Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The Lean Startup is a practical approach for creating and managing a new breed of company that excels in low-cost experimentation, rapid iteration, and true customer insight. If youre interested in being part of my "customer advisory board" for this presentation, please get in touch. I am extending it to all start-ups.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. In some cases, that relationship grows into something more than conversation – like joining an advisory board, investing, partnering, or even joining the team.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

Thankfully, the availability of other unconventional funding options is also increasing, providing capital to entrepreneurs whose businesses may grow to become long-term customers. Case in point: It took Amazon six years to earn a dime, during which it consumed huge amounts of venture funding and issued an IPO.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 2 by Nivi on February 27th, 2008 Here are more frequently asked questions about advisors. For example, they introduce the company to a key customer or investor. They know all your prospective customers intimately.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Step Five: Have the humility and self-awareness to surround yourself with great mentors, from your angel investors, to your VC investors, to your Advisory Board, to your Board of Directors, and to your CEO or executive coach. DFS was formed in 1997 to provide Dell customers the best financing options. We are glad we did.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Make sure you build your business to meet the needs of a specific niche to avoid overspending and underwhelming all of your potential customers. That passion will come through in everything you do, and your customers will appreciate and embrace the authenticity of your brand. NOT SATISFIED WITH THE GROWTH OF YOUR BUSINESS?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. Some startups avoid getting customer feedback for precisely this reason: they are afraid that if early reactions are negative, theyll be "forced" to abandon their vision. One such practice is to pivot from one vision to the next.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

It’s important to invest in good architecture so that your website will scale once customers arrive. If you make that investment, and then customers arrive, and the site stays up, most companies will reward the people who built the architecture and, thus, prevented the scaling problems. How upset will those customers be?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

On April 1, 2008, I was as nervous as I have ever been in my life. I had a Customer Advisory Board , made up of the type of people who attended this conference, to give me feedback on my talk and slides. And the mission I discovered as a nervous wreck in 2008 continues to motivate me to keep going.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2009

pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2009

The larger-account division wanted to move the pricing in just the other direction – making the low-end products more expensive, so their large customers would have an increased incentive to upgrade. Many custom reports had been created for this meeting, and the data warehouse team was in the meeting, too.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It’s not about you, it’s about your customers. At Fab we have been focused from day 1 on making our customers smile. Passion for building a business is not enough; there needs to be passion for your customer and solving your customer’s problem.?. Your customer is growing up on social media. Provide feedback.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Whether that’s a funny ringtone or an impromptu blast of Rebecca Black’s “Friday,&# coworking can be a great way to network, make friends and have a built-in advisory board of people from many different industries. Plus, a lot of coworking spaces offer classes and seminars on new technology and tools.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, October 23, 2009 Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback on a minimum viable product How much work should you do on a new product before involving customers? But other times, the right way to learn is actually to show a product prototype to customers one-on-one.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Unfortunately, customers hated that initial product. Unfortunately, we made two critically flawed assumptions: that customers would primarily consume first-party assets that we shipped to them on CD and that they would tend to congregate in a relatively uniform way. How likely will customers ultimately use that feature?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Advisory Board. Why You Should Write.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Three reasons: change the world, make customers’ lives better and create an organization of lasting value. Three reasons: change the world, make customers’ lives better and create an organization of lasting value. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Unfortunately, after months or even years of development, many companies discover that customers arent willing to buy their new wares. It isnt until a customer actually clicks or calls to place an order that TPGTEXs developers will build the software. "We The biggest is the confusion over why this tactic is useful.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

7 Startup Customer Discovery Questions. When you are dealing with literally hundreds of products it gets pretty hard for customers to find what they are looking for. It’s easier to do branding and since nobody knows about you at the start anyway, it’s better to have only one thing for customers to remember instead of 2.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The Startup Lawyer says: April 15, 2008 at 10:58 am [.] (1) Southlake Chamber of Commerce Publishes Article by Ryan Roberts | Ryan Roberts PC says: June 25, 2008 at 4:42 pm [.] Entrepreneur and Co-Founder Advice | The Startup Lawyer says: August 20, 2008 at 9:25 am [.] How Much are Legal Fees to Launch a Startup Company? |

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www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

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