Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 25, 2023
A common initiative I hear from business owners today is their effort to improve the customer experience. To achieve real growth, business leaders need to improve both employee as well as customer experiences. Flexible – listen to allow flex hours and customization. Proactive – timely communication to build trust.
InfoChachkie
APRIL 16, 2012
I recently spoke with Steve Blank, author of the new book The Startup Owner’s Manual. The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. By conceptualizing, selling, gathering feedback and then developing a product, startups achieve success more quickly and economically.
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SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 19, 2012
This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Conversations with a technical advisors or possible developers should be iterative. Customer Development Notes I'm assuming founders are having customer development conversations. Don't stress over format.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Work out of your home, and keep your own books. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2010
We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. I’m going to save that for a future blog post.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2012
I am often reminded of the story of the building of Chicago and the rise of modern skyscrapers of glass & steel with non-load-bearing walls as talked about in The Fountainhead but also chronicled in history books and in the many architectural tours I’ve taken in Chicago. 14:00 How can we bring that culture to other places?
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 27, 2014
It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Work out of your home, and keep your own books. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.
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