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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. Back in 1990’s, I was working for one of the leading sogo shohsa (trading company) in Japan, building data communications startups. Evangelizing Customer Development in Japan.

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

ConversionXL

This is a customer development problem. By the end of this article, you should have a better understanding of how to develop new products or tweak your existing offerings by working with existing or prospective customers to incorporate their feedback to create viable solutions to their problems, and clearly communicate their value.

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

conversionxl.com

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem. Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. This is a customer development problem. So What is Customer Development? Extra Lucrative Conversion Advice.

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Seven Things Your Customers Can Do Better Than You

YoungUpstarts

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “ The old paradigm works like this: Your company produces goods and services that help customers get a job done. In return, the customers pay you money. Close the sale.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

The popularity of the model can be judged by the fact that the U.S. VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Customer Development. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center.

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Are You Putting Your Rock Star Customers To Work?

YoungUpstarts

If so, the business world is full of specialists who are all too eager to help. Brilliant ad agencies and clever marketing communications experts. Talented product developers. These are just a few of the powerful, growth-fostering impacts “Rock Star” customers are creating for a variety of companies.

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Seven Reasons Why Customer Reference Programs Fail

YoungUpstarts

It must cross boundaries, working cooperatively with other divisions in your business such as sales, marketing, social media, PR, product development, and the like. Too often salespeople may “hoard” their prize references, fencing them off from big opportunities to promote or close business for you.