Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
Turn Your Organization Inside Out. As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers. In the first 4 years of running BuildOnline we were an “Outside In&# organization. The Outside In organization had a one-way flow. Back then it seemed foreign.
InfoChachkie
APRIL 16, 2012
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. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 13, 2013
It’s OK because in an era where you can much more rapidly prototype and build products it is far more beneficial to launch your first version, get initial customer traction and then talk to your customer base to understand how well it meets their needs.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2012
But I’m not exactly sure how to drive its acceptance or whether it must just come organically. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? Maybe the first step is talking openly about it.
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 12, 2018
Mahdessian and Kuzoyan met on a ski trip organized by the Armenian student associations at Stanford and the University of Southern California back when both men were in college. Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan in 2012, ServiceTitan is very much an up-and-coming billion-dollar business that’s a family (minded) affair.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
The reason why, is my experience is in early stage sales and more specifically, in early stage customer development. Certainly, both inside the programs I have run at Techstars, as well as outside, I've always been that person where if someone has a question about sales or early customer development, they would direct them to me.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
Mostly, Google just had way better organic results (“the loss leader&# ) so it was always preferred by consumers. He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards. Overture was sold to Yahoo! billion – not a bad result, hey?
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