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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. Many companies seek to involve customers directly in the creation of their products.

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How To Survive The Loss Of A Main Customer

YoungUpstarts

sales to product development), the problems will continue to exist. An efficient way to facilitate this type of two-way communication is to organize customer sessions or quarterly CAB (customer advisory boards) that consist of a representative sample of an existing customer base.

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

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But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Between Board Meetings.

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Seven Reasons Why Customer Reference Programs Fail

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It must cross boundaries, working cooperatively with other divisions in your business such as sales, marketing, social media, PR, product development, and the like. These may include references, referrals, testimonials, serving on advisory boards, and participating in your customer communities, he explains.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

If youre interested in being part of my "customer advisory board" for this presentation, please get in touch. Labels: events 2comments: Andrew Meyer said. Eric, if youre looking for any help as a "customer advisory board", Id love to do anything I can to help. I would love to be on your advisory board.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

Establish a customer advisory board. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Facebook Fans Recent & Upcoming Events 2010 I am experimenting with using Plancast to track my 2010 event schedule. Let them connect with each other, but also with you.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Facebook Fans Recent & Upcoming Events 2010 I am experimenting with using Plancast to track my 2010 event schedule.