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

JUNE 7, 2023

And then they need to go and now they're gonna send a white paper or they're gonna send a video link, but they have to go to another system in order to grab that content, right? Getting fired over Zoom or you know, we've seen all the videos, right? Do you have an employee advisory board? It's now these other things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2017

More recently, most people think of Mark Zuckerberg as the creator of social media, but few remember his earlier efforts at creating video games, a music player, and Facemash, the last being his idea of a great dating app. They bounced back by creating Microsoft, and embracing marketing to change businesses and consumer use of computers.

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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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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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Austin Startup

JUNE 24, 2018

7) Include a Video Find a quiet corner of your apartment or office to record a minute or 2 video of you speaking about your topic. Your video doesn’t have to be perfect, just to confirm you can hold the SXSW stage. Share your proposal video for context with your direct link to vote. It’s a worthwhile trade every time.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

These may include references, referrals, testimonials, serving on advisory boards, and participating in your customer communities, he explains. How will customer videos, stories, and other customer content be used in social media efforts? At what points in the sales process should references be used?

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

Therefore, it’s important to dig deeper to provide information on: How your audience interacts with your brand (social media, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc.) Whether your meeting is over the phone, video call, or in-person, the objective is the same. Visuals: Photos, videos, and screenshots (e.g., Close the deal.

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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. 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. And thats where the call for help comes in.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 6, 2009 A large batch of videos, slides, and audio Ive been trying very hard to avoid turning this blog into a travelogue. On this speaking tour, thats been simply impossible, so Ive decided to let the following collection of videos, podcasts, and slides batch up for a little while.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Dan: Videos, music. Dan: Music, videos. Selling videos. It might be Dallas, or Toronto in Canada, or Florida or Boston, where each of the companies are and we’d become each other’s sort of sounding boards and advisory boards for a day; and we’d take turns going around the table.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The VP of Sales and I flew to Providence to convince Andy van Dam at Brown to join our company, or at a minimum lead our advisory board. With a bit of research it turned out that a professor at Brown University had invented something close to what we had in mind. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business With all the new technology available today for video conferencing, interactive social media, and webinars, you may think that travel is no longer a requirement for starting a small business. Mentoring and shared advisory board opportunities. You would be wrong. Face-to-face time is key.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

If you plan to seek funding, you should describe your advisory board here, as well. For more on different business structures and other legal mistakes that small business owners commonly make, take a look at the following video. ?. Here’s a short video that will help you find the perfect name for your business. ?.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

We have a straightforward meeting – a dinner for our advisory board the night before, drinks after for all LPs, our advisory board meeting first thing in the morning, and then the full meeting until lunch time. I enjoy our annual meetings – we get to spent a focused chunk of time with our investors.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Perhaps the solution to the “punt on the topic&# is to try to get a marketer who has a feel for the “Market Type/Positioning&# question on a startup’s advisory board once the Discovery data is in. As for #3. I agree completely. That’s exactly the point I was trying to make (perhaps badly) with the post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

(For more on earlyvangelists and why they are so important, see Steve Blanks The Four Steps to the Epiphany ) Heres the suggestion from Seth Godin I want to emphasize: And heres one thing Id do on a regular basis: Get a video camera or perhaps a copy machine and collect comments and feedback from the people who matter most to your business.

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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. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Here are five things I learned about using LinkedIn for marketing your business from Austin locals Marcus Murphy , Director of Sales and Monetization at DigitalMarketer (plus, ehem, he’s now on the advisory board of LinkedIn) and Joshua Lee , founder of Standout Authority. #1: Businesspeople are busy!

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. It’s virtually mandatory to develop a detailed, data-backed deck, and ideally a video pitch. Disclosure: Blue Future Partners is a member of the Advisory Board of ff Venture Capital , where I was formerly a Partner.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

He was on the Army Signal Corps R&D Advisory Council, the Air Force Electronic Countermeasures Scientific Advisory board, a Trustee of the Institute of Defense Analysis, the Naval Research Advisory Committee, the Defense Science Board, and a consultant to the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

I strongly recommend it because going through that process is amazing, and if you are looking to build an advisory board, if you are looking for investment capital you, have to have a well-prepared business plan. Marty Zwilling Extended interview video. You cannot lose if you don't quit! Build a business plan first.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Testimonials reviews of find ways to get customers, those customers, to generate content, doing videos, testimonials, and things, doing case studies on some of your best customers is a great way to get that even more engaged. John Jantsch (15:06): What's the best way to do it. So, so create content for them.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Thus, if your startup is willing to give a couple points to a few advisory board members, determine how much the incubator’s mentorship (and introductions) equates to an advisory board and assign a percentage. It’s not really a demo day if only friends and family show up.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

I had an amazing advisory board at Spunlogic and continue to have mentors that guide me. Here’s a great video from Grasshopper to get the juices flowing. The ability to change the way you think and work if there is a better way is a quality of successful entrepreneurs and will serve you well no matter where you work.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

If you plan to seek funding, you should describe your advisory board here, as well. But Instagram (and other platforms like Facebook) can also be where you post behind-the-scenes photos and videos to give prospective clients an insider’s eye to your business. This section outlines your legal and management structure.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Dan Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Level Therapy , which provides access to psychotherapists through video, voice, and text. (And download any of the past shows here.). Clips from their interviews are below. Seen was recognized as the “Innovation Game Changer” at the 2012 Ohio Interactive Awards. .

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

She joins us from The Pramana Collective, a communications consultancy where she worked with founders and companies across a wide array of industries — from video and social messaging platforms, to drones and high speed transportation. Meredith is an angel investor in Color Genomics and Munchery and sits on the advisory board for zkipster.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

should the test subjects be part of the customer advisory board? ► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Dan Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Level Therapy , which provides access to psychotherapists through video, voice, and text. (And download any of the past shows here.). Clips from their interviews are below. Seen was recognized as the “Innovation Game Changer” at the 2012 Ohio Interactive Awards. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2013

David Gregory says all options should be on the table: review Hollywood and video game glorification of violence (hallelujah!) I’m proud to see Ron Conway join the advisory board of Sandy Hook Promise. If you didn’t see his interview on Meet the Press shortly after Sandy Hook please watch it here.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

Army Signal Corps advisory board, and the Army was going to acquire their first computer for research. HP 150a Oscilloscope 1956 In March of 1956, Fred Terman , the Stanford professor who encouraged Bill Hewlett and David Packard to start HP, wrote Bill Hewlett asking for help. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

I recently joined the Advisory Board to Gerhard Blechinger , the Rector of the FachHochschule Salzburg, (the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences) and became a guest lecturer on Entrepreneurship at the University.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

He created Wallstrip, and more than 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp. Mr. Parekh serves on various advisory boards of start-up internet companies. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 2, 2023

JP Maroney (14:36): Maybe , if I'm being honest, not John Jantsch (14:39): Watching the video. This also goes to being a business advisor or advisory board member, or even a consultant. And do, do you see a, at least more of a hunger for that, or at least an appreciation for it? It took JP a long time to think about that one.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0 No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May. Want to learn more about me?

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

We proceeded to conduct a survey with current and previous clients using them as an advisory board for our re-naming plans. Clients are able to express themselves through templates, polls, videos, and other features all with a single email; mixing it all up! our name.

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