Chalk Talk on Technology Adoption
A Chalk Talk on “Managing Risk In Technology Adoption” that covers some of key challenges technology providers have with getting companies to use their products.
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–August 2010
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Bootstrapping Mightyverse Talk at Sep-1 Breakfast in SF
Sarah Allen shared lessons learned bootstrapping Mightyverse, a DB of words, phrases, and sentences translated from one language to another.
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Debugging Teams/Meetings: Start With Goals & Roles
James Shonk advises that you should start your efforts toward debugging teams and meetings starts with and analysis of the goals and roles of each member or participant.
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10 Tips For Choosing a Business Partner at WIC Sep-13
Theresa Shafer and Sean Murphy gave a talk on “10 Tips for Choosing a Business Partner” on Mon-Sep-13-2010 at Women In Consulting (WIC).
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3 Equations & 3 Unknowns: Customers, Features, Message
We posted the interview I did with Floyd Tucker of DreamSimplicity about a month ago but in the last two days I have had two people comment to me directly and one tweet about my “three equations and three unknowns” answer: customers, features, message.
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Ed Weissman on B2B Opportunities for Startups Part 2
Ed Weissman is a prolific contributor to Hacker News, this post collects some insights he has offered on B2B.
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Ed Weissman on B2B Opportunities for Startups
Ed Weissman offers three reason why business prefers to pay for software: employee focus, a commitment to service, co-evolution with their needs.
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Interesting Trend: Nightowl Co-Working
Nightowl Co-Working is a new concept and complementary to Bootstrapper Breakfasts that start at 7:30am–hard to imagine common attendees!
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Picked Up And Moved Heavy Objects Without Getting Hurt
When I put together my first resume in college I described my job as a mover as “picked up and moved heavy objects without getting hurt.
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Signup For “Will Work For Equity” at Silicon Valley Code Camp
I have submitted the following session for this year’s Silicon Valley Code Camp: Will Work For Equity – the World Startups Are you considering joining a startup? Sean Murphy, CEO at SKMurphy, will host a panel outlining important tips and issues to consider if you are investing your time in a startup. This session will
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Keep on Walking
My brother told me about “The Man Who Walked Around the World,” a 2009 long form commercial for Johnnie Walker that was part of their Keep on Walking campaign. It stars Robert Carlyle in a six minute single take. I am not a scotch drinker but I found Carlyle’s delivery of the story of the
Quotes For Entrepreneurs–July 2010
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Pierre Khawand’s Results Curve
I like Pierre Khawande’s Results Curve model for managing interruptions and balancing focused work with time for collaboration.
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If We Killed Our Product Would You Miss It?
Don’t ask prospects, “If we killed our product would you miss it?” It’s product management malpractice.
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Deprecating Facebook 3: Marcelo Rinesi’s Perspective
This is the third in a series about my decision to move away from using Facebook. Deprecating Facebook means no longer trading hard won social knowledge for a trivially valuable way to communicate with people we already know.
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DreamSimplicity Interview Transcript
Here is the transcript–edited for clarity and hyperlinked for context–for my recent interview with Floyd Tucker of DreamSimplicity Marketplace. The focus was on our startup stages model: formation, open for business, early customers, finding a niche, and scaling up.
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Summer Reading For August 2010
Here are seven suggestions for good books for entrepreneurs for summer reading for August 2010; “Selling the Wheel” is a good place to start.
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Startup Business Development at July 20 Bootstrapper Breakfast
Mark Florant is giving a briefing on startup business development at the July-20-2008 Bootstrappers Breakfast at Coco’s in Sunnyvale, CA.
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Four Movies To Renew Your Gumption
Here are four movies to renew your gumption, I watch one when I need to refill my gumption or recover my sisu: The Verdict, Apollo 13, The Dish, and The World’s Fastest Indian.
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