YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “ Harnessing the power of references and referrals seems like an obvious win. What could make more sense than to leverage the enthusiasm of happy customers to convince buyers that they need your products and services?

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Programming Customer Social Media Advisory Board 145

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Even with advantages that independent startups can never hope to match, including brand recognition, customers, financial capital, and distribution, I don’t often see the entrepreneurial passion for innovation, agility, and team perseverance exhibited by new startups. Assemble an engaged new venture advisory board.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

She is the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Growth IQ. Tiffani emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to company strategy that involves all stakeholders, including IT, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and HR. What do you think? [10:07] That's right.

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Employee Technical Review Advisory Board Sales 75

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

A well-developed product architecture helps a startup to achieve rapid market/product fit by successfully appealing to customers (users). Vitally, startup teams must be absolutely certain that both customer and market validation have been achieved before declaring market/product fit. This is quite the balancing act.

Framework 127

Framework Architecture Cleveland Early Stage 127

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

While the last post was titled “ You Know You’re Getting Close to Your Customers When They Offer You a Job “, this post should probably be titled, “You Know You’re Getting Close to Your Customers When You Offer Them a Job.&#

Engineer 214

Engineer Silicon Valley Part-Time VPE Advisory Board 214

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

How to recognize when it’s time to pull the plug on your startup idea, and why founders can’t operate afford to operate in a vacuum were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. And not keep investors informed about changes to your business model can have serious consequences. There was a lot of interest.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

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. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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Customer Development Web Developer Customer 226

Board Effect

MARCH 28, 2024

Nonprofit leaders looking to maximize resources should take a fresh look at board management software, a versatile tool that can touch all aspects of organizational operations. For example, foundations, event committees, medical executive committees, quality teams, advisory boards and leadership teams, to name but a few.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

A well-developed product architecture helps a startup to achieve rapid market/product fit by successfully appealing to customers (users). Vitally, startup teams must be absolutely certain that both customer and market validation have been achieved before declaring market/product fit. This is quite the balancing act.

Framework 113

Framework Architecture Cleveland Early Stage 113

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2017

They identify and support high impact startups that need access to customers, mentors, training, and capital. Startups struggle to establish their value proposition , create and launch their pilots, and get first customers. Customer, staff, and operation growth present new challenges and require even greater amounts of capital.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Roughly half (49%) of nonprofit leaders say they do not have the right board members to “establish trust with the communities they serve,” according to Leading With Intent. If they’re vastly different, and your survey results indicate that your members and others in the community don’t recognize a diverse board.

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Technical Review Technology Advisory Board Leadership 52

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

It’s important to note slippage indicators, including less internal feedback on requirements to fight competitors, and more focus inward than outward on customers needs and trends. Assess many change initiatives have come to fruition from your team, visit a couple of key customers and listen for future needs, and study your newest competitor.

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Agile Advisory Board Metrics Asia 307

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

How to recognize when it’s time to pull the plug on your startup idea, and why founders can’t operate afford to operate in a vacuum were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. And not keep investors informed about changes to your business model can have serious consequences. There was a lot of interest.

Columbus 120

Columbus Entrepreneur Ohio Cofounder 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

A thought leader in the area of big data analytics, social media, optimization, machine learning, and data mining, he also served as a Venture Advisor focusing on big-data analytics at Trident Capital , and was on the advisory board of several startups. . Filed under: Customer Development. ” We certainly did.

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Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Fractional CTO Analytics 120

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As an entrepreneur, joining organizations or networking groups can allow you to connect with like-minded people who can provide you with information and support, and refer customers to you. 3- Finance Club Photo Credit: Jonathan Tian I am enrolled with the Finance Club on LinkedIn to enhance my business operation beyond boundaries.

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Community Architecture Entrepreneur Networking 100

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

These vertical solutions would focus on specific pain pain points in the enterprise, such as logistics or customer relationship management. Slice and dice this landscape according to different features/metrics that you think are important to your CUSTOMER. Or at least get some of them on your advisory board.

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Advisory Board Cloud Venture Capital Vertical 70

Up and Running

MAY 20, 2014

Following the logic that venture founding teams need both builders (engineers, operations specialists) and sellers (marketing, sales, business development), I focused my coursework on marketing, and some of these classes truly blew my mind. Since customers are the center of any business, that changed the way I think.

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Entrepreneur Advisory Board Silicon Valley New York 88

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

When you get started (and you will! ), you will spend most of your time dealing with crises that never end and setting up meetings with current and future investors, customers, suppliers, and distributors. Not only investors can bring strong networks, but also classmates, employees, and customers. Valeant is a good example.

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Entrepreneur Advisory Board Green Networking 101

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

What are the details of your ownership structure, board of directors, investor list, partners, and so on? List an advisory board if you have one, list all employee salaries, incentives, referral bonuses for recruiting, and all such details. Write down the responsibilities and roles of everyone on your team. This is normal.

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Business Plan SBA Software Review Advisory Board 93

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. Operating plan. An industry overview. Financial plan.

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Angel Investor Small Business Business Plan Intellectual Property 85

OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Chapter 2: Defining and Testing the Story…Start Out By Admitting You’re Wrong, A Lean Business Plan Template, Problem, Solution, Key Metrics, Unique Value Proposition and Unfair Advantages, Channels, Customer Segments, Cost Structure and Revenue Streams. Chapter 17: Creating a Company Operating System…Creating Company Rhythms, A Marathon?

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Startup Advisory Board Elevator Pitch Forecast 95

Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2013

A founder typically recruits co-founders and then becomes part of the founding team involved in day-to-day company operations. In addition, the founding CEO thrives operating in chaos and uncertainty. They deal with the daily crisis of product development and acquiring early customers.

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Cofounder Advisory Board Customer Development Leadership 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2017

Very few people are experts in all facets of a new business, including finance, sales, marketing, and operations. Focus on products and customers, and trust your accountant. The strength of every new business is that it has no legacy, and being small, can adapt quickly and easily to new information and new customers.

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Cost Advisory Board Entrepreneur Angel Investor 180

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

They come from every background and geography imaginable – an operator who could be a customer, a potential user who can provide feedback on an offering, a policy specialist who can explain a regulatory process. David Teten: As you know, almost every VC fund operates as effectively a mini expert network.

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

For example, I was on the Advisory Board of a small company whose founder was killing his health through overwork, even though he felt high focused. Focus on satisfying your ideal and best customers. Make sure your team knows that all customers are not the same, and how to provide memorable experiences to the key set.

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Advisory Board Non-Compete Dilution .Net 152

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2016

In my role as an advisory board member for several startups, I’m always excited to see that initial surge of revenue from a great rollout campaign. An initial revenue surge, or a major cash advance from investors often leads to a mentality of building a large customer base at any cost.

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Advisory Board Startup Revenue Finance 120

The Startup Magazine

MAY 28, 2019

Embargo is the brainchild of co-founders; Tsewang Wangkang, Nik von Solodkoff and Frederick Szydlowski which created quite a trio linking their finance, hospitality and IT background to solve a problem all three had experienced themselves – the huge disconnect between customers and venues in the bar, restaurant and coffee shop scene.

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Advisory Board Angel Investor Startup Cofounder 117

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

With new crowdsourced fundraising operations like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , entrepreneurs are finding that they might be able to rely on the kindness of thousands of strangers who are willing to invest in their ideas. The need for funding in the early days of a business is constant and the timeline until profit can be long.

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Advisory Board Entrepreneur Portland Oregon 249

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2017

In what I like to call “smart ideation” there are five quick tests that you can do to get a pretty good ideal about the viability of your business idea: (1) The Customer Problem-Solution Test. It is critically important that you assess the value of the idea, from your target customer’s perspective. 4) The Market Size and Growth Test.

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Advisory Board Revenue Vertical Business Model 138

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 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. Operating plan. Real Estate. Write a business plan.

Business Plan 64

Business Plan Small Business Administration Hiring Social Media 64

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The class was designed to teach educators (and the adjunct entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship. What he really said, was that an operating plan comes after you have some facts.).

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Delaware Lean Entrepreneur Advisory Board 302

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I wrote recently about the role of Advisory Boards in startups , which I expected to be a bit controversial. It’s just that many companies waste equity on advisory boards, pick the wrong advisers or set up advisory boards with the wrong expectations. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice.

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Advisory Board Strategic Investors Venture Capital Later Stage 215

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

These could include customer penetration, revenue growth, budget guidelines, and industry visibility. Team members begin by working with industry experts, advisors, and customers to validate assumptions, implementation plans, and financial parameters. Announce and launch an operational product. A dream is not enough.

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Intellectual Property Advisory Board Metrics Leadership 120

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Good governance practices demand that nonprofit boards review and make amendments to their bylaws annually to ensure sound leadership. Operating a nonprofit organization is similar to running a for-profit corporation in many ways. Creating an executive board, advisory board, or emeritus board.

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Tennessee Advisory Board Government Leadership 105

Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

You have some actual customers, driving real revenue and maybe even have an employee or two. And now here you are, all alone, trying to figure out how to take that concept, those few customers, that couple of employees and create a sustaining, scalable business. When customers and employees are depending on the decisions you make.

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Early Stage Advisory Board Technical Review Web Development 32

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

We enjoy visionary leadership, dedicated engineers working on their life ambitions, exceptional operational leadership, the A list of advisory board members, highly skilled assembly technicians, and energetic marketing and product team members. What is your secret sauce? Our people! The Apptronik Team.

Texas 104

Texas Advisory Board Startup Angel Investor 104

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The class was designed to teach educators (and the adjunct entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship. What he really said, was that an operating plan comes after you have some facts.).

Delaware 194

Delaware Lean Entrepreneur Advisory Board 194