Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Sincerely – he is better at managing his board than any exec I have worked with. Email updates frequently. When it comes to your board this is something to emulate. If you have investors or board members that have wide relationships you can get significantly more value out of them by keeping them informed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A properly built advisory board can be a huge strategic advantage to any company. On the other hand, an advisory board put together haphazardly can be the biggest mistake for a company in the early stages of business. How do you avoid the advisory board death spiral? Select the right board member.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Have you ever thought of creating an advisory board? Usually, you would want to create an advisory board to fill in the critical areas of need not evidenced in the board of directors or within the company itself. How many advisors should you seek for a board? Email readers, continue here…].

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Advisory Board. At one of our initial board meetings we had agreed on the general principle of an advisory board and put together an overall stock budget to compensate advisors. Over the next week we exchanged emails over advisory board stock. Instead what I got was, “Wait a minute.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 8, 2020

One of the best things we ever did at Spunlogic was to create an advisory board early on. On my most recent podcast , I talk to Blair Brady, CEO of WITH/agency , about the do’s and don’ts of advisory boards. There is exclusive content that only comes out in the email! Before you leave.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 28, 2019

Here’s how to build a startup advisory board. And while it often seems more involved and complex than it is in reality, setting up an advisory board is something you should look to put in place in the early stages of your entrepreneurial venture. Selecting an advisory board is the tricky part.

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www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The Importance of Advisory Boards for Startup CEOs Tweet When a startup receives financing it will need to setup a Board of Directors. The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. Mark Macleod spells it out beautifully in his post on Advisory Boards. Why wouldn’t you?

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Gust

DECEMBER 3, 2011

And I don’t mean because they lend a credible name to an investor pitch: way too many entrepreneurs look at names on Advisory Board as just a way to expedite a raise. If that’s all you really expect of the Board, you’re cheating yourself as well as the investors before whom you dangled the names. But please do not ignore it.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Advisory boards come up often in conversations with founders, especially early in a company’s life when they’re looking to build out expertise, industry relationships and social proof. While not everyone is a fan of Advisory Boards , I believe they can be valuable. Does your startup have advisors?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2013

He also served on the advisory boards of several technology companies and currently sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Data Storage Institute of the Government of Singapore. My son works for a small company and they currently use Gmail for their email.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Most executives are allowed to do this alongside of their current job because it falls in the “Board of Directors/Advisory Board” category of professional opportunities, and the time commitment is usually only quarterly calls and occasional emails. There are truly endless ways advisors can help your company.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

GoodBuzz allows organizers to leverage on various channels – email, social networks, banners, word-of-mouth, etc. The GoodBuzz team currently comprises five people – three software engineers, one marketing manager and an operations officer - and works closely with an advisory board of industry specialists.

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Board Effect

MARCH 28, 2024

Administrators can keep track of versions and changes while board members are able to see the latest version without having to look through many emails or documents. For example, foundations, event committees, medical executive committees, quality teams, advisory boards and leadership teams, to name but a few.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 11, 2019

Invite Loyal Customers to Join an Advisory Board. To take this a level further, you could consider asking long-term customers to join an “advisory board” for your business. If a customer has been buying from your business for a long time, then it is reasonable to expect that they feel somewhat invested in your brand.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): Hey, did you know that HubSpot's annual inbound conference is coming up? My ask would be the next time you do or say something on behalf of the customer, like I've got a customer advisory board. Do you have an employee advisory board? Like this show?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. Get comfortable out of your circle of interest and expertise.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Building an Advisory Board In my travels outside the building I kept my eyes out for articulate and visionary scientists and engineers who had expertise we lacked, and were willing to help in an advisory capacity. I set up an advisory board as a vehicle to get these industry experts engaged with the company and product.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

[20:02] Could you talk a little bit more about this idea of being a sounding board and how that differs from an advisory board or an actual board? [21:22] And then one we like to call the sounding board, which is the small five to seven people. That's either your advisory board or their own advisory board.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

Open-ended questions embedded on your website or in an email are two ways to collect qualitative data that reveals your audience’s pain points. It contains the story of your property, mission statement, sponsor benefits, demographics, marketing plan, goals, media opportunities, advisory board, and the sponsor fees.”.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

I’ve recruited an Advisory Board including officials from the CIA and the State Department; leaders from major family offices; and a former major party Presidential candidate. . I’m a VC with 8 years of experience; more about me here. Q: What have you built so far? We build a basic deck together and ideally a simple demo.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

I’ve recruited an Advisory Board including officials from the CIA and the State Department; leaders from major family offices; and a former major party Presidential candidate. . I’m a VC in New York with 8 years of experience; more about me here. Q: What have you built so far? We’re off to the races! Sounds great! What’s next??

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We are purpose-built to not only invest pre-product but also to help accelerate your path to product-market fit with our decades of entrepreneurial and investing experience along with our active CXO advisory board. Dev-first API for interactive emails?—?will Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2013

Assemble an email blast. Build an advisory board. Command a board room. After all, startups are fast paced, small, and ever-morphing, which means it takes certain type of person to help make things succeed. Here’s a look at what a founder should be able to do: Development. Write Code. Build a server. Build Links.

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Early Growth Financial Services

JULY 30, 2013

Q: What’s one quality you should look for in a potential advisory board member? In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses via live video chats, an expert content library and email lessons.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. Get comfortable out of your circle of interest and expertise.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2021

We have a handful of trusted mentors we utilize sort of like an advisory board. Our security -based business was running smoothly but, with the recent rise in fraudulent emails, my mentor suggested to me an idea of developing email detection software and selling it to businesses. Photo Credit: Ryne Lambert.

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

Equally important their VP of Marketing had brilliantly executed a stream of social media campaigns (Facebook likes and partnerships, email campaigns, etc.) Finally, since this is new territory for Tom and board, create an advisory board of other CEOs who’ve been through the “build” stage from a startup to growing company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

If youre interested in being part of my "customer advisory board" for this presentation, please get in touch. If youd like to give feedback, feel free to post comments here, or get in touch on LinkedIn , Facebook , or try to beat the spam filter on email. I would love to be on your advisory board.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 4, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] Especially if a company is in trouble, perhaps with an urgent need to make a deadline, or facing a cash crisis caused by something your employees can help control, explaining the importance of the action required empowers all to work smarter and harder to achieve the stated goal.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

A thought leader in the area of big data analytics, social media, optimization, machine learning, and data mining, he also served as a Venture Advisor focusing on big-data analytics at Trident Capital , and was on the advisory board of several startups. . Send an email to terri@kandsranch.com describing your entrepreneurial journey.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2011

Specifically, the guy who wrote me this email. I received an email last week from an entrepreneur (let's call him Mike) Now to begin, I was pretty impressed with Mike since he used a nice technique to get his email in my inbox (due to the volume of emails I receive, they are screened by others before they get to me).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2017

Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. Get comfortable out of your circle of interest and expertise.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2013

Send follow-up emails that include a request for a review. Give them something great to share — things like a special discount code, beta access to new products, badges and status, a reunion, or a spot on a special advisory board. Have you asked your happy customers to tell their friends about you? Really, just ask.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to use an advisory board. Get comfortable out of your circle of interest and expertise. Be vivid virtually.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. Get comfortable out of your circle of interest and expertise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s always valuable to meet new prospect clients face to face, rather than just by phone or email. Mentoring and shared advisory board opportunities. Yet if your service is consulting, for example, real travel is required to deliver the product. Sharing your passion for the business live. Face-to-face time is key.

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