Sean Murphy and Etienne Garbugli offer tips on selecting the perfect niche for your startups and take questions from a live audience.
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Surviving the holidays can be hard for entrepreneurs. If you visit family or see old friends few if any may understand what you are doing or going through. You may face a variety of suggestions that essentially treat you as unemployed–strictly speaking it’s an accurate assessment for many early stage bootstrappers–and possibly unemployable–again, strictly speaking, it’s
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Here are 21 great questions for developing new products, the checklist is from “Breakthrough Thinking From Inside the Box” by Coyne, Clifford, and Dye; the commentary is mine.
21 Great Questions for Developing New Products Read More »
Some reflections on the winter solstice 2024, the shortest day of the year.
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Mike Maples offers rules of thumb for entrepreneurs who want to build successful startups in his book “Pattern Breakers.”
Mike Maples on Pattern Breakers Read More »
Some thoughts from Marshall McLuhan and others on how to see the future when the past, spread out before us, is all we see.
Marshall McLuhan: How To See The Future Read More »
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in November 2024 on a theme of paying your dues and persevering in spite of boredom.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in November 2024 Read More »
Reflections on Thanksgiving 2024 about understanding and preserving the legacy we have received from our ancestors so we can pass it on.
Thanksgiving 2024: Understanding and Preserving a Legacy Read More »
An entrepreneur writes, “After four months my talented and hard working cofounder resigned and surrendered all of his equity. How do I convince him to come back?”
Q: Cofounder Resigned and Surrendered his Equity Read More »
Sean Murphy offers extensive insights into early adopters, particularly for B2B markets.
Newsletter November 2024: Early Adopters Insights Read More »
With “This is Strategy, Make Better Plans,” Seth Godin has written a well-crafted and delightfully practical book on strategy that brings a systems perspective to planning.
Seth Godin: This is Strategy, Make Better Plans Read More »
Video and slides from Brendan McAdams briefing at Lean Culture on Five Sales Fundamentals for Startup Founders Getting Early Customers.
Brendan McAdams on 5 Sales Fundamentals for Startup Founders Read More »
Make time for quiet and reflection to support effective action: stay engaged and maintain situational awareness but take stock periodically.
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Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in October 2024 on a theme of action as the natural result of learning and reflection.
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It’s possible that you are scaling prematurely, but it’s become a catch all risk that bears more scrutiny. This conversation is condenses from a real email exchange with an entrepreneur
Q: How do I tell if I am scaling prematurely? Read More »
It’s hard to see things as they are and as they will become. Distinguishing between vision or mirage is a perpetual challenge for the entrepreneur.
Harbinger or Outlier, Vision or Mirage, Threat or Opportunity Read More »
Compare your stated priorities to your expenditures and how you spend your time, if they don’t align take steps to remedy the disconnect.
How You Spend Your Time and Money Reveals Your Priorities Read More »
Excerpts from “Compare Yourself To Who You Were Yesterday, Not Someone Else Is Today” chapter of “12 Rules for Life” by Jordan Peterson.
Jordan Peterson: Benchmark Yourself Against Your Past Self Read More »
Wolfgang Huber offers lessons learned from bootstrapping Matrix Requirements into leader in medical device documentation software.
Wolfgang Huber Describes Bootstrapping Matrix Requirements Read More »
I found “100 Truths You will Learn Too Late” by Luca Dellanna a fast thought-provoking read. Here are 10 rules of thumb I found most useful.
Ten Useful Rules of Thumb from Luca Dellanna Read More »
My interview with Gabriel Weinberg was originally published Sep-8-2010. He was doing research for what became his fantastic book Traction. We talked for the better part of an hour and a half and I can remember he kept returning in different ways to what was needed to close your first dozen enterprise customers. This is
Q: How Many Warm Leads Are Needed for First Pilot Project? Read More »
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and the motion picture camera and projector. He hoped they would revolutionize education.
Thomas Edison on Phonograph and Motion Picture Camera Read More »
In “From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932” David Hounshell offers a well researched perspective on the evolution of manufacturing methods in Great Britain and the United States.
“From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932” by David Hounshell Read More »
