Surprise is a marker for learning. Some examples of entrepreneurs who have learned from their surprises and are expanding their businesses.
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Scott Adams offers practical heuristics for living in “God’s Debris.” You don’t have to accept his cosmology, which I interpreted as an updated conceptualization of De Chardin’s Noosphere, to extract a number of useful insights.
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Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in April 2024 on a theme of discovering, nurturing, and evaluating ideas for a new product or a new business.
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Mike Keer discusses the concept of agile hardware, which involves cycles of innovation and testing requirements throughout the prototyping phases. He emphasizes the importance of learning from each cycle and making necessary adjustments to meet specifications and performance goals. He also highlights the need for flexibility and the ability to pivot in response to unexpected
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Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in March 2024 on a them of thinking about the past and learning from the past.
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When a firm has a white label relationship they license your product under a different name and provide first-level support.
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At SKMurphy, we look for solutions that automate the insights and diagnostic skills embedded in “I will know it when I see it”.
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Here are some suggested practice for cultivating and maintaining effective teamwork in starts that are working as remote teams.
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Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in February 2024 on a theme of positive deviance and useful non-conformance that create ‘productive variety.”
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A list of Sean Murphy’s favorite talks for engineers and entrepreneurs; includes Silicon Valley Innovation and How to Bootstrap.
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Here are seven tips for taking full advantage of a conference: how to prepare, planning your schedule, effective networking, taking notes, and following up.
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A power outage triggers some reflections on the value of redundancy and some kind words for those who make repairs on dark and rainy nights.
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My theme for quotes for entrepreneurs this month is effective preparation: looking back, looking forward, learning from past mistakes, and avoiding needless worry.
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State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024: a discussion among David Weisburd, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, and Jason Calacanis shed light on the challenges faced by startups, drawing parallels to the dotcom crash. Gurley, Gerstner, and Calacanis on the State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024 In a Jan-6-2024 conversation (on Episode 1875 of
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Video and highlight from Jan-17-2024 briefing by Shawn Flynn at Lean Culture where he shares insights and trends from CES 2024. He covers what it means for the future of the startup ecosystem.
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Treat Your Spouse As An Investor Here are ten rules of thumb that I have seen successful founders follow to navigate the first two to three years of a startup and keep their spouse on board and supportive. 1. Treat your spouse as an investor and board member from the beginning. You will need their
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Brendan McAdams talks about three key obstacles that consistently prevent early-stage entrepreneurs from getting customer adoption and traction, the fundamental skills and abilities that tech founders typically don’t know they have to be effective at customer engagement and acquisition, and how to leverage those abilities to move the customer forward in the customer journey. In
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Theme for December 2023 quotes for entrepreneurs is books and reading.
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Our Q4/2023 Newsletter focuses on our Customer Discovery Bootcamp for Market Exploration. It is offered on demand with new cohorts starting in January 2024.
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Best Wishes for a Joyous Holiday Season and a Successful New Year
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