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 »
Howard Marks wrote “Dare to be Great” in 2006 as a summary of challenges for successful investment: you have to be unconventional but correct. This advice applies to startups as well.
Howard Marks: “Dare To Be Great” Read More »
Yodit Stanton’s “How cities can learn from a start-up” article was published July 25, 2017 on the “The Network” Cisco’s online news site.
Yodit Stanton: How cities can learn from a start-up Read More »
Mark Hanzo, CTO of Hanzo Archives, was interviewed by SimpleWeb as part of a series on validating startup ideas. I found his remarks on very practical and insightful and have added some observations of my own.
Mark Williamson, CTO of Hanzo Archives, on Validating Startup Ideas Read More »
Key product management lessons learned extracted from two blog posts by John P. Cutler: “50 Things I’ve Learned About Product Management” and “Feedback Loops and Done.“
John Cutler on Product Management Lessons Learned 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 July 2017 Read More »
Chip Conley shares how he was able to look at AirBNB’s operation with newcomer’s eye when he chose to reconceive bewilderment as curiosity.
Chip Conley: Reconceive Bewilderment As Curiosity Read More »
A focus on inefficiencies is a good method to find a underserved market where you can bootstrap you way to viability. Here is a list of several others.
Q: Is a Focus on Inefficiencies a Good Way to Find an Underserved Market? Read More »
How do you answer someone who asks “Should I be an entrepreneur?” We ask, “Are you committed to self-improvement and to providing value?”
Q: Should I Be an Entrepreneur? Read More »
Getting More Customers – Proven Techniques for Growing your Business Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:15 AM – 1:00 PM (Lunch Included) Plug & Play Tech Center 440 N Wolfe Rd Sunnyvale, California 94085 click here to Register: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tpzbv We will cover a variety of proven marketing techniques for growing your business: attendees will select two
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Brent Beshore recently shared an email he had sent to a college seniors that outlined five habits to cultivate for success. In a nutshell they are industry, humility, kindness, learning continually, and taking notes.
Brent Beshore: 5 Habits To Cultivate That Enable Success Read More »
Our July 2017 Newsletter focused on key insights for entrepreneurs offered by Robert Pirsig in “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. If you have not had a chance to read it I would encourage you to put it on your summer reading list.
Newsletter July 2017: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Read More »
Customer development–discovery driven sales–requires that you first understand the customer’s problem then present a vision of a solution. If that is acceptable you can proceed to a demonstration that provides technical proof of value.
Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas wrote “The Pragmatic Programmer” in 1999; it offers a number of insights that are still applicable not only to software development but software entrepreneurship. I have distilled 8 tactics from a selection of 25 tips (out of more than 70 in the book).
8 Tactics For Entrepreneurs From “The Pragmatic Programmer” Read More »
Once more it’s Independence Day. Here are some quotes I found appropriate for this year. I wish you and your family a Happy Fourth of July 2017.
Happy Fourth of July 2017 Read More »
The BeamWise team contributed an article to the May 2017 issue of Laser Focus World that highlighted the coherent workflow for optical system design provided by BeamWise.
BeamWise Optical System Design Workflow Profiled in Laser Focus World Read More »
This post applies the moral of James Thurber‘s “The Fairly Intelligent Fly”–that there is “no safety in numbers, or in anything else”–to entrepreneurship.
No Safety in Numbers Read More »
Max Gunther’s “The Zurich Axioms” is aimed at investors but also offers valuable insights and rules of thumb for entrepreneurs.
A Summary of Max Gunther’s “The Zurich Axioms” for Entrepreneurs 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 June 2017 Read More »
Our June 2017 Newsletter features four books entrepreneurs should consider for their Summer Reading 2017 list. I have included an additional four free books in our special offers section.
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