Do you have a customer advisory board or do you just solicit feedback organically through uservoice?

Uservoice and client conversations. We don’t have a CAB yet.

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Raymond, You have an innovative idea that you need to move on quickly: How do you remain focused on one idea at a time and reduce distractions that arise from other "...

Answered by Raymond Luk – Partner, Year One Labs

I'm not sure if you mean a product idea or multiple company ideas. Focus is something that's easy to achieve if you have a clear idea, have identified and spoken to your ta... (more)

What's your opinion on customer advisory boards for startups? What kind of value can a bootstrappng startup offer the board?

Answered by Andrew Patricio – Founder, BizLaunch Posted in Product Development

Customer advisory boards are a good idea. Maybe you can offer them free or discounted products or services. It all depends on what business you're in (more)

Once you have a business concept , what is the best way to share it with influencers/ potential partners? How do you avoid having it stolen? Or is this not a priority in th...

Answered by Michael Garrity – Founder, CommunityLend

My suggestion would be that if you have a business concept that you think it great - then start working on it and tell as many folks as possible that you think can help you... (more)

If you have a killer idea and want to find people to work with as well as find potential investors and probably contractors to develop it, how can you be sure that someone ...

Answered by Michael Garrity – Founder, CommunityLend

Normally I suggest that people tell as many other folks as possible about their plans to execute against the idea and then recruit accordingly. Remember, the issue with fa... (more)

How important a role have advisors played in your success? Do you have a formal board?

Answered by Gregg Spiridellis – Founder of JibJab. Posted in Lessons

I have had formal advisors but I think I did that because that's what you are supposed to do when you have a venture funded start up. In hindsight, I would have been less ... (more)

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