Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. And most startup code and features end up on the floor as customers never really wanted them.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Customer Development Labs recently shared a great experiment on using mTurk to interview 100 customers in 4 hours for less than $200. That has the potential to generate a lot of testimonials, which you can later use for landing pages to increase activation! Distribution Hacks. Dropbox – Startup Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

If leads from this show do not turn into orders, why are we going again next year? General Comments for both Awareness and Lead Generation Demo’s I don’t care how small the booth or trade show is, do a canned demo every 20 to 30 minutes regardless of whether anyone is at your booth or not. What didn’t?

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

If you’re working closely with partners who are helping you distribute your product, it’s especially important to make sure they understand who you are, how you speak, and who you serve. Noah Parsons says, “Start collecting contact information for interested, prospective customers. Start as soon as possible.

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market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Market By Numbers on Twitter | Entries RSS | Comments RSS Market By Numbers High-Tech Marketing and Customer Development Home What is Customer Development? Distribution Company has unique or differentiated method of moving products. New products will follow same distribution. Please Share!

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Ryan Holiday , Author of The Obstacle Is The Way : “At the core, marketing is lead generation. On Sean’s GrowthHackers.com , categories include… So, essentially everything from customer development and onboarding to persuasion and social marketing fall under the umbrella of growth hacking.

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