Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Establish a customer advisory board. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. ► April (11) Video update on the Startup Visa Act Lean Enterprise Institute webinar, April 28 Four myths about the Lean Startup Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Sneak preview, Grockit The Lean Startup Intensive at Web 2.0

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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?

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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. Reply Karma in the Lean Startup Era , on January 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm Said: [.] On a rainy day in Providence we tracked Andy down just as he was leaving for a trip to Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Companies are about to get a big dose of the Lean Startup philosophy. HubSpot , the company behind HubSpot 3, a “powerful, comprehensive, and tightly-integrated” all-in-one marketing software system, announced that serial entrepreneur and acclaimed author, Eric Ries , is joining the company’s Advisory Board.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

A thought leader in the area of big data analytics, social media, optimization, machine learning, and data mining, he also served as a Venture Advisor focusing on big-data analytics at Trident Capital , and was on the advisory board of several startups. . ” We certainly did. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

If you have good experience then the VC will be leaning forward for the rest of the presentation.”. To demonstrate traction you might recruit a good management team, start making sales, build an advisory board or secure strategic partnerships. Market Share and a Competitive Advantage. “We We don’t have a monopoly.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 28, 2019

Here’s how to build a startup advisory board. And while it often seems more involved and complex than it is in reality, setting up an advisory board is something you should look to put in place in the early stages of your entrepreneurial venture. Selecting an advisory board is the tricky part.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

Lean on your professional networks too. It contains the story of your property, mission statement, sponsor benefits, demographics, marketing plan, goals, media opportunities, advisory board, and the sponsor fees.”. Next, look at any companies or suppliers you already partner with. Are they a potential sponsor?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2012

If your personality already leans toward narcissism, being the boss will likely bring out the worst in you, leading to intimidation, deception, and the use of coercive power. Even if your startup is a one-man show, you can find an intelligent outside mentor or advisory board member to bounce ideas off. Balance home and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2013

If your personality already leans toward narcissism, being the boss will likely bring out the worst in you, leading to intimidation, deception, and the use of coercive power. Even if your startup is a one-man show, you can find an intelligent outside mentor or advisory board member to bounce ideas off. Balance home and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

If your personality already leans toward narcissism, being the boss will likely bring out the worst in you, leading to intimidation, deception, and the use of coercive power. Even if your startup is a one-man show, you can find an intelligent outside mentor or advisory board member to bounce ideas off. Balance home and family.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Use them as a sounding board for corporate development issues. Advisory boards never amount to much. Find one person, make them your sherpa, and lean on them. I’ve leaned on Allen Morgan for the last 8 years through 4 companies and all sorts of ups and downs and twist and turns. Don’t do this by committee.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

Lean Startups ? Investors who have successful ex-founders who you can call for advice, grab a coffee with or get on your advisory board is a good sign. Have they heard about Customer Development ? Can they tell you what you should be doing in Customer Discovery and Customer Validation ? If not, do they have a better methodology?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2009

In addition to some of my recent talks, you can learn more about the Startup Visa movement and enjoy two really interesting lean startup case studies. pbWorks (formerly pbWiki) was one of the first companies that ever invited me to join their advisory board. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It was just minutes before I was supposed to go on stage for the very first time and present The Lean Startup to a large audience, at a big conference. To that point, I’d been talking about Lean Startup concepts only on a seldom-read blog and with people in my immediate network. This is a Lean Startup talk we’re speaking of, people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

While thinking about the parameters of traction, and how to measure it, I was impressed with a new book, “ Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth ” by Ash Maurya, a serial entrepreneur, and creator of the one-page business modelling tool Lean Canvas. Build an inside advisory board of influencers and experts.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

It took an enormous amount of time to work through the same responses and emails and cost money not budgeted due to leaning on the side of generosity. You can invite them to be part of a 'customer advisory board&# that you can gather informal feedback from everything from company policies to new products.

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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. One example is having a real Customer Advisory Board.

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usersknow.blogspot.com

APRIL 30, 2010

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. Can I Change this Feature Based on the Feedback I Get?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

This article is part of a trend that has taken me a bit by surprise: the adoption of lean startup techniques outside the traditional domain of high-tech startups. The Inc story, and many others, does a good job emphasizing its lean-ness. The Inc story, and many others, does a good job emphasizing its lean-ness. Read the rest.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The lean startup methodology is based on enlisting customers as allies, which requires honesty and integrity. The following was written an actual lean startup practitioner. It was originally posted anonymously to the Lean Startup Circle mailing list, and then further developed on the Lean Startup Wiki ’s Case Studies section.

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Life Beyond Code

JULY 16, 2013

Although Steve Blank and Eric Reis have made customer development and lean startup methodology household names in the startup ecosystem, there is still a lot of reluctance from entrepreneurs to actively start talking to target customers early in the Lifecycle of a company.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

Tomcar have done all sorts of cool things too – like all their computer systems, bill of materials etc is cloud based (Google Australia even use them as a cloud use case study), cell based manufacturing, everything is outsourced for lean manufacturing, but all done locally. It’s seriously mind blowing.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Step Five: Have the humility and self-awareness to surround yourself with great mentors, from your angel investors, to your VC investors, to your Advisory Board, to your Board of Directors, and to your CEO or executive coach. You are really going to need them.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 10, 2014

I remember the importance of my advisory board with my first company, Spunlogic. And I found myself reminded of those meetings when I was in my first advisory board meeting with a great young company in town this week. How to choose and run an advisory board. This photo really captures that. Invaluable.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Dave : We’re trying to take a lot of the stuff that you’ve done with the Lean LaunchPad methodology and move that out across university into the other schools. . What’s more, as the Lean Startup revolution has gone mainstream, Dave said, it has started to change the trajectory of our economy. I’m seeing it in real time.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Use them as a sounding board for corporate development issues. Advisory boards never amount to much. Find one person, make them your sherpa, and lean on them. . Rely on them to open doors to future investors. Don’t do this by committee.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web. The first question to ask is: “Does your startup have market risk or is it dominated by technical risk?” Lean Startup /Customer Development is used to find answers to the unknowns about customers and markets. As for #3.

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The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 29, 2012

Don’t rush to “fill” your advisory board. I’m running a 40 quid, full-day workshop on the foundations of lean startup strategy with Sal Virani. I get regular intros & feedback, and they endure minimal demands on their time. 2] Don’t quote me on this! 2] Don’t quote me on this!

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

to leaning in to our board (hit or miss, inefficient). We are here to make it easier for you to: Bolster your executive team. We’ve all dealt with the stress of having product-market fit and market opportunities but not being able to capitalize on those opportunities because we were missing key talent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. Thats not the goal of a lean startup. Your writing is certainly not lean.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

to leaning in to our board (hit or miss, inefficient). We are here to make it easier for you to: Bolster your executive team. We’ve all dealt with the stress of having product-market fit and market opportunities but not being able to capitalize on those opportunities because we were missing key talent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 2, 2023

John Jantsch (01:33): So I've been talking about this topic of a Fractional CMO frankly, for 10 years, but I've really leaned into it the last couple years because I think the market's caught up. This also goes to being a business advisor or advisory board member, or even a consultant. JP Maroney (01:30): Hey, thank you sir.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2009

blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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