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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

The Agora team decided to formalize the customer discovery process by coming up with a set of Customer Discovery principles and questions that were as good as any I’ve seen. They had 16 interviews with target customers (Zynga, Yahoo, VMware, Walmart, Zeconder, etc.) Most importantly their model of the customer began to evolve.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made ~ 2,000 customer calls in 10 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. 19 of the 21 teams are moving forward in commercializing their technology. If you like science, technology or entrepreneurship, this guy is the real deal. Concentric Technology.

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