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A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 26, 2009 A real Customer Advisory Board A reader recently asked on a previous post about the technique of having customers periodically produce a “state of the company&# progress report. One example is having a real Customer Advisory Board.

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You Negotiate Commodities, But You Seize Opportunities

Steve Blank

Advisory Board. At one of our initial board meetings we had agreed on the general principle of an advisory board and put together an overall stock budget to compensate advisors. Over the next week we exchanged emails over advisory board stock. I knew he would bring immense value to me and the company.

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Still growing our team

Version One Ventures

You may recall that we opened a search for an associate last summer. Unfortunately, we didn’t find someone who was the right fit for us – and decided to take a short break from the search. Reporting for our investors, including writing quarterly updates and preparing LP advisory board meetings.

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10 Qualities That Will Make You Stand Out In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Some people, and some entrepreneurs, have that something extra that you can’t quite put your finger on, like the judges are searching for on American Idol. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. To be successful starting a business, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps.

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Organizational Debt is like Technical debt – but worse

Steve Blank

Startups focus on speed since they are burning cash every day as they search for product/market fit. He had never run one, and worse, had never been on a board of a startup making the transition from searching for a business model and product/market fit, to the next phase of “building” the infrastructure to support scale.

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10 Entrepreneur Attributes That Will Make You A Star

Startup Professionals Musings

Some people, and some entrepreneurs, have that something extra that you can’t quite put your finger on, like Ryan Seacrest is searching for on American Idol. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. I’m sorry, but there is no magic, and it doesn’t happen overnight.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the Role of a Mentor in Their Business

Hearpreneur

We have a handful of trusted mentors we utilize sort of like an advisory board. Thanks to Sally Stevens, Fast People Search ! #26- Photo Credit: Ryne Lambert. Mentors have played a vital role in our business in the last three and a half years. Each of them provides subject-matter expertise in a specific area of our business.