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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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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

Between Board Meetings. Communicating Between Board Meetings. The Agile Board. Board Observers & Advisory Boards -. The Problem with Board Observers. Rethinking the Role of Board Observers. Why Advisory Boards Give Less Value Than Most Hope. Meeting Dynamics.

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5 Forces That Kill Momentum For Business First-Movers

Startup Professionals Musings

They outline and give some positive recommendations to counter the key organizational impediments to fast transformation that I see all too often, even in businesses with top management committed to first-mover speed and agility: Passive resistance to change from within the organization.

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5 Preconditions for Success in Spawning a New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

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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8 Business Execution Strategies That Lead To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup should have at least quarterly meetings with an Advisory Board or key investors to bring a new perspective to what is working and what is not. I can tell you from personal experience that it’s easy to get blinded by daily crises, and miss key issues that gate success. Choose your focus and do it well to succeed.

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8 Business Accountability Lapses And How To Recover

Startup Professionals Musings

Accountable leaders and teams realize that pivots are often required, and the agility to make changes to the product, business model, and even the customer set, must be part of every accountable culture. I believe that every business, whether public or private, needs to engage an advisory board or outside directors for a regular review.

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The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, If youre interested in being part of my "customer advisory board" for this presentation, please get in touch. Eric, if youre looking for any help as a "customer advisory board", Id love to do anything I can to help. Expo SF (May.

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