Customer Development Models

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@cyetain Enter Desirable Result Effective Process Efficient Can We Can
Find People to Use It Can We Deliver Perceivable Value Can We Do It Cheaper/Faster 1 2 3 Repeatable 5 Effort Sustainable We Can Afford to Provide this service 4 People Will Continue to Use or Convince Others to do so Saturday, March 16, 13

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If we do not know who the customer is, we
do not know what quality is. -Eric Ries Saturday, March 16, 13

@cyetain 0% 100% Probability of Failure 50% Potential Information Pretty
Sure theory is wrong Pretty Sure theory is right Interesting Ideas Hidden Risk Hidden Value The Line of SURPRISE! Saturday, March 16, 13

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@cyetain 0% 100% Probability of Failure 50% Potential Information Pretty
Sure theory is wrong Pretty Sure theory is right Interesting Ideas Hidden Risk Hidden Value 1 2 3 During Customer Development Focus on Interesting Ideas Before Scaling Validate Your "We Know This Assumptions" to reduce risk of Failure Demand After Customer Validation Run experiments to Validate Assumptions of Failure 2 3 1 Saturday, March 16, 13

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to solve the customer’s problem.” -Eric Ries Saturday, March 16, 13

@cyetain Experiment: TLC Labs eBilbioFile • From idea to MVP
in 2 weeks • Didn't build until we had 5 customers • Concierged first customers • Generated $2000 in revenue in first week • Added 10 customers a week while adjusting code, testing market • Average customer = $6,000 annual revenue • At 80 customers 6 weeks from full launch • Adding 15-20 customers per week • Addressable market = 11,000 US libraries Saturday, March 16, 13

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Customer Development Models

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