We are excited to see Robert Felten’s recent project, GUI for a flash drive, featured in EE Times. Robert Felten Software provides Software Development Consulting and Contracting. He specializes in Qt/C++ GUI and embedded software. See the Rick Merritt’s round up of the Flash Memory Summit at “Slideshow: Flash Innovators Flood Show” Robert is a […]
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Every once in awhile we find great workshops that are open to all size companies. Bill Meade’s “Capturing Intellectual Property” is one such workshop. His hands-on workshop will cover: What is intellectual property (IP) The forms and functions of legal IP protections The IP system and its functioning (on one slide) Capturing an invention Checking
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We get a number of questions about logos, here are three tips for designing or choosing a logo when you are bootstrapping or just getting started: Text Treatments: text logos are simple, the company name is always right there. Most high tech logos are text treatments, they are clear and simple. With text logos you
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Sean Murphy, CEO of SKMurphy Inc will be moderating two upcoming MVP Clinics. These are interactive roundtable discussions were entrepreneurs can present where they are with their MVP and hypotheses about customer, problem, solution, and value. The roundtable will explore issues that founders are having in defining and evaluating their MVP. Bootstrappers Breakfast on July
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Join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 for a new class “Get Out Of Your Batcave: Customer Development for Lean Startups” from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at Education @ PARISOMA in San Francisco, CA. You’ll learn how to: Establish “ground truth” in an early market Use an MVP (minimum viable product) to explore the
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A talk I enjoyed by Simon Sinek (@simonsinek) on “How Great Leaders Inspire Action.” Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action Some great insights from Apple, Dr. Martin Luther King, and the Wright Brothers: Why -> How -> What Start with Why Why is not “to make a profit” that’s a result.. Why is your purpose, your
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Join us in San Francisco for an interactive workshop “Validating your MVP & Value Proposition.” We will cover a variety of proven techniques for validating your MVP & value proposition for B2B startups. When: 5:30-8:30 PM Tue-Apr-2-2013 Where: 1355 Market, Suite 488, San Francisco Cost: $60 This interactive workshop will provide: Systematic approach to validating your
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We have openings for our Mastermind Groups geared for technical entrepreneurs. for CEOs Entrepreneurs who wanted to form an advisory board of peers with a deeper understanding of each other’s businesses and shared accountability. for CTOs We have found that the CTO has a unique role on a startup team: they are expected to be
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If you missed SKMurphy and SalesQualia at Lean Startup Conference’s workshop, Sean Murphy and Scott Sambucci led an interactive workshop on developing and debugging your repeatable and scalable B2B sales process. In the workshop, we worked a number of sales issues that the attendees from lean startups had: Can’t get potential customers to call back
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A suggested checklist for your end of year planning efforts.
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All companies, even those that take a lean approach, face these problems in B2B sales: You can’t get potential customers to call back They won’t make a decision They seem to like a ever-ending beta, but they will not buy Your deals stall This interactive workshop will help you learn from these problems by using
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In this webinar, Averting Stalled Sales Opportunities, Ron Snyder and Peter Cohan show you the key steps to avoid your sales process stalling.
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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! This is an interactive workshop with Peter Cohan geared especially for you who demonstrate B-to-B software to your customer and channels. Bring a copy of your demo and be prepared to present it — we’ll help
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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! This is an interactive workshop with Peter Cohan geared especially for you who demonstrate B-to-B software to your customer and channels. Bring a copy of your demo and be prepared to present it — we’ll help
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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! This is an interactive workshop with Peter Cohan geared especially for you who demonstrate B-to-B software to your customer and channels. Bring a copy of your demo and be prepared to present it — we’ll help
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If you missed our “Working for Equity” panel at Silicon Valley Code Camp 2012, Theresa Shafer and the four CEO’s on the panel had a lively conversation about what’s really involved in leaving your day job and striking out on your own or with partners.
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Live roundtable on lessons learned implementing the “Great Demo!” methodology Tue-Sep-4-2012 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Mountain 2:00 p.m. Central / 3:00 p.m. Eastern 8:00 PM London / 9:00 PM Paris & Berlin Update Sept 6: “Recap and Audio from “Lessons Learned Implementing Great Demo! Methodology“ Great Demo!: How To Create And Execute Stunning
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Join us as we explore team decision making and the challenges in blending human expertise. This talk will cover how teams become more effective at making decisions quickly and reaching a working consensus. Sean will share real world examples of where new expertise was required for project success and where expertise that had traditionally been
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Below are projects we have help work on with our clients. Advisory board Sean Murphy Joins Fluxicon Advisory Board Good advice about customer verification GE Capital CEO, Cloud Computing Expert, and Customer Development Strategist Join eMOBUS Advisory Board San Jose Business Journal: Palo Alto’s Verdafero offers sustainability planning over the Web technews.am: Verdafero Profiled by
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Promotion often makes the difference between business success and failure. A recent email from Startup Digest gave me some great ideas. Develop checklists and top 10 lists. Tie your news story to recent events. Get in the email inbox. Celebrate the holidays with discount or special offer. Always include a list of upcoming events. Upcoming
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