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Aberdeen’s study conducted in 2011 revealed that those companies that make use of monitoring social media and customer feedback, have rate of customer retention that is 15% better than does which do not. MORE
Top 3 Ways to Fail at Customer Development: Fail #1 - Talk talk talk Fail #2 - ??????? ???? Fail #3 - Being Gullible. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Lean startup MORE
The Swedish Learning Award 2011 is completed and the winner selected. Guess if I am a proude chairman of Lexicon Interactive as they won in the category mobile learning. The winning contribution was a complete new kind of App for the Swedish Addison Society , and the motivation was “Addison is a serious fatal disease that requires constant attention to immediate life-saving measures if it would end up in an Addison crisis. MORE
The best products don’t focus on features, they focus on clarity. Problems should be fixed through simple solutions, something you don’t have to configure, maintain, control. The perfect solution needs to be so simple and transparent you forget it’s even there. MORE
Recently José Angel Gurria at OECD pointed out Sweden’s finances as strong as Pippi Longstocking, quite fun… That led me to think about Pippi and her philosophy realizing that it might actually be applicable on managing a company. MORE
"What the best tool for wireframing?" I've used quite a few and I've come to a pretty strong opinion on the best tools for the job. Product Management User Experience design mockups wireframing MORE
If something is wrong with your spark plug, you don't shoot it. And threatening it with violence isn't going to prevent it from getting dirty. Entrepreneurship Management blame leadership management MORE
In a recently report Gartner state that games will be used to drive innovations, an old phenomenon but interesting. MORE
Sometimes pivoting describes how entrepreneurs adapt to customer feedback. Sometimes it's an annoying buzzword, grating to the ears. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Investment Lean startup Pitching anti-patterns lean startup pivot pivot MORE
The pursuit of someone who is "committed to the idea" is insidious because it's less obviously flawed. Why wouldn't you want a co-founder who's in love with your idea? Entrepreneurship Finding Co-Founders Human Resources cofounder cofounder dating finding a co-founder MORE
It is an honest question: how smart are your users? The answer may surprise you: it doesn’t matter. They can be geniuses or morons, but if you don’t engage their intelligence, you can’t depend on their brain power. MORE
Would you rather take a photo using your phone, a point-and-shoot camera, or a digital SLR ? How you answer this question is probably a good indicator of your photographic expertise. If you snap casual shots, your phone or a point-and-shoot camera will probably suffice. MORE
When considering this issue, many people will focus on incentivizing the founders as well as issues of equality and equity. I would recommend a deep understanding how roles and responsibilities will be divided prior to discussing the equity split. Finding Co-Founders Investment co-founders equity vesting schedule MORE
Yes and no. A business plan as a lengthy 40 page document which lays out a five year plan is still used in many companies, in many industries, in many countries around the world. Entrepreneurship Strategy business model business plans MORE
8] Booz & Co, “Executives Say They’re Pulled in Too Many Directions and That Their Company’s Capabilities Don’t Support Their Strategy,&# (Feb 2011). Did you ever get bounced around between departments when interacting with a company or service? MORE
I receive a large number of requests for referrals to investors, co-founders, feedback, etc. I also send out a lot of requests for help, advice, etc. I try to respond to all of them and I try to be as helpful as possible, but sometimes I can't. So I filter. Pitching cold call email pitching MORE
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Michael E. Porter Harvard University professor, explains in an new video post, why business leaders must focus on shared value – creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society. MORE
If the customer doesn't start complaining for the next fifteen minutes, they don't have a pain point. The length of time a person will complain uninterrupted is a pretty good proxy for the amount of pain they're feeling. Customer Development Entrepreneurship customer validation entrepreneur MORE
I'd rather learn from someone who has screwed up ten companies than someone who has only started one. After all, what's Zuckerberg going to teach you?). Entrepreneurship lean startup consulting experts MORE
Just the other day A Great Place to Work also released their list 2011 FORTUNE’S 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR® which is based upon a deeper cultural audit and as far as I can see much more reliable. Their Top 5 on the Fortune list 2011 is: SAS. Today Hey Group release their Global Top 20 companies for leadership, top five at the list was: General Electric. Procter & Gamble. Intel Corporation. Siemens. Banco Santander. MORE
For the past 7 days I've been working round the clock to organize and promote a StartupWeekend in San Jose. It start in two days. A ridiculous and ill advised timeline. Entrepreneurship Finding Co-Founders lean startup Marketing startup startupweekend MORE
Three principles that everyone at the TechBA lean startup bootcamp by TechBA agree on including Patrick Vlaskovits, Brant Cooper, Tim McCoy and Hiten Shah. Customer Development Entrepreneurship lean startup startup MORE
I recently ran across an old guide to running meetings that I wrote for a larger company. Here is is with only minor edits: Productivity meetings organizing meetings MORE
It's time to consider whether it's time for a National Endowment for Open Source. Is there any doubt right now about the strength and power of open source software for accelerating technological innovation? Entrepreneurship Uncategorized open source politics MORE
Are our expectations of humanity so low that we are prepared to proclaim not fighting amongst ourselves as an innovation? Entrepreneurship MORE
Join us Saturday, May 28th, 2011 at UX SketchCamp [“SketchCamp.com&# :[link] or &# @sketchcamp&# :[link] on Twitter] in San Francisco for a chance to learn from the experts, practice UX sketching and share what you know with others. MORE
Personas are an amazing tool for doing customer development. They are the clearest form of hypothesis, test, and learn (a.k.a. build, measure, learn). Customer Development Entrepreneurship User Experience design lean user experience personas user experience MORE
There's a whole academic (and practical) discipline out there which has been doing something suspiciously close to Customer Development over two decades. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Lean startup Product Management User Experience design lean user experience leanux user experience ux MORE
A friend of mine was thinking about joining a startup and asked me, "How stable are startups?" Well.not very. Entrepreneurship Human Resources Investment hiring stability startups uncertainty MORE
It's been a few days now since Steve Jobs passed away and his legacy continues to occupy my thoughts throughout my week. I recently watched the video of his memorial service from Apple's Cupertino campus and wanted to share a few items with you, in the hopes that you'll be encouraged by this.The service began with a moving introduction from Apple CEO, Tim Cook. While all of his remarks were. what if?" MORE
Don't outsource your decision making. Even if it's someone you respect and they've tried a similar business model before, do the customer development yourself. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Investment Lean startup experts mentors pivot MORE
Oh, yes, I now remember that Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Sorry, Plato, I had to borrow your quote here as I was reminded today by a former student that simple innovations are often the best innovations. See for yourself by watching this short video. MORE
Minimum Viable Test is a Terrible Name Minimum Viable Schism If an MVP Falls in the forrest without anyone around to hear it, does it make a sound? Minimum Viable Interaction. Entrepreneurship MORE
There is an ongoing misconception that creating a company under a lean startup approach is incompatible with a big entrepreneurial vision. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Lean startup startup vision MORE
Since writing more about design, I've been getting emails asking for design feedback. Unfortunately, no one seems to include a description of the customer. Entrepreneurship User Experience customer personas design user experience MORE
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APRIL 20, 2011
It is an honest question: how smart are your users? The answer may surprise you: it doesn’t matter. They can be geniuses or morons, but if you don’t engage their intelligence, you can’t depend on their brain power.
Boxes and Arrows
JANUARY 5, 2011
Join us Saturday, May 28th, 2011 at UX SketchCamp [“SketchCamp.com&# :[link] or &# @sketchcamp&# :[link] on Twitter] in San Francisco for a chance to learn from the experts, practice UX sketching and share what you know with others.
Boxes and Arrows
NOVEMBER 22, 2011
The best products don’t focus on features, they focus on clarity. Problems should be fixed through simple solutions, something you don’t have to configure, maintain, control. The perfect solution needs to be so simple and transparent you forget it’s even there.
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
8] Booz & Co, “Executives Say They’re Pulled in Too Many Directions and That Their Company’s Capabilities Don’t Support Their Strategy,&# (Feb 2011). Did you ever get bounced around between departments when interacting with a company or service?
Boxes and Arrows
APRIL 20, 2011
Would you rather take a photo using your phone, a point-and-shoot camera, or a digital SLR ? How you answer this question is probably a good indicator of your photographic expertise. If you snap casual shots, your phone or a point-and-shoot camera will probably suffice.
Grasshopper Herder
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Sometimes pivoting describes how entrepreneurs adapt to customer feedback. Sometimes it's an annoying buzzword, grating to the ears. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Investment Lean startup Pitching anti-patterns lean startup pivot pivot
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Grasshopper Herder
OCTOBER 11, 2011
The pursuit of someone who is "committed to the idea" is insidious because it's less obviously flawed. Why wouldn't you want a co-founder who's in love with your idea? Entrepreneurship Finding Co-Founders Human Resources cofounder cofounder dating finding a co-founder
Grasshopper Herder
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
There is an ongoing misconception that creating a company under a lean startup approach is incompatible with a big entrepreneurial vision. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Lean startup startup vision
Grasshopper Herder
JUNE 29, 2011
Are our expectations of humanity so low that we are prepared to proclaim not fighting amongst ourselves as an innovation? Entrepreneurship
Grasshopper Herder
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
Yes and no. A business plan as a lengthy 40 page document which lays out a five year plan is still used in many companies, in many industries, in many countries around the world. Entrepreneurship Strategy business model business plans
Grasshopper Herder
MAY 3, 2011
Three principles that everyone at the TechBA lean startup bootcamp by TechBA agree on including Patrick Vlaskovits, Brant Cooper, Tim McCoy and Hiten Shah. Customer Development Entrepreneurship lean startup startup
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Grasshopper Herder
MARCH 7, 2011
If the customer doesn't start complaining for the next fifteen minutes, they don't have a pain point. The length of time a person will complain uninterrupted is a pretty good proxy for the amount of pain they're feeling. Customer Development Entrepreneurship customer validation entrepreneur
HunchBuzz
DECEMBER 31, 2011
Aberdeen’s study conducted in 2011 revealed that those companies that make use of monitoring social media and customer feedback, have rate of customer retention that is 15% better than does which do not.
Grasshopper Herder
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
When considering this issue, many people will focus on incentivizing the founders as well as issues of equality and equity. I would recommend a deep understanding how roles and responsibilities will be divided prior to discussing the equity split. Finding Co-Founders Investment co-founders equity vesting schedule
Grasshopper Herder
JULY 13, 2011
Personas are an amazing tool for doing customer development. They are the clearest form of hypothesis, test, and learn (a.k.a. build, measure, learn). Customer Development Entrepreneurship User Experience design lean user experience personas user experience
Grasshopper Herder
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
If something is wrong with your spark plug, you don't shoot it. And threatening it with violence isn't going to prevent it from getting dirty. Entrepreneurship Management blame leadership management
Grasshopper Herder
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Minimum Viable Test is a Terrible Name Minimum Viable Schism If an MVP Falls in the forrest without anyone around to hear it, does it make a sound? Minimum Viable Interaction. Entrepreneurship
Grasshopper Herder
FEBRUARY 22, 2011
I receive a large number of requests for referrals to investors, co-founders, feedback, etc. I also send out a lot of requests for help, advice, etc. I try to respond to all of them and I try to be as helpful as possible, but sometimes I can't. So I filter. Pitching cold call email pitching
Bennett Cherry
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Oh, yes, I now remember that Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Sorry, Plato, I had to borrow your quote here as I was reminded today by a former student that simple innovations are often the best innovations. See for yourself by watching this short video.
Grasshopper Herder
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Don't outsource your decision making. Even if it's someone you respect and they've tried a similar business model before, do the customer development yourself. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Investment Lean startup experts mentors pivot
Grasshopper Herder
MARCH 17, 2011
I'd rather learn from someone who has screwed up ten companies than someone who has only started one. After all, what's Zuckerberg going to teach you?). Entrepreneurship lean startup consulting experts
Grasshopper Herder
MAY 31, 2011
I recently ran across an old guide to running meetings that I wrote for a larger company. Here is is with only minor edits: Productivity meetings organizing meetings
Innovation 360
APRIL 19, 2011
In a recently report Gartner state that games will be used to drive innovations, an old phenomenon but interesting.
Grasshopper Herder
JULY 21, 2011
"What the best tool for wireframing?" I've used quite a few and I've come to a pretty strong opinion on the best tools for the job. Product Management User Experience design mockups wireframing
Grasshopper Herder
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Since writing more about design, I've been getting emails asking for design feedback. Unfortunately, no one seems to include a description of the customer. Entrepreneurship User Experience customer personas design user experience
Innovation 360
JANUARY 29, 2011
Recently José Angel Gurria at OECD pointed out Sweden’s finances as strong as Pippi Longstocking, quite fun… That led me to think about Pippi and her philosophy realizing that it might actually be applicable on managing a company.
Innovation 360
JANUARY 9, 2011
Michael E. Porter Harvard University professor, explains in an new video post, why business leaders must focus on shared value – creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society.
Grasshopper Herder
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
A friend of mine was thinking about joining a startup and asked me, "How stable are startups?" Well.not very. Entrepreneurship Human Resources Investment hiring stability startups uncertainty
Grasshopper Herder
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
It started simply enough, there was a fairly obvious $8,364,175.00 error in my financial statement from Mint.com that prompted me to contact customer support. Customer Development Customer Support customer support
Grasshopper Herder
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
It's time to consider whether it's time for a National Endowment for Open Source. Is there any doubt right now about the strength and power of open source software for accelerating technological innovation? Entrepreneurship Uncategorized open source politics
Grasshopper Herder
JULY 11, 2011
There's a whole academic (and practical) discipline out there which has been doing something suspiciously close to Customer Development over two decades. Customer Development Entrepreneurship Lean startup Product Management User Experience design lean user experience leanux user experience ux
Innovation 360 Group
JANUARY 25, 2011
Just the other day A Great Place to Work also released their list 2011 FORTUNE’S 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR® which is based upon a deeper cultural audit and as far as I can see much more reliable. Their Top 5 on the Fortune list 2011 is: SAS. Today Hey Group release their Global Top 20 companies for leadership, top five at the list was: General Electric. Procter & Gamble. Intel Corporation. Siemens. Banco Santander.
Innovation 360
MARCH 26, 2011
The Swedish Learning Award 2011 is completed and the winner selected. Guess if I am a proude chairman of Lexicon Interactive as they won in the category mobile learning. The winning contribution was a complete new kind of App for the Swedish Addison Society , and the motivation was “Addison is a serious fatal disease that requires constant attention to immediate life-saving measures if it would end up in an Addison crisis.
Bennett Cherry
OCTOBER 24, 2011
It's been a few days now since Steve Jobs passed away and his legacy continues to occupy my thoughts throughout my week. I recently watched the video of his memorial service from Apple's Cupertino campus and wanted to share a few items with you, in the hopes that you'll be encouraged by this.The service began with a moving introduction from Apple CEO, Tim Cook. While all of his remarks were. what if?"
Grasshopper Herder
APRIL 13, 2011
For the past 7 days I've been working round the clock to organize and promote a StartupWeekend in San Jose. It start in two days. A ridiculous and ill advised timeline. Entrepreneurship Finding Co-Founders lean startup Marketing startup startupweekend
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