Lindsay Robertson Do’s and Don’ts for On-Line Publicity Great post by Lindsay Robertson on “The Do’s and Don’ts of Online Publicity, For Some Reason” where she lists nine rules of thumb for getting publicity. Here were my top three from here list, but read the whole thing piece: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE means FOR IMMEDIATE DELETE […]
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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! When: Wednesday March 17, 2010 AM Session: 8:15 am – 1:00 pm PM Session: 1 – 5pm Advanced Topics (see below) Where: Moorpark Hotel, 4241 Moorpark Ave, San Jose CA 95129 This is an interactive workshop
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Second day at the Foresight 2010 conference on “Synergy of Molecular Manufacturing and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)”
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A roundup of some very thought provoking presentations from the first day of the Foresight 2010 conference. Interesting predictions include a $100 DNA test.
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I will be at the Foresight 2010 conference on “Synergy of Molecular Manufacturing and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)” this weekend and hope to blog some of the better sessions and anything else I learn. There is a twitter hashtag “#Foresight2010” you can use to follow conference tweets and the talks will also be broadcast on
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Recapping on my earlier “Federated Entrepreneurship” post from January 5. A federation is a union of partially self-governing units with a constitution that does not allow unilateral changes by a central governing body. I think it’s also a good model for what’s required to create an economically dynamic region. One parallel would be to a
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Profiles of three useful search tools that I use on a regular basis as a complement to Google:: Keskese, Surf Canyon, and WhosTalkin.
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Federated entrepreneurship was a phrase that William Krause used to explain 3Com’s model for management and innovation when he was CEO. Federation comes from a Latin word foedus for covenant or treaty and describes a union of partially self-governing units with a constitution that does not allow unilateral changes by a central governing body. It
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We were featured in a case study for Central Desktop. Compared to emailing Word files we felt Central Desktop made us at least 5 times more productive, especially in making reaching consensus on a project approaching a deadline.
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My New Years Day 2010 post encourages a search for opportunity, inspired by Helen Keller’s observation when one door closes, another opens to.
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It’s a good idea to do customer development in parallel with product development: talk to prospects, surveys are not enough.
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Appreciative Inquiry offers a solid approach for early customer interviews.Ask, “What’s working and what problems do you have?”
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We have added two Holiday Bootstrapper Breakfasts in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. This year Christmas and New Year’s Day fell on the fourth Friday and first Friday of the month which collided with two regularly scheduled breakfasts (which have been canceled). Which means that we will have a total of four
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John Carter CEO of TCGen is speaking on “Doing the Math: How to Estimate and Manage Results” at IEEE-CNSV on Tuesday December 15 at 7pm at KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051. The event is free and open to the public.
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We have a few seats left for our Jan 12, 2010 Idea to Revenue workshop in Redwood Shores, CA. If you are in formation or the early days of your startup this is a good opportunity to spend four hours on your business with your team members. We help you ask each other the hard
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Here are five tips for a startup’s early press releases. While they can be useful, you need to test the messaging before broadcasting it.
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Baked fresh on @skmurphy these quotes for entrepreneurs are collected into a blog post at the end of the month. Enter your E-mail if you would like new blog posts to your inbox.
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Thanksgiving 2009: to be self-employed in a downturn is a wonderful opportunity–I don’t have to worry about getting laid off.
We are meeting in Mountain View at 9am at Red Rock Coffee for a Bootstrapper Breakfast: it’s the fourth Friday of the month. Take a break from the four day Thanksgiving weekend and join us Friday for a Bootstrapper Breakfast in Mountain View at Red Rock Coffee. It may be a more intimate session for
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