Erin Austin: Two Things You Must Do If You Want to Sell Your Business
Erin Austin advises consultants to build exclusive assets and sustainable processes in their practice if they want to be able to sell it.
Erin Austin advises consultants to build exclusive assets and sustainable processes in their practice if they want to be able to sell it.
Four excerpts from a fantastic storytelling exercise at the Lean Culture Meetup by Mark Tweddle.
We outline the process of launching a bootstrapped startup, from creating an idea, to forming a team, to proving viability.
An SKMurphy Mastermind Group is an ongoing series of facilitated conversations among serious entrepreneurs. It enables collaboration on problems and opportunities and fosters joint accountability around effective ongoing action.
Scott Swaaley: “The SKMurphy mastermind group has been my most consistently useful source of feedback and advice. Everyone knows my history, they have a broad swath of experience, and they help to keep me focused, productive, and moving in the right direction.”
When John Perry Barlow turned 30 in 1977 he wrote a set of 25 “Principles of Adult Behavior” that he asked his friends to hold him accountable to. Here are a few I want to incorporate into my life.
A retrospective on earlier versions of our SKMurphy logo as well as some new ones we are experimenting with, for video, metal sculpture, and nameplates.
Here are seven sets of insights from “Organize for Complexity” by Niels Pflaeging that I found useful for entrepreneurs who scaling their startup and intrapreneurs who are driving change in large organizations.
Jeff Allison – Program Manager Jeff has 30 years of experience in the high technology computing and networking industries. He has held various roles in Hardware Engineering, Marketing and Engineering management. He has a proven track record of developing high power cross functional teams to solve complex engineering issues and drive methodology changes throughout the …
Candis Lipe – Event Manager & Executive Assistant Candis owns and operates Adminologist.com, a service company that provides onsite or offsite contract administrative support. Her business is dedicated to helping individuals, entrepreneurs start-ups and small businesses get the office support needed without adding additional resources. Candis brings 25 years’ experience as a corporate Executive Assistant …
Larry Burgess, PhD Dr. Burgess has several decades of experience in the wireless field. He possesses a combination of knowledge in adaptive signal processing, antenna design, smart antennas, radio links, transmitter/receiver design, radar, direction finding, and power amplifier linearization. He has worked in design, test, product development, and customer applications for military and commercial products …
Sean Murphy has worked in a variety of roles in the last twenty-five years: software engineer, engineering manager, project manager, business development, product marketing, and customer support. Companies he has worked directly for include Cisco Systems, 3Com, AMD, MMC Networks, and VLSI Technology. He has a BS in Mathematical Sciences and an MS in Engineering-Economic …
David Telleen-Lawton – Sales Executive & Lean Expert David learned in the late 1980s the value of “getting out of the building” and bringing your team along with you. Both as a consultant and a early employee, David has worked with startup companies across the spectrum from hardware to software to services and in industries …
Innovation Center Denmark invites David Telleen-Lawton to present his Lean Canvas & Value Proposition Workshops to their top startup companies. This series of workshops is part of the Danish government’s globalization strategy with the objective to turn Denmark into a leading knowledge based economy. Lean Canvas Workshop included: Why do companies use lean? What is …
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Theresa Shafer – Lead Generation Specialist Theresa has been with SKMurphy since 2003. She was a hardware design engineer at 3COM, AMD and MMI. Theresa also brings experience with budgeting, financial reporting, program management, and market analysis. She is a lead generation and WordPress expert. She has authored an award winning magazine article on line …
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Looking for a co-founder? Speed Dating for Co-founders is the Fast, Fun and Guaranteed way for entrepreneurs to meet – live and in person. You’ll have 8 one-on-one conversions that last 10 minutes each. Speed Dating for Co-founders is a fast, fun, and comfortable way to meet a large number of people like you looking for …
Anthony has been with SKMurphy since 2007, he provides consulting around a lightweight product development model that is appropriate for startups, In addition he focuses on reviewing and defining product release and test strategies as well as developing test and development sandbox environments for automated regressions and system level testing. Prior to SKMurphy, Anthony was …
Today I attended the 2007 Entrepreneurship Conference at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. One session that I truly enjoyed and found very informative was the “Going Solo or Partnering” Panel. Going Solo or Partnering Panel: Stanford E-Conference Below are three questions and answers I believe capture the importance of developing a solid team. Moderator Andy …
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