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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.

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Times Square Strategy Session ā€“ Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? I gave my boilerplate answer, ā€œIā€™m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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Traction Metrics Seed Real Startup Funding And Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

That should make you wonder - how do you measure traction in a metric? While thinking about the parameters of traction, and how to measure it, I was impressed with a new book, ā€œ Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth ā€ by Ash Maurya, a serial entrepreneur, and creator of the one-page business modelling tool Lean Canvas.

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Startup CEO (OnlyOnce- the book!), Part III ā€“ Pre-Order Now

OnlyOnce

Startup CEO (OnlyOnce – the book!), My book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business , is now available for pre-order on Amazon in multiple formats ( Print , Kindle ), which is an exciting milestone in this project! Part III – Pre-Order Now. questionsā€. Writing a book is a LOT harder than I expected!

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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.