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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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6 Questions To Ask Before Launching a New Feature

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I have already released the feature to a small, select group of beta customers or my customer advisory board, and I am meeting with them to discuss their feedback. ► November (2) 6 Reasons Users Hate Your New Feature Is Continuous Deployment Good for Users? Can I Change this Feature Based on the Feedback I Get?

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

To do that, we add specific speed regulators, like integrating source control with our continuous integration server or the more elaborate dance required for continuous deployment. should the test subjects be part of the customer advisory board? Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

Each cycle was punctuated by a meeting of our Business Advisory Board (BAB). Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Heres what it looked like.

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The curse of prevention

Startup Lessons Learned

If we’re practicing continuous deployment, we can be confident that we’ll be able to rush an emergency fix into production without risking introducing further problems. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. We can also ask: how would we fix the problem if it does occur?

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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. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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

Startup Lessons Learned

Establish a customer advisory board. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Create a members-only forum where only qualified customers (perhaps, paying customers) can post.