Customer development is arguably the most important component of a customer-centric company. It’s what happens after you’ve acquired the sale, and it’s how you retain the customer into a long, healthy ...

One of the attributes of great entrepreneurs is that they are tenacious and relentless. This guest post is from Andrew Elliott of Lottay. Andrew read the Four Steps to the Epiphany, tracked me down at ...

What are some tips for early-stage startups when it comes to customer development? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and ...

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series featuring excerpts from the recently published book, The Startup Owner’s Manual, written by serial entrepreneurs-turned-educators Steve Blank and Bob Dorf.

If you’re trying to implement customer development at your startup, you’ll learn more from these 3 case studies than anything else I’ve seen. I consider each of these a “must-read”. I’ve quoted some ...

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series featuring excerpts from the recently published book, The Startup Owner’s Manual, written by serial entrepreneurs-turned-educators Steve Blank and Bob Dorf.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Proper customer research is vital to the success of your business. One of the two most frequent causes of startup failure is launching ...

At The Fast Company Innovation Festival, Frog Design's boss talks "org. activation"—a way to help companies enhance customer experience. Checklists for Chaos, the Path to Success While all startups ...

Get out of the building. Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur, teacher, and father of the Customer Development methodology is best known for that phrase. Customer Development is not a reason or even an ...

Building a successful business model isn't about changing your company based on every bit of feedback: It's about understanding whom to listen to and why. The art of entrepreneurship and the science ...