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Customer Development in Japan: a History Lesson

Steve Blank

I asked Tsutsumi-san to write a guest post for my blog to describe his experience with Customer Development in Japan. faster than Ethernet and ran data but plus voice and video. But customers didn’t agree. ————-. After many sales calls, early prospects showed little rush to buy it!

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. if you don't have experience with venture debt you might want to listen to this bit in the video - we talked a lot about how it works]. Passion: Have to be able to motivate people, customers, team, yourself. we both love Jason).

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. ” Fire, Ready, Aim.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects). Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) How did the site come about? One day I came home and Molly , my future wife, was crying.

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3 Simple Ways to Empower Your Customers to Sell For You :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

My experience is that most businesses have at least a few of those evangelist type customers just looking for ways to sing their praises. Sure, asking them for a few referrals is a great way to let them help, but I’ve found that there a few things you can do to really give your champion customers a voice and let them shine in the process.

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How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%.

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