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SKMurphy  6 days ago:

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.