Books
The Four Steps To The Epiphany by Steven Blank
Steven Blank is not only a proven entrepreneur, he is also a Professor of Entrepreneurship at UC Berkley. In this book he documents the concepts of the Customer Development Methodology which is about how to integrate customers so that they become a trusted advisor to help you build successful products. Ideas2Revenue implements several of these concepts for our customers, and our specialty is in bringing these key customers and their perspectives to you so that you can benefit from some of the concepts within this book.
Other Resources
Customer Development Group on LinkedIn. We have created this group to help facilitate sharing of information and experiences by others to further promote and build upon the Customer Development Methodology.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries. Eric was one of the founders of IMVU and is also the main driver behind the Lean Startup Methodology.
Eric Ries Mixergy Interview. In my opinion this is the video that has started much of the Lean Startup movement. Watch as Eric explains how they realized first hand the importance of involving customers early on in the development process.
Lean Startup Circle. Here is a group that has been started on Google Groups who discuss, and share information about real world experiences with the Lean Startup process and methodology.
Lean Startup Group on LinkedIn. Much like the Customer Development group we started, the focus is on helping to facilitate sharing of information, experiences, and connections amongst professionals who have adopted the Lean Startup Methodology.
Mixergy. This is a great inspirational and informational site. Here you can see interviews with many people from many different companies.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries. Eric was one of the founders of IMVU and is also the main driver behind the Lean Startup Methodology.
Eric Ries Mixergy Interview. In my opinion this is the video that has started much of the Lean Startup movement. Watch as Eric explains how they realized first hand the importance of involving customers early on in the development process.
Lean Startup Circle. Here is a group that has been started on Google Groups who discuss, and share information about real world experiences with the Lean Startup process and methodology.
Lean Startup Group on LinkedIn. Much like the Customer Development group we started, the focus is on helping to facilitate sharing of information, experiences, and connections amongst professionals who have adopted the Lean Startup Methodology.
Mixergy. This is a great inspirational and informational site. Here you can see interviews with many people from many different companies.
We hope that you find some of these resources helpful. If you have any additional resources you would recommend we have on this page, or if you have any questions regarding what we do have listed, then please do not hesitate to contact us.