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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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The leap from employee to entrepreneur – Small Business Spotlight

Up and Running

We actually consult with each client, and tend to become an extension of their marketing team or development office.” million in grants to emerging businesses since 1999. version, and talking to an advisory board and seed round investors already.”

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Best of Breed

thebarefootvc

Client-server has moved to the cloud (dramatically decreasing the cost of software development and deployment), and mobile apps are everywhere. Whereas I may have seen a dozen companies in 1999 with a point solution in a particular area, now I see multiples. Or at least get some of them on your advisory board.

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The Lightspeed Batphone?—?Welcome Brian Kasser and Meredith Kendall

Lightspeed Venture Partners

His experience includes working with publicly traded and venture-funded technology companies with a significant focus on CEO, COO, President and Board level assignments, as well as senior-level/worldwide sales, financial, corporate development and marketing functions. subscriber base to over six million users.

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Venture Deals 4e German Edition

Feld Thoughts

He believes the structures originally developed in the U.S. This third body is often referred to as an advisory board (Beirat), sometimes also as a supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat). The boom years of 1998 (79 IPOs), 1999 (175 IPOs), and 2000 (142 IPOs) are long gone. German Startups Association).

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Advisory Board. Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley. development is the proliferation of web Apps (e.g. Carpe Diem. What Does a CEO Do, Anyway?

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #14: Selling to the “Cool Kids”

Austin Startup

As I’ve helped entrepreneurs find their own product-market fit and connected them to potential clients, investors, and Advisory Board members, I’ve spent a lot of time telling them about the “cool kids”. Develop a personal board of advisors about that topic. it isn’t easy. Go seek out the experts.