Networking in Silicon Valley 2023
A primer on Networking in Silicon Valley 2023, collects material from articles I’ve written and briefings I’ve given over the last 16 years.
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Tisha Littlejohn Interviews Derek Woods
I found the interview that Tisha Littlejohn did with Derek Woods fascinating. His stories clearly expressed the mindset of an entrepreneur.
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“How to Live” Derek Sivers’ Smorgasbord of Mindsets
Derek Sivers details 27 distinct mindsets in “How to Live.” He concludes that each should choose how to integrate them into their life choices.
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SKM April 2023 Newsletter – 2023 – a Year of Learning
Make 2023 a year of learning! Entrepreneurs always need to maintain a balance between exploration and execution. Today is a good time to look back, adjust your priorities and increase your rate of learning by increasing your rate of experimentation and the number of conversations you have with prospects, customers, and peers. There
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Six Activities for Learning New Skills and Tools
Real life often presents entrepreneurs with a new problem or opportunity, so they find themselves learning new skills and tools on the fly.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in March 2023
The theme for this month’s collection of quotes for entrepreneurs is traveling hopefully.
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Sean Murphy: Mastering the Art of Model Creation for Effective Business Decision-Making
We make about 35000 decisions a day. Creating the right decision-making-model can steer your organization or team in the right direction.
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Moe Arnaiz: Lessons Learned Bootstrapping eMOBUS and Weeldi
Moe Arnaiz is an outstanding entrepreneurial CEO; he shares two founder stories: the successful sale of eMOBUS and how going through that process helped him navigate his new venture, Weeldi. As a serial entrepreneur, he has shown the ability to take his awareness of industry direction and craft it into a business vision.
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Angie McCormick
This post recognizes our long term collaboration with Angie McCormick. We enjoy working with Angie because she is cool under pressure and very good at keeping projects and entrepreneurs on track. Her warmth and humor immediately put attendees at ease in our public events.
Tips For A Good Nurture Campaign
A good nurture campaign is a process by which leads are tracked and developed into sales-qualified leads–prospects who are ready to buy.
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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Shutdown – a Recap
A recap post that will collect observations about the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in February 2023
The theme for this month’s collection of quotes for entrepreneurs is learning, in particular I suggest you make 2023 a year of learning.
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Customer Buying Process: Understand, Believe, Act
A simple but very useful model we like for the customer buying process is “Understand, Believe, Act.” This post explains what it is and how to apply it.
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Customer Care
Customer care is treating your customers with respect and dignity. It requires curiosity and empathy on everyone’s part in a startup.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in January 2023
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in January 2023 on a theme of honesty on the frontier: startups exploring new markets and new technologies.
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Clear in Hindsight: April 2022 ended a Minsky boom for startups
A Minsky boom is a period of economic growth characterized by increasing instability and speculation, ending in startup funding constricting.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in December 2022
Quotes for entrepreneurs: “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs.” How to manage fear, doubt, greed, and success.
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What To Do Before You Find a Cofounder
Harsh Darji shares some of his drawings and his process of visual thinking. See how visual thinking can help you innovate your business.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in November 2022
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in November 2022 around of theme of prudent risk-taking, the art of sound judgment in uncertain situations.
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Harsh Darji on How to Innovate Using Visual Thinking
Harsh Darji shares some of his drawings and his process of visual thinking. See how visual thinking can help you innovate your business.
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