Father’s Day 2017
A collection of quotes and stories related to fathers and fatherhood for Father’s Day 2017.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs–May 2017
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.
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Embrace Parkinson’s Law As A Constraint
Some entrepreneurs fall into the trap of working long hours as an end in itself. Parkinson’s Law warns us that work without limits can consume your life.
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Ogden Lilly 1948-2017
Ogden Lilly passed away suddenly on Sun-May-14-2017. He worked as an accountant for 47 years at a firm that ultimately added his name to the masthead. I have relied on his advice and counsel for more than two decades and feel his loss keenly on a personal and a professional level.
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Five Insights from Devora Zack’s “Networking For People Who Hate Networking”
Devora Zack wrote “Networking For People Who Hate Networking” to help introverts improve their network skills. She offers a number of insights along with several worksheets, checklists, and exercises to help you prepare, practice, and reflect.
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Newsletter May 2017: New Market Exploration
Our May 2017 Newsletter features four articles on new market exploration, one of the most difficult customer development challenges that entrepreneurs face. It requires strong interview, observation, and sense making skills.
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Developing a New Product? Key Questions to Ask
An infographic with some key questions to consider when developing a new product. Originally suggested in “Breakthrough Thinking From Inside the Box” by Coyne, Clifford, and Dye in HBR December 2007.
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Leads–The Fuel for Your Sales Machine
“Leads–The Fuel for Your Sales Machine” is now a registered trademark of SKMurphy, Inc. Please contact us to learn more about our lead generation services.
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Jeff Allison: How To Blend New Capability and New Product Development
Jeff Allison offers a June-1-2017 briefing on how to blend new capability development and new product development. Innovation requires experimentation that allows for the possibility of failure but the whole point of creating a program commitment process is to avoid failure. Jeff Allison: How To Blend New Capability and New Product Development Jeff Allison has
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs–April 2017
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.
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Newsletter April 2017: Update Your Goals Based On Results
It’s time to update your goals based on results to date. 2017 is now well underway and some goals you set for Q1 may need to be revisited and perhaps dropped or rescheduled for this quarter. Here is what happened in Q1 and what we have planned for Q2.
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Innovation Inside an Organization Requires Balancing Priorities
It always seems simpler to be able to start with a blank slate, and even better to be given just one project so that you can focus, but the reality is that innovation inside an organization requires balancing priorities.
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Frank Robinson’s Minimum Viable Product Definition
Frank Robinson’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concept as first articulated in 2001. An MVP is the result of product development and customer development proceeding in parallel, which Frank Robinson called “synchronous development.”
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Cyberspace Everts Into The Real World as IoT
When Cyberspace everts into the real world enabling communication and connection for non-computing related applications we call it IoT (the Internet of Things).
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Entrepreneurs Need To See With Newcomer’s Eyes And Ask Stupid Questions
Fundamental questions allow you to explore new perspectives that can unlock new opportunities. Entrepreneurs can be unwilling to ask them–even of themselves–because a label that is commonly applied: stupid questions.
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Combine Clear Goals with Delegation Based on Expertise for High Impact
I re-read “Up the Organization” by Robert Townsend and was struck by how many of his insights were still applicable. The first chapter offers a recipe for breakthrough impact: combine clear goals with delegation based on expertise.
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Managing the Work/Work Balance In Your Consulting Practice Talk Mon-Apr-17
I am giving a short briefing on “Managing the Work/Work Balance In Your Consulting Practice” at the South Bay Consultants Meetup on Mon-Apr-17 at 7:30am.
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We Recommend Andrew Boer For Your Silicon Valley Live Video Needs
In July of 2014 we were fortunate to be introduced to Andrew Boer by a client who had used him for a video shoot. Since then we have collaborated with him on a number of projects and recommend him for your Silicon Valley live video needs.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs–March 2017
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.
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Newsletter: Email Productivity
If you are a startup founder you are very likely spending an hour or two a day reading and writing email. Some days it may seem that you spend most of your time responding to emails from prospects, customers, partners, cofounders, service providers, and spammers.
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