Newsletter December 2025: Startup Toolkits
Topic: Startup toolkits. In this newsletter, we look at toolkits that include checklists and question lists for account reviews and post-mortems.
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Tools for Startups
Mark Bennett on Using Claude Code for Application Development
A conversation with Mark Bennett, an experienced software developer, about his experiences using Claude Code for application development.
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Using AI to Make Smarter Bets: Forecasting & Decision-Making
Innovation always feels like a gamble—especially when you’re bootstrapping. The difference between a good bet and a bad one can mean the life or death of your business. Yet too many founders rely on gut instinct. This video shows how AI can help small business owners make smarter, leaner decisions without losing flexibility. Tristan Kromer
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12 Books for the Busy Founder
This talk is for a busy founder facing the challenges of exploring ideas and achieving product-market fit with ten to fifteen paying customers.
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Podcasting Success: How Chris Christensen Built a Thriving Business
Podcast listening is growing, especially among younger audiences. Chris Christensen shares his growth strategies for a thriving business.
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TripleChecker Is a Next Generation Website Spell Checker
I have been using TripleChecker for two months on our site with two million words; I believe it offers the next generation of capability for a website spell checker.
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Alex Panait on Current Trends and Possible Futures for AI
I had a thought-provoking conversation with Alex Panait of Mission Automate on current trends and possible futures for AI applications.
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Building Better Startups with TPS and Lean Principles
TPS and Lean Principles align production with customer demand to minimize inventory, improve cash flow, and foster true efficiency.
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Movies, TV Series, and Documentaries about Entrepreneurs
This is a resource list of movies, TV series, and documentaries about entrepreneurs. It is still under construction; I am posting it as is for feedback and suggested additions.
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Roger Cauvin: Unlocking the Power of Product Strategy
Roger Cauvin provides a briefing how to develop, communicate, and get agreement on product strategy so that the product team is empowered.
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Guide to Silicon Valley Startup Events
Many digital nomads and travelers to Silicon Valley are looking for good networking events to meet and compare notes with other founders. This guide gives an overview of networking and startup events in Silicon Valley.
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ChatGPT Tips Getting the Most Out of the Chatbot
Here are some ChatGPT tips and use cases I’ve gleaned from a year of use for getting the most out of the technology.
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August 2023 Newsletter – Origin Story
Origin story – Why did you start your business? SKMurphy highlights and a few tools for startups.
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Time to Market: How to Learn From Co-Founder Disagreements
In this podcast, Étienne Garbugli and Sean K. Murphy discuss critical aspects of co-founder disagreements and those at a team level. They believe that most disagreements can be managed to yield productive insights, more effective plans, and a working consensus on a problem or challenge.
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Startup Origin Story: Why Did You Start Your Business?
One exercise we find very useful for entrepreneurs is to have them tell their startup origin story. You can then use it to build a team and to find prospects who may become customers.
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Enhance Collaboration With Think-Write-Pair-Share
One facilitation strategy we use for more thoughtful discussions and encourages greater participation and collaboration.
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Managing the Risk and Uncertainty in Business Decisions with Charlene Deaver-Vazquez
Charlene Deaver-Vazquez presents a new conceptual tool that allows for easy steering to problem areas and rapid decisions without losing sight of the important stuff.
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Sean Murphy: Mastering the Art of Model Creation for Effective Business Decision-Making
We make about 35000 decisions a day. Creating the right decision-making-model can steer your organization or team in the right direction.
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Tips For A Good Nurture Campaign
A good nurture campaign is a process by which leads are tracked and developed into sales-qualified leads–prospects who are ready to buy.
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Triage for Managing Interrupts
This is for startup founders. You have a lot on your plate and events and interruptions make it even more interesting.
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