It’s not uncommon for an entrepreneur to feel stuck in low gear, falling behind both the competition and their own plans for progress. Here are some suggestions for how to keep calm and carry on.
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Applications that improve knowledge worker productivity have to satisfy “prepared users” not “casual users” and are especially challenge to do customer discovery and development for. With his permission, I have included William Pietri (LinkedIn williampietri) answer to a real question from an early stage entrepreneur because I found it incredibly insightful. I have known William
Q: How to Explore an MVP For Knowledge Worker Productivity Read More »
Whether you are interviewing potential employees or potential customers, don’t explore Thoughtland with a focus on predictions and beliefs. Instead, explore actual behavior and prior experience.
Don’t Explore Thoughtland In Interviews Read More »
I collect quotes for entrepreneurs from a variety of sources and tweet them on @skmurphy about once a day where you can get them hot off the mojo wire. At the end of each month I curate them in a blog post that adds commentary and may contain a longer passage from the same source for context.
Quotes For Entrepreneurs Collected in November 2017 Read More »
Here are six profound insights from Naval Ravikant in “Tribe of Mentors” by Tim Ferris
Six Profound Insights from Naval Ravikant Read More »
A reasoned rule approach is a good first step to managing decisions that fall into common patterns or cases. You identify six to eight variables that are distinct and obviously impact the outcome of the case and normalize them into standard scores that can then be added or averaged to create a summary score.
Daniel Kahneman’s Reasoned Rule Approach to Reducing Case Management Errors Read More »
Thanksgiving 2017 is a chance to reflect on your blessings and give thanks to those who have helped you in the last year.
Thanksgiving 2017: Counting My Blessings, Bootstrapper Potluck, Finest Hour Read More »
Pete Tormey’s ebook “Startup Guide to Intellectual Property: Early Stage Protection of IP” is a great resource for founders on startup intellectual property. This blog post includes excerpts from the “Protecting IP Early” chapter that focus on protecting startup secrets early in its existence.
In the Beginning was the Doodle: Protecting Startup Secrets Read More »
Pete Tormey’s ebook “Startup Guide to Intellectual Property: Early Stage Protection of IP” is a great resource for founders on startup intellectual property. This blog post includes excerpts from the “Protecting IP Early” Chapter of Pete’s book. They cover some of the basic concepts of intellectual property and how to protect it early in your
In the Beginning Was the Doodle: Defining Startup Intellectual Property Read More »
I collect quotes for entrepreneurs from a variety of sources and tweet them on @skmurphy about once a day where you can get them hot off the mojo wire. At the end of each month I curate them in a blog post that adds commentary and may contain a longer passage from the same source for context.
Quotes For Entrepreneurs Collected in October 2017 Read More »
I collect quotes for entrepreneurs from a variety of sources and tweet them on @skmurphy about once a day where you can get them hot off the mojo wire. At the end of each month I curate them in a blog post that adds commentary and may contain a longer passage from the same source for context.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Collected in September 2017 Read More »
Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) documented ten insights in “What I Believe Most” (July 5, 2017), here are my top four that I think are the most useful advice for bootstrapping entrepreneurs.
Morgan Housel: What I Believe Most Read More »
The shape of firms to come: how existing inventions are likely to change the way we organize work in teams, business models, and our careers. How firms adapt to the rich spectrum of new inventions in their business models and how they organize themselves. I finally got this overview published in February of 2018: The
Newsletter September 2017: The Shape of Firms to Come Read More »
When someone on your team says, “Google Thinks Our Name Is a Typo” you are at a disadvantage. Even worse if it suggests a competitor as the correct spelling it makes it look like you are typosquatting. Unless you have a strong reason for doing so it’s probably not a good idea.
Q: Google Thinks Our Name Is a Typo and Suggests a Competitor Read More »
Recently we helped a client, Walt Maclay of Voler Systems, get a speaking assignment at a popular conference. We drafted and submitted the talk proposal, developed the major outline and main points for the talk content, researched and created charts and diagrams, and preformed dry runs to help him prepare.
Client in the News: Walt Maclay Speaks at HardwareCon 2017 Read More »
I collect quotes for entrepreneurs from a variety of sources and tweet them on @skmurphy about once a day where you can get them hot off the mojo wire. At the end of each month I curate them in a blog post that adds commentary and may contain a longer passage from the same source for context.
Quotes For Entrepreneurs Collected in August 2017 Read More »
There are few–if any–real secrets to entrepreneurial success. Most entrepreneurial secrets are hiding in plain sight, available to anyone who keeps their eyes and ears open and is willing to ask questions.
Newsletter August 2017: Entrepreneurial Secrets Read More »
My mother, Gloria Murphy, had a heart attack Thursday night and died about 8 feet from where my father had a heart attack a decade ago.
Gloria Murphy 1926-2017 Read More »
It’s not uncommon for a startup’s offering to evolve from service to system integration to product. Here is an explanation for the reasons and benefits.
A Common MVP Evolution: Service to System Integration to Product Read More »
The difference between scouting a new market and scouting a promising market is that the former may not exist–or come into existence–while the latter clearly exists because it’s already occupied.
Scouting a Promising Market: Sending Spies Into Canaan Read More »
