YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Girls from around the world were eager to get into the conversation — and P&G was able to market its products more subtly and effectively than before. The bottom line is that customers are more apt to trust and care about information when it comes from a peer rather than an organization. Finally, the site took off.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Certainly using techniques such as customer development (www.custdev.com) and lean startup (minimum viable product) can help go a long way to giving the tech co-founder some early payback in terms of whether there will be any traction in the idea and reduce their inital involvment to get to prototype stage.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

KissMetrics is all about funnel conversion, which any web analytics tool already offers and having to add yet another script on your page isn’t justified by having pretty conversion graphs. Flickr Search Copyright © 2011. MixPanel is about tracking events and cohorts in your web application (in real time).

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." The Ultimate Combination of Startup Business Development Methods - ArcticStartup , November 16, 2010 I've been a huge fan of Steven Blank's Customer Development methodology for a long time. The conversation shouldn't end after conversion.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Shawn immediately said the name I had given the four steps was confusing – I had called it market development – he suggested that I call it Customer Development – and the name stuck. It has a rapid time-to-value: How long must customers wait for the “aha” moment? Step 7: Pick, Beta, Ship.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

KissMetrics is all about funnel conversion, which any web analytics tool already offers and having to add yet another script on your page isn’t justified by having pretty conversion graphs. Flickr Search Copyright © 2011. MixPanel is about tracking events and cohorts in your web application (in real time).

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

But starting a conversation with, "Just sign here" is simply unrealistic. Would you ever say to an investor, “I don’t trust you with my signup conversion rate?&# Reply Josh Strike says: January 18, 2011 at 10:50 am Tristan, the only thing I disagree with on an emotional level is the NDA business.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

Perhaps it's an increase in your conversion rate; Or a higher number of visitors who sign up; Or a greater number of people who share content with one another; Or a lower monthly churn rate for users of your application; Maybe it's even something as simple as getting more people into your restaurant. deep) conversation.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Published on: July 13, 2011 Posted By Angie Tags: Elizabeth Knopf , Finding A Co-Founder , FounderDating , Sorced , Technical Co-Founder , Tips & Tricks. After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?" Stephen Pitt-Francis • Jan 5, 2011 Why? Murray Robinson • Jan 5, 2011 Stephen.so

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2012

We ran the first National Science Foundation Innovation Corps class October to December 2011. 63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made ~ 2,000 customer calls in 10 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. In-between the 2011 pilot class and the first NSF class of 2012, I got a call from Congressman Dan Lipinski.

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www.aaronkharris.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Skipping ahead a bit Suffice it to say that we spent much of the last few months on customer development, a topic which merits its own post, and at which I think we’ve done a decent job. That led to a lot of conversations, and, in a lot of cases, led to understanding that that person was not a fit. startupcto

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. The teams presented in front of several hundred people in person and online.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 13, 2015

Still, that says nothing of the effects of live chat on revenue and conversions. There are things that most people hate, like pop-ups , that can increase conversions. In 2011, VWO found a similar effect with one of their customers, where the Ez Texting was able to increase sign ups by 31% using a live chat widget: Image Source.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

At the end of the conversation, ask them if they’d be willing to make an introduction. 1 page website w/ simple checkout, then add things as you feel it’ll help increase conversions. What’s the best way to START a conversation about funding with a potential investor assuming that I either know this person or can get an intro.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We’re addressing the) same problems but we wanted to solve the problem in a much more scalable way so we saw, around 2011 … the Internet was going to support 3D natively. … This is why when I first learned about customer development, I’m like I get this, this made a lot of sense to me. ….

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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www.rocketwatcher.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

I had 2 conversations with startup founders this week that are trying to decide on a name for their company and I felt their pain. How to Choose a Meaningful Name for Your Startup « Zeus River says: October 31, 2011 at 10:53 am. [.] customer development. customer retention. customer service.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,). Duncan Connor • Jan 4, 2011 I was about to provide an answer, but then read this response and realized Saul had already provided an even better response than I would have done. Dave McClure • Jan 9, 2011 Home run Saul.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer Support. GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers. turn customer feedback into action. Crunchies 2011. Customer Development. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank. SW Courses. Part 1- Intro. Zendesk â??

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