crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

A successful product quickly acquires new users/customers and delivers consistent value. It’s not surprising that companies with successful products grow their customer base, increase their revenues, and outperform competitors. After all, many successful products adopt psychology principles that influence customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? I remember this lesson well. Steve, thanks so much for joining us today!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Some offer amazing customer service, others enviable showrooms, and all of them a truly unique shopping experience that no e-commerce site could ever match. Customers who have problems with merchandise can get an appointment with the in-house “Geniuses” who will look at, fix, or replaced damaged products. What makes Wegmans so great?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 7, 2015

Having a page that funnels people directly from offer to customer means less steps in the website journey process for them to get lost. Back in 1997, the Nielsen Norman Group conducted the first study to determine how users read on the web. 2 Your customers’ motivations. Know what makes your customers tick.

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BeyondVC

JULY 19, 2005

It reminds me of a panel that I spoke on in 1997 at the Red Herring Java Technology Conference. On the enterprise side, the only reason I would support having a company move off an existing platform to.Net is if there was significant customer demand for it and if Microsoft would really provide the company with access to its channel.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 30, 2010

When a company clearly articulates its story, the context for everyone—employees, partners, customers, investors, and the press—becomes clear: When a company fails to tell its story, you hear phrases like: “These reporters don’t get it.”. Read Jeff Bezos’ 3-page letter he wrote to shareholders in 1997.

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