Advisory Board Customer Development Metrics 
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?
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.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 11, 2016
We did three iterations of the product in less than 12 months, each one progressively going off of different consumer metrics that we found and then partner feedback. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Ultimately, it didn’t work and we decided we had enough time to maybe do one last iteration.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 11, 2016
We did three iterations of the product in less than 12 months, each one progressively going off of different consumer metrics that we found and then partner feedback. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Ultimately, it didn’t work and we decided we had enough time to maybe do one last iteration.
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.
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. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Steve Blank
JUNE 15, 2010
Do they “get&# Customer Development ? Do They Get Customer Development? For a founder there’s nothing worse than searching for a business model day after day and then sitting in a board meeting with a VC who asks about some detail of year 5 of your revenue plan. Is Your VC Founder Friendly?
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