I attended the SF Bay Area Maker Faire again this year. Here are some of my favorite finds. Shannon Chappell‘s Steampunk Rock Golem. Provided by Solarbotics Michael Gard‘s Lift: Luminous Sculpture Justin Kohn‘s Channelled Alien Mechanicals
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Sean Murphy is honored to speak at Linked CXO Forum on Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 at Haworth Showroom in San Francisco, California. Linked CXO provides networking for senior executives – “Bosses Need Professional Development, Too.” “Lean” provides a scientific approach for creating a product and developing new businesses. Teams can build products or services to
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Some advice from a couple of founders that ran successful crowdfunding campaigns: Matt Oscamou, CEO of Frontier Bites, Mark Palaima, Distinguished Engineer at Avagent, and Noah Dentzel, CEO of Nomad Goods.
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I will be a mentor at the B2B Startup Weekend June 6-8 in San Francisco.
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Focus For Effect “Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerance and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-idea individual, concentrated entirely on that one idea, and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas.”
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Nobody disputes how important “Call to Actions” are but sometimes I run out of ideas for good ones. Here is my list of favorite ones. Find out the latest Watch this short video for more information Check this out! See why we are excited! Learn more Read how we did it! Start saving Compare us
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Tristan Kromer offers a great workshop on taking your big idea and break it into a series of small steps to test. Your MVP Sucks! – How to crush your dreams and embrace reality Monday, May 5, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT) more info Tuesday, May 20, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00
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Recently, I attended the Silicon Valley Robot Block Party. Like a mini-makers faire, it was a lot of fun. Folks were there with business robotics, home robotics, toy and entertainment robotics, and homemade robotic products by hobbyists and students. Some of the robots showcased.
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We all want it – an engaged and interested audience. Here are three easy ways to make your website more interactive and engaging to your audience. 1. Ask Questions Asking questions is the best way to encourage questions. Maybe it is time to add surveys, online chat, office hours, or a blog post with questions
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Are you a startup founder who wants to make an objective assessment of your new product idea? Schedule a no-cost, no-obligation MVP Readiness Review. You can also use the session to prepare for customer discovery interviews or to debrief on interviews you have conducted to glean further insights.
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We wanted to let all of you know that IEEE-CNSV has a new benefit for its members. You have a chance to join and participate in a formal Mastermind (Peer Support) Group. This group is much different from our regular meetings. We will meet for a fixed set of four weeks about every other week
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Five financial mistakes bootstrappers can avoid include financing with credit cards or high interest loans and taking on long term financial commitments like a lease or an employee too early.
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Peter Cohan from Second Derivative offers some of the best sales demo/pitch training and hands-on learning that we have seen. So we are honored to offer these interactive workshops to startups. Here is the upcoming schedule: March 5&6, 2014 “Great Demo!” San Jose, CA May 21&22, 2014 “Great Demo!” San Jose, CA October 15&16, 2014
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Let’s face it, finding customers can be quite a challenge. In this interactive workshop, we will cover a variety of proven marketing techniques for growing your business: attendees will select one or two that fit their style and develop a plan to implement them in their business in the next 90 days. Speaking – small
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A real thank you email from a Voler Systems newsletter reader sent to Walt Maclay, who thanked us for creating such good articles.
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SKMurphy develops highly relevant and valuable content to attract, engage, and acquire customers. We help our clients organize and clearly articulate their experiences and insights in ways that generate inquires. We develop an editorial calendar that complements SEO strategy and ecosystem partner relationships. We always consider audio, video, and animation options in addition to leveraging
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The last few years have seen the rise of Quantified Self movement and increasing demand for solutions for the Home Health market as the US population continues to age. Many startups are also offering new and very popular personal fitness applications. As a result we are seeing a lot of new products aimed at the
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An interesting talk by Mary Sorber, founder of NightingaleRX, providing a caregiver’s view of methods and technologies currently employed for what doctors call the polypharmacy problem and non-professionals often experience as a “big bag of pills”. Matching Polypharmacy Solutions to Personas from mksorber1 Related Blog Posts Q: Should I Be an Entrepreneur? My perspective on
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What is Under Your Control in an MVP? Your target customer, the problem you solve for them, and what capabilities you offer to help them.
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I saw some very cool stuff at the Inside 3D Printing Conference yesterday. Here are some pictures of a few of my favorites. A scale model from MCOR paper 3D printers. There was lots of toys. This one is from fabbster. But not everything was hard and stiff – check out this personalized rubber shoe
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