Comments on: Customer Motivated Entrepreneurship and the Lean Startup http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/ Are you with the Band? Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:16:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Dautsdese http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19393 Dautsdese Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:02:42 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19393 Yes, probably so it is Yes, probably so it is

]]> By: Jeff Enderwick http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19273 Jeff Enderwick Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:32:03 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19273 Cold emailing? Yes! I need to get mobile app developers as beta users, and I have two things going for me w/r/t cold emails: 1) I've been suffering just as they have (for a year now, see the latest @ http://www.travelphotoguides.com/), 2) They're easy to find: iTunes has support email addresses per-app, and there are plenty of forums as well. A sincere email from someone who knows your pain is treated very differently than greasy SPAM! Do tell about HN! ... Cold emailing? Yes! I need to get mobile app developers as beta users, and I have two things going for me w/r/t cold emails:
1) I’ve been suffering just as they have (for a year now, see the latest @ http://www.travelphotoguides.com/),
2) They’re easy to find: iTunes has support email addresses per-app, and there are plenty of forums as well.

A sincere email from someone who knows your pain is treated very differently than greasy SPAM!

Do tell about HN! …

]]> By: Zvi http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19272 Zvi Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:49:21 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19272 Jeff - I'll be posting it soon, for sure! So are you cold-emailing people? Jeff – I’ll be posting it soon, for sure!

So are you cold-emailing people?

]]> By: Jeff Enderwick http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19270 Jeff Enderwick Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:14:14 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19270 Zvi - out with the marketing tips, especially HN! Now! FYI - I have found that personalized, honest & direct 1:1 email has worked. For me, such emails to people I don't know have resulted in 50% of them going to check out my site. I guess it depends the numbers you want for Beta, but I would guess that one could get a decent Beta cohort through basic 1:1 emailing. Zvi – out with the marketing tips, especially HN! Now!

FYI – I have found that personalized, honest & direct 1:1 email has worked. For me, such emails to people I don’t know have resulted in 50% of them going to check out my site.

I guess it depends the numbers you want for Beta, but I would guess that one could get a decent Beta cohort through basic 1:1 emailing.

]]> By: Denis Baranov http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19269 Denis Baranov Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:50:54 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19269 @Jeff: Competition can always replicate your features. However, battles for customers are won with overall experience. You don't have to disclose everything you want to do on the landing page. Instead, use it to collect contact info and then get in touch with those people to find out what they want to see in your product. @Jeff: Competition can always replicate your features. However, battles for customers are won with overall experience. You don’t have to disclose everything you want to do on the landing page. Instead, use it to collect contact info and then get in touch with those people to find out what they want to see in your product.

]]> By: Customer Motivated Entrepreneurship and the Lean Startup | Zvi Band | Soul Hangout http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19238 Customer Motivated Entrepreneurship and the Lean Startup | Zvi Band | Soul Hangout Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:37:59 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19238 [...] Customer Motivated Entrepreneurship and the Lean Startup [...] [...] Customer Motivated Entrepreneurship and the Lean Startup [...]

]]> By: Nate Flink http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19237 Nate Flink Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:06:50 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19237 Hey Zvi, I had that exact same idea! Hey Zvi, I had that exact same idea!

]]> By: Jeff Enderwick http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19230 Jeff Enderwick Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:30:21 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19230 Hi Zvi, I'm trying to follow the same path. But I'm also concerned with competition running w/my idea. Check out my site - am I making it too hard? Also, how did you inject yourself into Hacker News? Hi Zvi, I’m trying to follow the same path. But I’m also concerned with competition running w/my idea. Check out my site – am I making it too hard?
Also, how did you inject yourself into Hacker News?

]]> By: Zvi http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19225 Zvi Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:14:35 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19225 I have a full blog running of all the marketing tips I've been implementing so far (will release that soon) - but 1) Initial email to all friends + colleagues 2) Hacker News 3) Adwords (useless) I have a full blog running of all the marketing tips I’ve been implementing so far (will release that soon) – but
1) Initial email to all friends + colleagues
2) Hacker News
3) Adwords (useless)

]]> By: freshfey http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19221 freshfey Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:25:04 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19221 So how did you get the first interested customers? AdWords, HN, Blogs, SEO? I always have a hard time figuring out how the the people would get to my landing page... So how did you get the first interested customers? AdWords, HN, Blogs, SEO? I always have a hard time figuring out how the the people would get to my landing page…

]]> By: Zvi http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19218 Zvi Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:27:14 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19218 Ivan - Yes. I had a pretty strong idea of what the product was, but rather than develop the product and release it, I wanted to test the concept first. So the landing page was developed months ago, and immediately after releasing it, I got a great deal of feedback and "traction" on the concept, which motivated me to continue forward with building the product. The actual product is already in the hands of some developers now, and I'll be opening it up to more soon. Ivan – Yes. I had a pretty strong idea of what the product was, but rather than develop the product and release it, I wanted to test the concept first. So the landing page was developed months ago, and immediately after releasing it, I got a great deal of feedback and “traction” on the concept, which motivated me to continue forward with building the product. The actual product is already in the hands of some developers now, and I’ll be opening it up to more soon.

]]> By: Ivan Brezak Brkan http://zviband.com/posts/customer-motivated-entrepreneurship-and-the-lean-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19216 Ivan Brezak Brkan Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:16:33 +0000 http://zviband.com/?p=319#comment-19216 So you just developed the landing page as a teaser initially, but not the actual product? So you just developed the landing page as a teaser initially, but not the actual product?

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