Case Study: eMOBUS Experience With SKMurphy
This is a case study of SKMurphy’s advisory support for eMOBUS. It includes a detailed write-up by Moe Arnaiz, CEO of eMOBUS.
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The Unfortunate Return of the Mainframe IT Mindset
PC’s and workstations allowed each knowledge worker to upgrade at their own pace. SaaS is witnessing a return to the Mainframe IT Mindset: sysadmins only support one system and upgrade at their convenience.
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“Working For Equity” Panel Session Returns to Silicon Valley Code Camp For Third Year
I am moderating a panel at Silicon Valley Code Camp 2012 on “Working For Equity.” Here is the session description: Panel discussion with three software startup CEOs offering their perspective on the practical realities of starting and growing a company. This session is for both aspiring and active entrepreneurs, it will outline important tips and
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Debugging Your Startup Requires Peace of Mind
Debugging your startup requires peace of mind because debugging any problem, including debugging yourself, requires peace of mind. It’s what enables you to stay in flow.
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The Early Bird Already Has The Worm
The last question in”The First Seven Questions Any Product Plan Should Answer” is What Are You Replacing? Every Product Has Competition But after careful experimentation we learned that most entrepreneurs would instinctively cast themselves in the role of the early bird who gets the worm and say “Nothing. We are brand new!” So we re-phrased
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Independence Day 2012
For my Independence Day post I have picked three quotes that span the last thousand years or so of the move from kings and tyrants to representative government and the rule of law. “To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.” Magna Carta clause 40 of 1215 charter
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The Fact That Your App Was a Weekend Project Is Not a Feature
The fact that your new application was a weekend project is not a feature! I see announcements like We just coded this up last weekend take a look… I wrote this on a Saturday afternoon check it out… We built the tool (over the last few weekends)… I don’t know if it’s Startup Weekend’s original
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Bootstrappers Breakfast® Website Upgraded
The Bootstrappers Breakfast® website has been re-designed so that it’s wider, brighter and now has a banner full of coffee beans across the top–tea drinkers still welcome! Please let us know what you think… …and drop by a breakfast when it’s convenient, there are meetups in Champaign, IL Chicago, IL Minneapolis, MN Mountain View, CA
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Q: Is Building The Wrong Product A Waste Of Time?
Building the wrong product is not a waste of time you learn about the market and technical feasibility. Right and wrong are both gray, not black or white. Customer development and technical development typically require a sequence of prototypes that are “less wrong” over time under they become good enough.
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–June 2012
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Cliche, Combat, Fellowship, Anarchy, Enigma
S. John Ross wrote a great short essay on “Five Elements of Commercial Appeal in RPG Design” (that I first read in “Things We Think About Games” by Will Hindmarch and Jeff Tidball) that suggested these elements were critical for creating a commercially successful RPG. I think they are also a good way to think
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Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L’Amour
I picked up “Education of a Wandering Man” by Louis L’Amour book without expectations. Someone had recommended it as a good autobiography of a writer. His life was fascinating. He offered a number of useful insights. What follows are some excerpts with additional commentary.
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Entrepreneurs Need a Community of Practice Not a Movement
Entrepreneurs need a community of practice to improve their skills, not a movement they can join as a fad. I don’t consider myself a disciple or part of a movement. I consider myself a practitioner. I am a huge fan of Saras Sarasvathy, Clayton Christensen, Peter Drucker, Gary Klein, and Gerald Weinberg.
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Dan Shipper: Every Sustainable Business Follows From Solid Fundamentals
The following are excerpts from Dan Shipper’s “Why I’m Doing It All Wrong,” a blog post about the need for solid fundamentals in building a sustainable business that I found very inspiring.
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Ryan Waggoner: Maybe Startups Are So Hard Because We’re Doing Them Wrong
Ryan Waggoner wonders if the popularized approach to startups is wrong. Instead of putting health and relationships at risk, try patience and humility.
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Father’s Day 2012
Recommended reading for new fathers on Father’s Day 2012: “The Measure of a Man” by Jerrold Lee Shapiro. A great Father’s Day book.
How To Run Experiments That Improve Your Business
How To Run Experiments That Improve Your Business Tomorrow, we complete our coverage of “The Innovator’s DNA”. We have a great panel who will share their tips and lessons learned running experiments that improved their products and business models. As Christensen observes, “Often the only way to get the data to move forward is to
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Great Demo! Demonstration Effectiveness Workshop
OVERALL OBJECTIVES Establish a framework, including skills and processes, to create and deliver improved software demonstrations to increase success in the sales and deployment of your organization’s offerings. Sub-objectives: Improve demonstration quality and effectiveness, by implementing a standard process and tools for demonstrations. Establish and communicate clear objectives for each demo. Increase probability of success
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Marcelo Rinesi: The Expertise Light Speed Barrier
Marcelo Rinesi writes on the implications of the “expertise light speed barrier” of ten years of focused practice to become an expert. He observes that if “we manage to defeat the ‘expertise light speed barrier’ and find ways to teach and learn much more effective than anything before, it would have an astounding impact on
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Answering Questions About Your Product In An On-Line Forum
Answering Questions About Your Product In An On-Line Forum requires you to focus on helping the members of the forum.
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