Remembering 9-11: I found this video very moving because it focused on the people and not the destruction. h/t Victory Girls Remembering 9-11 Take ten minutes to reflect on Sep-11-2001, a watershed event for the US in the 21st century that I have come to believe is a harbinger and not an outlier. Last year […]
Remembering 9-11: Our Children Will Also Live In Interesting Times Read More »
Skip Walter designed successful software products for over three decades. Here are 7 laws from his list of 18 laws of software development.
Seven From Skip Walter’s Laws Of Software Development Read More »
Lisa Solomon says that an effective meeting can do one–and only one–of 3 things: build a common understanding, generate option, or make decisions. In this talk on “Designing Time: Make Meaning” she elaborates on this and challenges the person calling the meeting to work backward from the end of the meeting and define: what has
You can follow @skmurphy to get these hot off the mojo wire or wait until these quotes for entrepreneurs are collected in a blog post at the end of each month. Enter your E-mail address if you would like have new blog posts sent to you.
Quotes For Entrepreneurs–August 2013 Read More »
Q: I am part of a hardware/embedded device startup working on our MVP. We want to develop a minimum product to cut our initial development costs and iterate scientifically through experimentation. My concern is that State governments are my primary customer type and their buying model is to do a pilot project and then write what
Q: How Do You Iterate An MVP So That It’s “Good Enough For Government Work” Read More »
We have three subscription options: you can get our monthly newsletter, you can have every blog post e-mailed, or you can be notified of Silicon Valley events and workshops. SKMurphy Subscription Options SKMurphy Monthly Newsletter You can subscribe to the monthly SKMurphy newsletter using the form at the right Get Every Blog Post E-Mailed To
SKMurphy Subscription Options Read More »
Welcome to our first major re-design in almost seven years. Things are a little wider now, posts should look better on tablets and smartphones, and the audio and video should all play on them as well. Please leave a comment or contact us if you have any problems or suggestions. We want to thank Dave
First Major Website Upgrade In 7 years Read More »
Some thoughts on college vs. startups, the panels are sliced up from “Students” by Randall Monroe. This is which is a dream that I still have. I find it a marker for being under pressure.
College vs. Startup Read More »
I don’t think it’s a new trend but one new service that I recently signed up for asked me to take a short survey about how I felt about their product and what I planned to do. They E-Mailed it from a “no-reply” email address and I realized that an answer I had stuffed into
Use E-Mail Like a Walkie-Talkie, Not A Bullhorn Read More »
The Lego Box Presentation Method is to put meaning before detail. When Lego sells a Starfighter the picture on the box show it fully assembled, not the 560 multi-colored pieces and a collegiate dictionary-size book of assembly directions.
The Lego Box Presentation Method Read More »
A new startup is often driven by a desire for autonomy, self-expression, and lifelong learning. Or it’s a creative solution to a lack of alternatives. Albert Hirschman observed that “creativity always comes as a surprise to us” which led him to suggest “the only we can bring our creative resources fully into play is by misjudging
If You Knew How Hard a Startup Would Be Read More »
Q: I didn’t get any questions at the end of a recent demo. The audience was quiet and respectful and our point of contact said “It’s an interesting product, you’ve given us a lot to think about.” But it’s been two weeks and I haven’t had any response to my two follow up e-mails and
Set Your PowerPoints on Stun Read More »
You can follow @skmurphy to get these hot off the mojo wire or wait until these quotes for entrepreneurs are collected in a blog post at the end of each month. Enter your E-mail address if you would like have new blog posts sent to you.
Quotes For Entrepreneurs–July 2013 Read More »
Christopher Moore’s Coyote Blue Christopher Moore’s novel “Coyote Blue.” is full of personal observations and asides that I found very applicable to the entrepreneurial roller coaster. In his author’s note he writes: Do you ever get the feeling that forces unseen are messing with your life? Yeah, me too. And there is little doubt that
Christopher Moore’s Coyote Blue Read More »
Q: I am a newly minted entrepreneur who has been developing a technology product for an emerging market (state-legalized marijuana) that is proving especially hard to crack. I am a long-standing business strategist who understands and appreciates the imperatives of customer development, however have been very unsuccessful in getting business owners and consumers to open
Mission Often Matters More Than Monetization In An Early Market Read More »
It’s time for another summer reading list, this year I am focused on ecosystem models: systems thinking informed by biological metaphors.
Summer Reading for 2013: Applying Ecosystem Models To Business Read More »
Stripping the least useful third of the features requested allows you to deliver a 70 percent solution much more rapidly that’s often good enough.
Even For Demanding Markets, An MVP That’s a 70% Solution is Often Good Enough Read More »
This is a time capsule from nine years ago. We worked part time on a side project we called ValencePoint from late 2003 until mid 2005. We used the technology internally with clients and at one point acted on a suggestion to make a funding presentation which led to the creation of this executive summary.
Time Capsule: ValencePoint Executive Summary July 19, 2004 Read More »
Empires build a Death Star, Rebels build X-Wing fighters If your startup’s minimum viable product is a Death Star you are doing it wrong.
MVP: Are You Building a Death Star? Read More »
Pete Tormey and I did a short podcast on a delegation checklist. We wanted to help bootstrapping entrepreneurs decide what tasks it made the most sense to delegate in an early stage startup.
Podcast with Pete Tormey: Bootstrapper’s Delegation Checklist Read More »
