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Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 26, 2009
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. Many companies seek to involve customers directly in the creation of their products.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 4, 2008
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. I got my start programming on an old IBM XT; it was thanks to MUDs that I first discovered the internet. So much for timing. Take a look and let me know what you think.
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Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 22, 2009
Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. IMVU had a roughly two-month-long development cycle. Each cycle was punctuated by a meeting of our Business Advisory Board (BAB). Heres what it looked like. This is an exciting kind of change, usually.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
The VP of Sales and I flew to Providence to convince Andy van Dam at Brown to join our company, or at a minimum lead our advisory board. Later he would leave for a few years to start the Computing Directorate at the National Science Foundation , help spec what became the Internet and then come back and run Ardent’s engineering.)
www.instigatorblog.com
MARCH 2, 2010
The Importance of Advisory Boards for Startup CEOs Tweet When a startup receives financing it will need to setup a Board of Directors. The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. Mark Macleod spells it out beautifully in his post on Advisory Boards. Why wouldn’t you?
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 14, 2008
If youre just getting negativity from someone, they are more likely a internet troll - not an earlyvangelist. Create a members-only forum where only qualified customers (perhaps, paying customers) can post. Establish a customer advisory board. Hand pick a dozen customers who "get" your vision.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 9, 2009
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. Hey Someone else who is extending the agile/lean approach beyond just developing software.
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