Advisory Board Hiring Product Development 
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 Professionals Musings
JULY 3, 2012
There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. The proactive solution is to hire sparingly, and spend the time and effort needed to hire existing experts in all cases.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 20, 2011
There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. The proactive solution is to hire sparingly, and spend the time and effort needed to hire existing experts in all cases.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 12, 2010
There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. The proactive solution is to hire sparingly, and spend the time and effort needed to hire existing experts in all cases.
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.
Steve Blank
JULY 29, 2013
(However, in some industries such as life sciences, founders may be tenured professors who are not going to give up their faculty positions, so they often become the head of a startup’s scientific advisory board, but aren’t part of the founding team.). If any of the answers are “Yes,” then hire them a bit later as an early employee.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 14, 2008
Establish a customer advisory board. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? Create a members-only forum where only qualified customers (perhaps, paying customers) can post. Let them connect with each other, but also with you. Hand pick a dozen customers who "get" your vision.
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