Bay Area Maker Faire 2015
A roundup of interesting new products in the Startup Pavilion at Maker Faire 2015: OpenROV, Nexpaq, Crazyflie, MakerBloks, and Roominate are highlighted.
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Assessing Prospect Intent
While asking for a letter of intent may seem like a useful shortcut to assessing prospect intent, it normally causes many more problems than it solves.
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3D Printing: The Next Best Thing But Not Yet
3D printing is overhyped and its implications are not well understood. It will be twenty plus years before there is a 3D printer in most homes due to limitations of the cost of the machine, material, obtaining software and learning how to use the software. Other fundamentally problem that prevent 3D printers being adapted by the
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Online Marketing For Professional Services May-14 at PATCA
I will be giving a evening workshop May 14 at PATCA on marketing professional services online. This is an interactive session for professional consultants.
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Checklist for Successful Products
The checklist for successful products has three broad categories of challenges a new product must address: it has to be feasible, it has to be desirable and it has to be profitable.
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See What’s Missing: Careful Observation Key To Success
Many a successful has been started based on careful observation, in particular seeing what’s missing. This post uses excerpts from The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham to highlight some practical truths of entrepreneurship.
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Maturing
The process of maturing from boy to man, from a son to father to grandfather, moves forward imperceptibly on a day to day basis but inexorably year by year.
Q: Is Veterinary Marketing A Viable Approach To Market Exploration?
Entrepreneurs who limit themselves to what they could learn if their prospects lacked the power of speech adopt what I call a veterinary marketing model. It’s not a viable approach to market exploration.
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–April 2015
A collection of quotes of interest and use to entrepreneurs: these quotes for entrepreneurs were identified in April 2015 around theme of entrepreneurship as a calling.
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eMOBUS releases EMM in ServiceNow Store
eMOBUS‘ integration with ServiceNow helps IT automate the management of mobility expenses, tedious support tasks and BYOD programs by allowing ServiceNow users to manage mobile devices and view important wireless carrier information through the ServiceNow interface.
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Innovation: the Trick is Managing the Pain
Any innovation effort is a painful struggle punctuated by false starts and dead ends. Your efforts are met with lack of interest even when a basic invention is working and active resistance when it starts to replace the tried and true. Like any childbirth the trick is managing the pain long enough to deliver.
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Hotels Near Great Demo Workshop 2015
Attending the Great Demo Workshop 2015? The two day workshop is held at Domain Hotel which several past attendees have stayed at and enjoyed.
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CNSV Recognized by IEEE as an Outstanding Chapter
The Consultants Network of Silicon Valley (CNSV) was recognized by IEEE Region 6 in 2015 for its outstanding achievements in promoting members’ skills and providing educational opportunities for Silicon Valley. The award reads: IEEE Region 6 Outstanding Chapter presented to Consultants Network of Silicon Valley For creating a network to promote the skills of its
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SKMurphy is a Trusted Business Advisor with Analytical Approach
David Butler characterizes Sean Murphy of SKMurphy, Inc. as “a trusted business advisor with an analytical and conceptual approach that allows me to organize my thinking and plan several steps ahead.”
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A Clear Eyed View Of The Way Forward
It’s often hard to see your way forward. When there are many courses of action open to you whose possible outcomes are hard to predict you can remain paralyzed by analysis. I often find myself dithering past the point where picking any reasonable option and proceeding is far better than continuing to analyze my choices.
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Victorian Values
In an 1983 radio interview Margaret Thatcher defined Victorian values as hard work, self-improvement, self-reliance, living within your income, cleanliness, self-respect, a duty to help others, pride in country, and being a good member of your community. Here are some excerpts from an April 15, 1983 radio interview with Peter Allen on The Decision Makers
Step Back To See Yourself In The Problem
Normally if you are not getting traction, if you are not able to reliably set and hit goals, then it’s a good idea to narrow your focus and take smaller steps. Zoom in for traction. This is a good rule of but you may need to take a step back and look at yourself as
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–March 2015
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When Exploring, Keep a Log
In new situations, keep a journal of your experiences. This helps you organize your thoughts and remember observations clearly. When exploring, keep a log. This strategy is useful if you are starting a new job, a new project, forming a startup or launching a new product in an unfamiliar market.
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Your Startup Never Gets Any Easier
When I first went to work for Monolithic Memories my boss, Ivan Pesic, told me, “It will be rough for the next two months and then it will get easier.” He was still telling the team that a year later when someone else offered that advice during a problem solving session and we all broke
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