Memorial Day 2014
On Memorial Day we commemorate those who have died in the service of our country. It’s a day of remembrance more than one of celebration. I offer some quotes on death, heroism, and the stories we tell for you to meditate on.
What is Lean? Lean Innovation 101 on May 27, 2014
Sean Murphy is honored to speak at Linked CXO Forum on Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 at Haworth Showroom in San Francisco, California. Linked CXO provides networking for senior executives – “Bosses Need Professional Development, Too.” “Lean” provides a scientific approach for creating a product and developing new businesses. Teams can build products or services to
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Advice on Crowdfunding from Matt Oscamou, Mark Palaima, and Noah Dentzel
Some advice from a couple of founders that ran successful crowdfunding campaigns: Matt Oscamou, CEO of Frontier Bites, Mark Palaima, Distinguished Engineer at Avagent, and Noah Dentzel, CEO of Nomad Goods.
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Mentor at B2B Startup Weekend
I will be a mentor at the B2B Startup Weekend June 6-8 in San Francisco.
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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson: Focus for Effect But Look Beyond Your Own Special Interests
Focus For Effect “Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerance and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-idea individual, concentrated entirely on that one idea, and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas.”
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Steve Hodas’ Lean Startup 2013 Talk Offers Recipe for Re-Invigorating Intrapreneurs
Steve Hodas packs a lot of insight packed into this 15 minute talk from the Lean Startup 2013 conference. A recent conversation reminded me how much I enjoyed this talk and the savvy approach Hodas outlines for enterprise or large organizations who want to encourage innovation by partnering with startups and re-invigorating intrapreneurs and internal
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Don’t Ask Your Next Question Before You Learn From The Last Answer
When you are interviewing a prospect don’t ask your next question before you learn from the last answer. If they are not asking you questions it’s deteriorated into an interrogation.
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Circle the Chairs
Brian Fuller had an interesting blog post on why you should circle the chairs in a meeting to increase audience participation at “Industry events need to get more social.” Panels and speeches at events are the live equivalent of newspaper publishing: We talk, you listen. Newspapers and magazines have been pounded for the better part
Q: How Much Attention Should I Pay To Potential Competition?
Instead of looking left and right for potential competition, I would walk around the table and look at the situation from your prospect’s perspective.
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Q: Can We Launch First and Ask Customer Discovery Questions Later?
Don’t do a big launch before you have completed customer discovery or you are running a very expensive test of your key customer and market hypotheses.
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Kent Beck and Don Reinertsen on Value of Storytelling
What follows is an exchange on twitter between Kent Beck and Don Reinertsen on Dec 12-2013 about their experiences as speakers at the Lean Startup Conference 2013 that I thought was worth preserving. Kent Beck and Don Reinertsen on Value of Storytelling Kent Beck (@KentBeck) Dec 12: The beauty of teaching through storytelling is that
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–April 2014
A collection of quotes of interest and use to entrepreneurs: these quotes for entrepreneurs were identified in April 2014.
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Tools vs. Methods vs. Policies
Distinguish tools vs. methods vs. policies. Tools that support a range of methods and policies are much more useful a and much more likely to get used.
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Call to Action Examples
Nobody disputes how important “Call to Actions” are but sometimes I run out of ideas for good ones. Here is my list of favorite ones. Find out the latest Watch this short video for more information Check this out! See why we are excited! Learn more Read how we did it! Start saving Compare us
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Tristan Kromer’s May Workshops Promise To Help You Reframe Your MVP
Tristan Kromer offers a great workshop on taking your big idea and break it into a series of small steps to test. Your MVP Sucks! – How to crush your dreams and embrace reality Monday, May 5, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT) more info Tuesday, May 20, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00
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Recap of “How To Give a Great Demo” at CoFounders Club Wed-Apr-16-2014
I had a nice time at last night’s Cofounder Club. Dea Wilson, founder of Lifograph, invited me to talk about “Giving a Killer Demo.” We had a lively discussion upstairs at Procopio: starting with some introductions and then short demos by the attendees, then I gave a formal recap of the Great Demo methodology and how to apply
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Silicon Valley Robot Block Party 2014
Recently, I attended the Silicon Valley Robot Block Party. Like a mini-makers faire, it was a lot of fun. Folks were there with business robotics, home robotics, toy and entertainment robotics, and homemade robotic products by hobbyists and students. Some of the robots showcased.
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Quotes For Entrepreneurs–March 2014
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Building a Business Requires Building Trust
One of the hallmarks for success in a business-to-business market is the ability to form personal relationships as well as professional business relationships. Both require building trust. I am always dismayed when I read advice that advocates bait and switch or other forms of con games that erode trust and make it difficult for any
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Great Demo Workshop Attendee: “Holy Crap! My Demos Have Too Much Detail”
After every Great Demo! workshop we contact the attendees with a short E-Mail that reads in part: I want to check-in to see how you have been doing using the ideas and skills we covered in our Great Demo! Workshop three months ago. Specifically, I’d like to hear: What have been the results so far?
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