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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

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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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. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. Startup Lessons Learned for Kindle Startup Lessons Learned - the conference.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

Establish a customer advisory board. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. Create a members-only forum where only qualified customers (perhaps, paying customers) can post. Let them connect with each other, but also with you. Hand pick a dozen customers who "get" your vision.

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A large batch of videos, slides, and audio

Startup Lessons Learned

pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

should the test subjects be part of the customer advisory board? Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. what would be the profile of these engineers? Startup Lessons Learned season two : Every post from the blogs second year in print form. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a.

Startup Lessons Learned

Why vanity metrics are dangerous ► November (1) ▼ October (7) A real Customer Advisory Board Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback. Lean Startup Wiki - including a complete list of local meetups and meetup organizers. Startup Lessons Learned for Kindle Startup Lessons Learned - the conference.