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SKMurphy  5 days ago:

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  6 days ago:

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.