Peer Advisors
Comparing notes with peer advisors, other knowledgeable entrepreneurs, is a great way to get valuable perspectives on challenges.
Where To Find Us in December 2013
At 3 Bootstrappers Breakfasts in December we will ask, “What did you learn in 2013 that will make you a more effective entrepreneur in 2014?”
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Terry Frazier: How to Do Real Competitive Analysis
A Q&A with Terry Frazier where he outlines his view of real competitive analysis, advising firms to stop relying on SWOT (Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats) analysis.
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Tom DeMarco on Leadership, Trust, and Training
I re-read Tom DeMarco‘s “Slack” over the Thanksgiving break and came away with a couple of good ideas worth sharing. Slack: Speed Difference Between Prudent and Breakneck Tom DeMarco offers the following definition of slack in the second to last chapter “Working at Breakneck Speed” Back in the time of sailing ships, going anywhere by ship
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–November 2013
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Recap From Nov-20-2103 MVP Clinic
This MVP clinic helps a researcher looking for action research topics in the KM4Dev community and an entrepreneur making athletic contests more engaging.
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Thanksgiving 2013
Some observations on Thanksgiving 2013, punctuated by quotes from Soren Kierkegaard, W. T. Purkiser, W.N. Rieger and Albert Schweitzer.
The Illusion of Omnicompetence: Smart and Competent Are Domain Specific Adjectives
The illusion of omnicompetence is the failure to recognize limits. Smart and competent are not a generic quality: they’re incredibly domain-specific.
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BeamWise Demo For BiOS 2014
I have blogged about the BeamWise demo in “BeamWise Blends Biophotonic and Model Based Design Expertise” A First look at BeamWise in Operation” If you are interested in getting a closer look, Kinetic River will be demonstrating it in booth 8639 at the BiOS Conference February 1-2, 2014. If you don’t want to wait that long contact
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7 Years & 1226 Blog Posts: Lessons Learned So Far
A look back at what I have learned from writing, starting in high school, with a focus on the last seven years working on the SKMurphy blog.
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Two Mastermind Open House Events in November and December
We have two Mastermind Open Houses in November and December of 2013. Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to present their businesses issues and advise one another in a confidential, supportive environment during two meetings a month.
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Chris Christensen of BloggerBridge At Bootstrappers Breakfast Tue-Nov-19
Join other entrepreneurs for serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cash flow and organic profit at a Bootstrappers Breakfast®. Chris Christensen of BloggerBridge.com will offer a seven minute briefing on “Podcasting For Bootstrappers” and answer questions from other attendees at the Tue-Nov-19 breakfast in Sunnyvale. Chris’ briefing will be followed by our regular roundtable
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Veterans Day 2013
On Veterans Day 2013 I am grateful to the men and women who have put themselves in harms way to protect our way of life.
Lean Innovation 101 at SF Bay ACM Nov-20-2013
Lean Innovation 101 at SF Bay ACM Nov-20-2013 I am trying out a new talk on “What is Lean? – Lean Innovation 101” at the SF Bay ACM on Wed-Nov-20-2013. Here is a brief description: “Lean” provides a scientific approach for creating a product and developing new businesses. Teams can iteratively build products or services
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Audio and Notes from On-Line MVP Clinic Oct 23-2013 on Social Software
John Smith and I explore what’s involved i an MVP for Social Software in this MVP Clinic for Social and Community Apps on Oct-23-2013. We took notes live in a PrimaryPad (an EtherPad derivative application). What follows is a cleaned up version of notes that we took and the audience contributed to. You can see
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Don’t Give Your Investor Pitch To Customers, They Have Different Questions
It’s a mistake to give your investor pitch to customers: they have different questions from investors, and that requires a separate deck.
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–October 2013
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Balancing Engineering Vision vs. Customer Expectation
A deconstruction of the “How to Change Cars Forever” commercial for redesigned Dodge Dart as a distillation of engineering vision and an analysis of results
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MVP Clinic for Social/Community Apps Wed-Oct-23
MVP Clinic for Social/Community Apps Wed-Oct-23 If you are planning a new service offering, involving technologies and social interactions between customers, this clinic on minimum viable service can help you learn your way out of conflicting assumptions, lack of relevant data, difficulty understanding service value, and resource constraints. This is especially the case if you
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A First Look at BeamWise In Operation
Dr. Giacomo Vacca of Kinetic River will present a briefing on BeamWise in operation at the Twenty-Third Cytometry Development Workshop in Asilomar today. Here is a silent four minute video of some key aspects of BeamWise operation he will narrate live as a part of the briefing. Tapio Karras of Design Power will also be on
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