Successful Entrepreneurship Is Ongoing Self-Improvement
Three variations on the idea that “successful entrepreneurship is an ongoing self-improvement” project, program, or process.
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–September 2011
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Refine and Curate Your Thoughts as FAQs, Articles, and Talks
Refine and curate your thoughts by reworking the first draft of your answers in an email or in response to a question from a customer or an audience member at a talk.
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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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The Risk of General Purpose Toolkits as a First Product
Successful general purpose toolkits evolve from successful simple point tools. Focus, start small, and evolve into a broad platform.
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Highly Effective Software Development Teams
Software development productivity comes from problems avoided by a high level of trust, cooperation, and teamwork.
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Remembering What Happened
Peggy Noonan notes we didn’t know what to call 9-11 at first, we called it “what happened.” This post is about remembering what happened.
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Outstanding Panel for Wed-Sep-14 Book Club on “Great Demo”
We have an outstanding panel lined up for next Wednesday’s Business Impact Book Club: Matt Cameron, CEO, WhoTo.com Jon Cline, Principal, Cirrus Path Brian K. Seitz, Managing Director, Intellectual Arbitrage Group We will discuss lessons learned applying Peter Cohan‘s methodology from his “Great Demo” book. If you are interested in improving your sales presentation you
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–August 2011
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–July 2011
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I Heard You Went to Stanford
I don’t often mention I went to Stanford when I meet people. I list it on all of my standard biographical summaries since it’s part of the formula, but I don’t lead with it. It’s rare to meet someone who attended Harvard or MIT not mention that in the first few minutes of the conversation.
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Len Sklar: Be Clear About Payment Terms And Consequences
Len Sklar, author “The Check is NOT in the Mail” has spoken several times at Bootstrapper Breakfasts. Here is a recent talk he gave where he stresses the importance of putting payment terms and the consequences on non-payment in writing, communicating them in advance, and ensuring that they are understood. It all seems so obvious
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The Search for Validation is Baggage, and You Need to Travel Light
Jon Carroll wrote a wonderful column on July 5, 2000 titled “As You Get Older.” The whole thing is worth reading but there is a section that begins “This is your challenge…” that reads like poetry. So I have re-formatted it as blank verse, it contains a number of observations on advice and influence that
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Erecting Barriers to Competition That Are Difficult to Duplicate
Here are some barriers to competition that you can erect that are often difficult to duplicate, or at least duplicate rapidly.
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Rehearsal
Rehearsal is key to making a successful presentation. If you can do at least two rehearsals of an important presentation it will pay huge dividends.
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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Tony Schwartz’s Principles For Fiercely Complex Times
Tony Schwartz offers “Ten Principles For Living in Fiercely Complex Times” that you can “rely on to make choices that reflect openness, integrity and authenticity.” Here are the top three for me: “Emotions are contagious, so it pays to know what you’re feeling.” Tony Schwartz One of the balancing acts of entrepreneurship is control vs.
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Narrative Rationality: Be Mindful Of Your Self-Description
Pay attention to self-description: the story you tell yourself and about yourself. Cultivate productive habits that don’t require conscious decisions. “It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise
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A Simple Sales Schema
A simple sales schema offers a conceptual model that offers an organizing principle for how business buyers evaluate and purchase.
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Reminder: Book Club July 13 Community of Practice
Reminder: Book Club July 13, 2011 Community of Practice The Book Club for Business Impact looks at “Communities of Practice” Wed-Jul-13 from Noon to 1pm PDT. I think the key difference between social networks, communities of interest, and communities of practice is that a community of practice has a focus on shared learning. Entrepreneurs of
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