Advisory Board Founder Metrics Product Development 
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. Many companies seek to involve customers directly in the creation of their products.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
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.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 4, 2020
In my experience as an advisor to startups, the difference is almost always related to the founder and their execution strategy , more so than to the solution quality or the market. Define success metrics, and measure progress regularly. Richard Branson , founder of the Virgin Group, now drives the strategy of over 400 companies.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 9, 2009
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. Hey Someone else who is extending the agile/lean approach beyond just developing software.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 14, 2008
Most of the people building our product werent themselves target customers. So there was simply no substitute for seeing actual customers with the product, live. Today, when I talk to startup founders, the most common answer I get to the question "do you talk to your customers?" Establish a customer advisory board.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 4, 2008
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. Wondering how do I get in touch with you - I am founder of a company here in San jose, CA and would like to invite you to be part of our advisor team.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 29, 2009
Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage. The biggest source of waste in new product development is building something that nobody wants. Leverage product development with open source and third parties.
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