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Here are five quotes for entrepreneurs from Branch Rickey’s Little Blue Book: Wit and Strategy from Baseball’s Last Wise Man by John Monteleone. Five Quotes For Entrepreneurs by Branch Rickey “Things worthwhile generally don’t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort
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“Forming & Leading Teams of Experts” is a briefing by Sean Murphy on how to blend expertise in team decision making.
Forming & Leading Teams of Experts Read More »
Jabe Bloom (@cyetain) video presentation “Failing Well” is a detailed exploration of some key challenges outlined by Chris Argyris and Donald Schon in “Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness“
Jabe Bloom Offers a Sip From a Firehose in “Failing Well” Read More »
With the economy in Silicon Valley in the summer doldrums this is a great time to hone your selling skills. If your startup sells technology products or services to businesses you should consider taking part in discussions on how to gear up your sales efforts at the Aug 21 Bootstrapper Breakfast.
Scott Sambucci at Bootstrapper Breakfast Tue-Aug-21 in Sunnyvale Read More »
An exploration of Neal Stephenson’s suggestion that “whenever serious and competent people need to get things done in the real world, all considerations of tradition and protocol fly out the window.”
Serious and Competent People Read More »
An analysis of Yanis Varoufakis “Why Valve? What do we need corporations for and how does Valve’s management structure fit into today’s corporate world?”
Yanis Varoufakis: “Valve is an Enlightened Oligarchy” Read More »
I will be speaking on “Accelerating Your Sales” on Thursday, August 9th at 6:30pm at the Startup Sales Circle. Bring sales questions and situations you would like to discuss.
Speaking on “Accelerating Your Sales” at Aug-9 Startup Sales Circle Read More »
What can Silicon Valley learn from Grand Rapids? The value of encouraging the heart.
What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Grand Rapids Read More »
Scott Sambucci wrote a great book on selling entitled “Startup Selling: How to Sell If You Really, Really Have to and Don’t Know How.”
Scott Sambucci: Seven Tips For Selling as a Startup Founder Read More »
Dear LinkedIn: I am not looking for a job or other full time employment. I have a business account that I pay for every month so you don’t need to try and make money by showing me ads that I don’t want to see. By the way, I don’t want to see any ads, but
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Tim Draper, founder of VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is taking a holistic approach to entrepreneurial education with Draper University in San Mateo.
Draper University of Heroes Takes Holistic Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship Read More »
Avoid “vendor speak” where you use words like innovative, seamless, robust, disruptive, or patented. These are not words a customer would use to describe your product.
Innovative, Robust, Seamless, Disruptive, and Patented Read More »
I have been invited to help re-launch the Startup Sales Circle Meetup, we will be meeting August 9th at GroundFloorSV. I will be making some brief remarks on debugging your sales process to cut time to revenue and then there will be open conversation on startup sales challenges. Bring any (or all!) of the following
Speaking at Startup Sales Circle Thu-Aug-9 at GroundFloorSV Read More »
This is a case study of SKMurphy’s advisory support for eMOBUS. It includes a detailed write-up by Moe Arnaiz, CEO of eMOBUS.
Case Study: eMOBUS Experience With SKMurphy Read More »
I am moderating a panel at Silicon Valley Code Camp 2012 on “Working For Equity.” Here is the session description: Panel discussion with three software startup CEOs offering their perspective on the practical realities of starting and growing a company. This session is for both aspiring and active entrepreneurs, it will outline important tips and
“Working For Equity” Panel Session Returns to Silicon Valley Code Camp For Third Year Read More »
Debugging your startup requires peace of mind because debugging any problem, including debugging yourself, requires peace of mind. It’s what enables you to stay in flow.
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The last question in”The First Seven Questions Any Product Plan Should Answer” is What Are You Replacing? Every Product Has Competition But after careful experimentation we learned that most entrepreneurs would instinctively cast themselves in the role of the early bird who gets the worm and say “Nothing. We are brand new!” So we re-phrased
The Early Bird Already Has The Worm Read More »
For my Independence Day post I have picked three quotes that span the last thousand years or so of the move from kings and tyrants to representative government and the rule of law. “To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.” Magna Carta clause 40 of 1215 charter
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