3D Printing Tradeoffs and Optimization
Optimizing the manufacture of an object requires an understanding of design options, mechanical and physical principles, and 3D printing tradeoffs.
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Gary Smith on Bebop As a Model For Innovation
I cannot remember what reference led me to read “Gunfire at Sea” by Elting Morrison but I thought it captured some fundamental truths about innovation so well I bought several copies of “Men, Machines, and Modern Times” by Elting Morrison and started sharing them with friends in 2005. I had a conversation with Gary Smith
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. on Intellect and Character
Two extracts from “The Poet at the Breakfast Table” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. on intellect and character, with additional commentary for entrepreneurs.
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Early Sales Efforts Foster Value Co-Creation
Two key tasks we help early stage teams with are preparing for and executing successful negotiations of complex long-term business relationships. These early sales efforts must foster value co-creation with customers because both parties understanding of requirements will continue to evolve as the product is deployed and gains wider use.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs–July 2015
You can follow @skmurphy to get these quotes for entrepreneurs hot off the mojo wire or wait until they are collected in a blog post at the end of each month. Enter your E-mail address if you would like to have new blog posts sent to you.
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Newsletter: Collaborating to Build Better Companies & Teams
SKMurphy July 2015 Newsletter This blog post summarizes our July newsletter, “Collaborating to Build Better Companies and Teams.” You can subscribe to the monthly SKMurphy newsletter using the form at the right Collaborating to Build Better Companies and Teams Our focus this month is on collaboration and teamwork. We focus not only on what’s needed to
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Tips For Making Your First Video
We help clients with videos that have production and editing budgets in the hundreds to thousands of dollars. Here are some suggestions for making your first video.
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Planning and Reflection
Ash Maurya rebooted his blog as “The Space Between“–experimental format where he is exploring the space between ideas–and has offered a number of short reflective posts. Here are excerpts from three where he explores the value of planning and reflection, and the need to prioritize learning over the illusion of progress.
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Larry Burgess-bio
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 Bio
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
SKMurphy Monthly E-Mail Newsletter Launched
It’s the maiden voyage of the SKMurphy monthly E-mail newsletter, you can sign up now to get the July 2015 issue. We are going to pick the four best blog posts on a particular topic or theme and e-mail them to you once a month. Subscribe to SKMurphy Monthly E-Mail Newsletter We plan to publish monthly with each
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Q: Should I Tap My 401K To Bootstrap?
Q: Should I tap my 401K to bootstrap my startup? A: No, and read Barry Moltz’s “You Have to Be a Little Crazy” on the risks of money from friends and family.
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Good and Bad Reasons to Pivot
Much has been written about a startup making a pivot in direction after Eric Ries first coined the term in a 2009 blog post “Pivot don’t Jump to a New Vision.” The word pivot has attracted almost as much wordplay as the word lean. What follows is a short list of good and bad reasons to
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Esther Derby’s Six Rules for Change
Esther Derby (@estherderby) presented “Six Rules for Change” at LeanWX NYC 2015 “The Design of Purposeful Work” Congruence. Honor what is valuable about the past and what is working now. Assess the current situation and system. Ascertain who is trusted and who people turn to for advice, and weave them into your network. Guide the
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Larry Smith: Fail Fast, Fail Often, and Die
Larry Smith is an Economics Professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo who writes and lectures on Entrepreneurship, innovation, and Technology markets. What follows is part of a conversation he had with Alan Quarry in the AQ’s Blog & Grill series of interviews with entrepreneurs. His key point, that he makes in a somewhat cranky fashion, is that technology
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Resources for Student Entrepreneur Organizations
With the 2016 school year getting ready to start in the next six to eight weeks at most colleges and universities I have had several conversations with student entrepreneur organizations about how I might be able to help them. I have developed content and given talks and webinars over the last five years that may provide
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Webinar Replay: You Need to Be a Little Crazy
This is a webinar replay that was recorded on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 with Massimo Paolini, Miles Kehoe, Dorai Thodla, and Sean Murphy discussing Barry Moltz‘s “You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business.” They share how they personally found the courage to start their businesses and their
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Kennedy Inaugural Address 1961
Selections from the John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address, Friday, January 20, 1961. 54 years have passed and we face the same challenges but seem possessed of less courage in our beliefs and less committed to spreading democracy.
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13 From Zeldin’s 36 Topics for a Serious Conversation
Theodore Zeldin‘s “Conversation: How Talk Can Change Our Lives” ends with a list of 36 topics for a serious conversation. I have selected 13 for entrepreneurs to consider.
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Jonathan Bendor: Use Rubrics To Guide Innovation
An interesting interview from May 1, 2015 with Jonathan Bendor, a Stanford professor, who suggests that firms use rubrics to guide innovation so that criticism becomes less personal and more consistent and constructive. What follows is an edited transcript with some additional commentary.
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