tom DeMarco on Leadership, Trust, and Training
I re-read Tom DeMarco‘s “Slack” over the Thanksgiving break and came away with a couple of good ideas worth sharing. Slack: Speed Difference Between Prudent and Breakneck Tom DeMarco offers the following definition of slack in the second to last chapter “Working at Breakneck Speed” Back in the time of sailing ships, going anywhere by ship
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–November 2013
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Recap From Nov-20-2103 MVP Clinic
This MVP clinic helps a researcher looking for action research topics in the KM4Dev community and an entrepreneur making athletic contests more engaging.
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Thanksgiving 2013
Some observations on Thanksgiving 2013, punctuated by quotes from Soren Kierkegaard, W. T. Purkiser, W.N. Rieger and Albert Schweitzer.
The Illusion of Omnicompetence: Smart and Competent Are Domain Specific Adjectives
The illusion of omnicompetence is the failure to recognize limits. Smart and competent are not a generic quality: they’re incredibly domain-specific.
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BeamWise Demo For BiOS 2014
I have blogged about BeamWise™ in “BeamWise Blends Biophotonic and Model Based Design Expertise” A First look at BeamWise in Operation” If you are interested in getting a closer look, Kinetic River will be demonstrating it in booth 8639 at the BiOS Conference February 1-2, 2014. If you don’t want to wait that long contact Giacomo Vacca
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7 Years & 1226 Blog Posts: Lessons Learned So Far
A look back at what I have learned from writing, starting in high school, with a focus on the last seven years working on the SKMurphy blog.
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