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

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 9, 2009 The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo to explain the lean startup concept to a larger audience. The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products.: I would love to be on your advisory board. Check out what I am doing at.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

(Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

Today, when I talk to startup founders, the most common answer I get to the question "do you talk to your customers?" The people who are the lifeblood of an early-stage startup are earlyvangelists. Establish a customer advisory board. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage. In a startup, we should take full advantage of our options, even if they feel dirty or riddled with technical debt. Startups are always moving, so invest in moving faster and better.

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A large batch of videos, slides, and audio

Startup Lessons Learned

In addition to some of my recent talks, you can learn more about the Startup Visa movement and enjoy two really interesting lean startup case studies. From high atop the BT Tower in London, this brief BT Tradespace interview : Why do we need a Startup Visa?

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. Thats not the goal of a lean startup. It increases the runway without additional cash.