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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. Today, when I talk to startup founders, the most common answer I get to the question "do you talk to your customers?" But the early customers all compared it to MySpace. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. BillSeitz - yes, but that was already true back in 2004. May 8, 2009 2:27 PM Eric said.

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