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SKMurphy  Jun 02 13 :

Validating Your MVP For B2B Startups at SF Lean Startup Circle Tue-Jun-4 -

We have been invited back the SF Lean Startup Circle to present our “Validating Your MVP and Value Proposition for B2B Startups” workshop on June 4, starting 5:30pm.
SKMurphy  May 31 13 :

Quotes For Entrepreneurs–May 2013 -

You can follow @skmurphy to get these hot off the mojo wire or wait until they are collected in a blog post at the end of each month.
SKMurphy  May 21 13 :

Paul Spaan Offers 3D Printing Show & Tell Fri-May-24 at Mountain View BB -

Join other entrepreneurs for serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow and organic profit at a Bootstrappers Breakfast®.
SKMurphy  May 20 13 :

Founder Story: Ari Halberstadt of Catalee on Founder’s Dilemmas and Residential Energy Market -

Theresa Shafer met Ari Halberstadt at a Bootstrapper Breakfast in SF earlier this year and was very impressed with his approach to his new startup, Catalee.
SKMurphy  May 19 13 :

Reminder: Successful Consulting Engagements With Startups at IEEE-CNSV Tue-May-21 -

Quick reminder:  I will be moderating a panel on “Successful Consulting Engagements with Startups” at the May 21 IEEE-CNSV meeting.
SKMurphy  May 18 13 :

Holly DeVito on Basic Financial Controls for Bootstrappers Tue-May-21 BB in Sunnyvale -

Join other entrepreneurs for serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow and organic profit at a Bootstrappers Breakfast®.
SKMurphy  May 17 13 :

For New Products Prospect Objections Are Valuable Data -

For some clients we record our working sessions so that they can play them back later and we can listen to them and improve the quality of our interaction and improvisation.
SKMurphy  May 16 13 :

Learning the Right Lessons From Failure -

John Finneran recently wrote a postmortem on a startup that aspired to be “the 37 Signals of non-profit software entitled “Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup.
SKMurphy  May 15 13 :

Due Diligence Checklist For Evaluating A Service Business for Acquisition -

We did some work recently advising a client on  a possible acquisition a small service business and came up with a checklist of items to review: key employees – plan for retention and role in merged entity financials check register – all checks in last two years bank statements income sheet and balance statement contracts [.
SKMurphy  May 14 13 :

Podcast with Pete Tormey on Forming a Team, Dividing Equity, and Gaining Early Traction -

Pete Tormey and I decided to do a podcast to address a number of team formation, business formation, and early revenue issues that we have seen in our own startups, in our practices, or hear questions about at the various Bootstrapper Breakfasts® meetings we take part in.
SKMurphy  May 13 13 :

They Screwed Up, They Followed Our Specification -

A story from when I was working at Cisco about how a lack of trust slowed down the solution to a problem.
SKMurphy  May 03 13 :

Get Out of Your Batcave: Customer Development for Lean Startups -

Join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, where we will be giving a Lean Startup class at Education @ PARISOMA in San Francisco, CA.
SKMurphy  May 02 13 :

Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action -

A talk I enjoyed by Simon Sinek (@simonsinek) on “How Great Leaders Inspire Action.” Some great insights from Apple, Dr.
SKMurphy  May 01 13 :

How To Thrive After An Acquisition -

Q: I was CTO and co-founder of a small technology startup that was recently acquired by a much larger firm.
SKMurphy  Apr 30 13 :

Quotes For Entrepreneurs–April 2013 -

You can follow @skmurphy to get these hot off the mojo wire or wait until they are collected in a blog post at the end of each month.
SKMurphy  Apr 29 13 :

Hiring A Startup’s First Sales Person -

Gabriel Weinberg is a serial entrepreneur (latest startup: DuckDuckGo), an insightful blogger, and quality contributor to Hacker News.
SKMurphy  Apr 27 13 :

Vision Is Critical But Avoid The “Field of Dreams” -

The Field of Dreams model or “build it and they will come” is a variation on the mousetrap trap “build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
SKMurphy  Apr 22 13 :

16 Quotes on Customer Development From Asif Mandozai -

I have been following Asif Khan Mandozai (@asifmandozai) on twitter for several months now and thought I would curate a set of is best quotes on customer development for posterity.
SKMurphy  Mar 31 13 :

Quotes For Entrepreneurs–March 2013 -

You can follow @skmurphy to get these hot off the mojo wire or wait until they are collected in a blog post at the end of each month.
SKMurphy  Mar 27 13 :

Slides and Audio From “How To Bootstrap” ASLCPA Mar-27-2013 -

Or download directly from “How To Bootstrap [ASLCPA Mar-27-2013] (MP3)” It was a great audience and a lively discussion about bootstrapping.