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by skmurphy 12y ago
It's to avoid "bounce back" charges and the risk of litigation. I am not disputing your point that it's obnoxious but it's a risk avoidance behavior that the hospital does not have to pay for.
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CDC EbolaResponse (ER) spreadsheet model for spread and impact of ebola(stacks.cdc.gov)
1 points by skmurphy 12y ago|0 comments
903.
by skmurphy 12y ago
Summary: 1. Don’t spend too much time on market research. 2. If the feature is really important, it’s not free. Be very careful about what open-source modules you incorporate into your own product. 3. Watch users where
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Arun Kumar: 9 Lessons Learned Bootstrapping Kerika(skmurphy.com)
1 points by skmurphy 12y ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 12y ago
A life expectancy of 80 or 90 where you are active until the last six months of your life is a win compared to keeling over at 55 from a stroke or heart attack. The fact that life expectancy is not 100 or 1,000 doesn't mean that it&#x2
906.
by skmurphy 12y ago
Tom Wolfe wrote “The Tinkering’s of Robert Noyce” http://web.stanford.edu/class/e140/e140a/content/noyce.html (discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8133479 ) about the foun
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Robert Noyce and His Congregation (1997)(forbes.com)
13 points by skmurphy 12y ago|3 comments
908.
by skmurphy 12y ago
Tom Wolfe wrote “The Tinkering’s of Robert Noyce” about the founding and early culture at Fairchild and Intel for Esquire in December of 1983 and updated it for Forbes ASAP fourteen years later as “Robert Noyce and his Congregation.” (Aug-2
909.
by skmurphy 12y ago
Core premise: I hate to break it to anyone, but the creation of a board, the building of a strong legal base, and, to take it a step further, tedious little things like values statements and human resource policies, are all the
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Founders Run Amok: It Starts With a Term Sheet(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
1 points by skmurphy 12y ago|1 comments
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Dan Scheinman’s Blue Ocean Venture Strategy: Target Entrepreneurs Over 35(skmurphy.com)
3 points by skmurphy 12y ago|0 comments
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by skmurphy 12y ago
In real life, as opposed to thought experiments, it's hard to tell when, where, and in what circumstances you will meet someone again. I don't think it's ever in your best interest to screw anyone over. We exist in a web of r
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by skmurphy 12y ago
Hodas outlines an approach for enterprise or large organizations who want to encourage innovation by partnering with startups and re-invigorating intrapreneurs and internal change agents: define an API to share data; elicit suppor
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Steve Hodas Offers Recipe for Re-Invigorating Intrapreneurs (skmurphy.com)
1 points by skmurphy 12y ago|1 comments
915.
by skmurphy 12y ago
A twitter exchange from Dec-2013 after both had presented a the 2013 Lean Startup Conference Kent Beck: The beauty of teaching through storytelling is that the listeners’ lessons aren’t limited by the storyteller’s imagination. Donald Reine
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Kent Beck and Don Reinertsen on Value of Storytelling(skmurphy.com)
1 points by skmurphy 12y ago|1 comments
917.
by skmurphy 13y ago
Key conclusions What’s interesting about digital tools for information work is how frequently they are born from a specific ideology: someone thought work should be done in a certain manner, they found no tools to support t
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No New Tools(frankchimero.com)
1 points by skmurphy 13y ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 13y ago
George Grellas is grellas on HN. This is a rare opportunity to hear him address key legal topics for founders including navigating the tug of war between dilution and control pros and cons of positioning your startup as rapidly scal
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George Grellas talks on "Strategic Legal Planning" in San Jose (aslcpa.com)
3 points by skmurphy 13y ago|1 comments
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The Young Man's Business Model (paultyma.blogspot.com)
3 points by skmurphy 13y ago|0 comments
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by skmurphy 13y ago
This is an excellent lessons learned write-up in a framework that is very clear. He outlines the initial vision, key assumptions (labelled "big IFs) and then a sequence of five experiments with a clear definition of Hypothesis, Audie
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What We Learnt From a Failed MVP(arg0s.in)
55 points by skmurphy 13y ago|22 comments
924.
by skmurphy 13y ago
These are two great paragraphs that give a flavor We first met Jim Daily and Alan Wall underneath that big Carlsberg sign, sitting out in a late-afternoon rainstorm under an umbrella, having a couple of beers – “the only ferangs here,” a
925.
by skmurphy 13y ago
Summary: Using accrual accounting instead of modeling timing of cashflow. Using credit cards to debt finance your startup. Not defining when you will stop (before bankruptcy). Not keeping your spouse in the loop (treat spouse as an investor
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Serious Financial Mistakes Bootstrappers Can Avoid(skmurphy.com)
1 points by skmurphy 13y ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 13y ago
I see a number of parallels between playing jazz and creating a new business. Both involve a need to understand "the rules" that historical success imply, the need to collaborate in an improvisational way with co-workers in real t
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Wynton Marsalis on Humility, Self-Mastery, and Learning(skmurphy.com)
2 points by skmurphy 13y ago|2 comments
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by skmurphy 13y ago
This post offers a great checklist for avoiding the "build first" trap: 1. What problem is this actually solving, and for who? 2. How will I find and talk (face to face or on the phone) to at least 20 people whose p
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by skmurphy 13y ago
three suggestions: 1. “Put one foot in front of the other” for two to three weeks: close out small tasks, don’t look at the big picture but schedule a time to look at it candidly and let your subconscious work on it.

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