Category Archives: Entrepreneuring

Asking for Help – Need Readers for My Draft Book

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Skip Walter

I need some help. I am looking for a few “young entrepreneurs” or young at heart entrepreneurs who have a few hours to read through an early draft of Emails for a Young Entrepreneur and share with me your first impressions. As … Continue reading →

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Questions?

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Skip Walter

Twas the night before Halloween and I couldn’t resist. My lovely bride stocked our house with our annual sugar overdose and I dove in. The Heath Bars and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups somehow leaped into my hand. As the sugar … Continue reading →

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The Lost Power of Why

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Skip Walter

Way too many moons ago I was introduced to the Deming “Five Whys” through interactions with the Digital Equipment Corporation Manufacturing Division as part of the Japan Study Mission: “Systematically asking why an event occurs or a condition exists. The … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Kickin’ it in Silicon Valley

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Skip Walter

One of the treats of collaborating with a wide range of entrepreneurs is the occasional working trip to Silicon Valley. Enjoy a few images from the many forms of “creative environments” to bring out the best of the entrepreneur. For … Continue reading →

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Dyslexia – the invisible fuel of entrepreneurs?

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Skip Walter

Once again, Malcolm Gladwell offers us many “flipped perspectives” in David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. For those of you who like oral story telling you can find Malcolm telling the story (Ted – Ideas worth spreading) … Continue reading →

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Strategic Networking with the Benziger Green Team

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Skip Walter

Several years ago, I encountered an excellent article in the Harvard Business Review which researched “How Leaders Create and Use Networks.” The authors made the distinction between Operational Networks, Personal Networks and Strategic Networks. Most of our time is spent working within Operational or Personal … Continue reading →

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Whiteboarding: Designing a software team

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Skip Walter

Not knowing what I was getting into (a common state lately), I joined some former colleagues to catch up on their new venture. They asked me how I would go about designing a software team for their new pivot. They … Continue reading →

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B2B2C

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Skip Walter

Over the last six months, I started a research project in conjunction with a B2B accelerator, 9Mile Labs, to understand what factors lead to entrepreneurial success. A key part of the research method was to use video ethnography to capture … Continue reading →

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Both/And or Either/Or?

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Skip Walter

“If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham Maslow As good left brained analytics trained by Western “education systems,” many of us technical folks believe that there is one right answer to … Continue reading →

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