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JUNE 6, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Customer Development 101) – crowdspring.co/1pNIOcD. Crowdsourcing Your Way To What Customers Really Want | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/1oNJIZp.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Software Review 94

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

The response so far has been nothing short of overwhelming, and I want to especially thank those of you who participated in the survey and customer validation exercise that helped shape this event. Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? For now, Id like to ask a favor. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

The key tools of this new marketing are: targeting, filtering, and customer insight. Mass blasts of information are ineffective, because the broadcast channels are suffering from information overload (even in social media). The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

It requires separating the product launch from the marketing launch (see Dont Launch ) as well as other staple Lean Startup tactics: minimum viable product, split-testing, customer development and the pivot. SlideShare asked customers what they had expected in the product; the responses were often literal descriptions.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Analytics Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Do some Customer Development instead. We used social media to get alpha users as outlined here during Feburary. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Help you raise money. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

The SOCIALtalty scoring methodology is the Net Promoter score for the new digital age measuring a company's use of social media to become more customer centric. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? What is customer development?

.Net 158

.Net Operations San Francisco Lean 158