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Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles

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I’m going to take that thought out into the field and validate it with my customers." I’ve spoken to dozens of customers, I have a validated customer persona, built an MVP to test key behavioral hypotheses, and the data doesn’t back what you’re saying." Customer Validation 101. Either: "That’s interesting.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Innovative.

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Social Networking and Business Value

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Paul Ollinger, West Coast Vice President of Sales of Facebook Paul Ollinger is the West Coast Vice President of Sales for Facebook. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook. LAUNCH.com, and The Improv Comedy Clubs.

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Goals Accountability and Social Support for Big Impact

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Of course, improving customer satisfaction is a goal, but the system would drill down to specific issues such as knowledge of store layout. For automotive sales associates, the rewards were prizes, trips, etc. In fact, we’ve also used it as a means of some fairly generic goal setting processes.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

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Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. You’ve got a REALLY diverse background. What’s the short version?

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

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You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

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You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry.

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