Author Archives: Skip Walter

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About Skip Walter

Retired software executive, ardent book reader. Enjoying slow travel, learning to cook, and searching for fine wine growing. Grandfather, husband, father, brother. Recorder of Seattle sunrises. Voting blue.💙

How do you create a product vision? Part 1

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 147 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  160,000 Developing a Product Vision in an Early Stage Startup While coaching an early stage startup CEO, she asked: How do you come up with … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Culling and rearranging a lifetime of books

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 145 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  158,000 I love books. I don’t love organizing my books. I hate culling my books. I really hate finding that I bought the same book … Continue reading →

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The folly of growing an avocado tree

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 144 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  158,000 In month two of the never ending ground hog days of the Covid 19 pandemic, I decided to grow an avocado tree.  While on … Continue reading →

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The Future Earth by Eric Holthaus

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 142 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  157,000 At the top of my existential crisis list is the climate change dynamic disaster.  To see he who shall not be named ( Tя☭mp), … Continue reading →

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A Case for the American People by Norm Eisen

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 141 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  156,000 As I begin another “Groundhog Day” in self quarantine, I am gobsmacked that the impeachment of he who shall not be named occurred in … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: We interrupt our normal programming for

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 140 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  154,000 Lifelet: We interrupt our normal programming for … Until I met Russ Ackoff‘s graduate students, I didn’t understand what an existential crisis was.  Russ’s … Continue reading →

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Emails to a Young Entrepreneur: The 12 Steps of Entrepreneurs Anonymous

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 139 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  153,000 The 12 Steps of Entrepreneurs Anonymous I have great respect for all the forms of the AA 12 Step Program to aid in recovery … Continue reading →

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Emails to a Young Entrepreneur: Resources and References

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 138 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  152,000 Resources and References Throughout the book, I included links to many different resources for the young entrepreneur.  Fifty years ago, there was a dearth … Continue reading →

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Emails to a Young Entrepreneur: Acknowledgements

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 137 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  150,000 Acknowledgements On my first Outward Bound experience, one of the participants was an English professor at the University of New Hampshire. I asked him … Continue reading →

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Emails to a Young Entrepreneur: Joining the Entrepreneurial Pilgrimage

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 136 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  149,000 Joining the Entrepreneurial Pilgrimage Like the discussion with the young entrepreneurs at Duke’s InCube, all of us who become entrepreneurs are joining the long … Continue reading →

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