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Ardent War Story 5: The Best Marketers Are Engineers

Steve Blank

Building an Advisory Board In my travels outside the building I kept my eyes out for articulate and visionary scientists and engineers who had expertise we lacked, and were willing to help in an advisory capacity. I set up an advisory board as a vehicle to get these industry experts engaged with the company and product.

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Ben Dyer Joins Austin-based Enola Labs’ Advisory Board

SiliconHills

Ben Dyer, a serial technology entrepreneur and entrepreneur in residence at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, has joined the advisory board of Enola Labs. The Austin-based mobile and web development company is run by Marcus Turner, its president and chief technology officer.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Perhaps the solution to the “punt on the topic&# is to try to get a marketer who has a feel for the “Market Type/Positioning&# question on a startup’s advisory board once the Discovery data is in. As for #3. I agree completely. That’s exactly the point I was trying to make (perhaps badly) with the post.

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What Kind of Workspace Is Best For Your Startup?

mashable.com

Whether that’s a funny ringtone or an impromptu blast of Rebecca Black’s “Friday,&# coworking can be a great way to network, make friends and have a built-in advisory board of people from many different industries. Plus, a lot of coworking spaces offer classes and seminars on new technology and tools.

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It's Lonely at the Top? Guidance for the Early Stage CEO

Small Business Force

All those case studies never mentioned midnight calls from your website developer whose system crashed and won't be able to roll out the new website that your already-implemented email campaign is counting on. When customers and employees are depending on the decisions you make. It's a scary time. So let Yoda help.

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It's Lonely at the Top. Guidance for the Early Stage CEO

Small Business Force

All those case studies never mentioned midnight calls from your website developer whose system crashed and won't be able to roll out the new website that your already-implemented email campaign is counting on. When customers and employees are depending on the decisions you make. It's a scary time. So let Yoda help.

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Interviewee: Well, I’m talking web development. I haven’t really developed any web applications. It’s a web app that I want to do. Jason: So you’ve never done a web app and you want to make a web app company. Jason: Why? We thought exactly the same thing.

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