Thank you for your participation in the survey, especially if you were kind enough to tweet about it.  (While the raffle is over, if you haven’t responded, the survey is still open.) The purpose of the survey was two-fold.

First, we thought it would be interesting to see a little detail about who is involved with Customer Development. You can see those results here.

While the survey results add a bit of color to who is implementing Customer Development methodologies or thinking about doing Customer Development, I wouldn’t draw any hard conclusions from the data.  BTW for the those who read 4 Steps to the Epiphany, n ≈ 33.  For those who didn’t read 4 Steps to the Epiphany, n ≈ 28.

Second, we are thinking about tools, templates, and other resources to help people understand and implement Customer Development in their business ventures. Stay tuned, for in the coming months, we plan to make some of these resources available to you.

Almost forgot!  Our two winners of the random raffle are: Dave Concannon and Kevin Donaldson.

Thanks again to everyone.  Happy holidays!

(Updated 12/22/09: for those interested, the survey is still open, but the raffle is over.

==> I have read Steve Blank’s The Four Steps to the Epiphany.

==> I have not read (or not finished) Steve Blank’s The Four Steps to the Epiphany.

All personal information will be kept private.)

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Now to some results.

For those who have read the book:

Results from those respondents who have not read the book:

By March it was clear to me I had stumbled across something that was catching on.  It’s not insignificant that Twitter had just reached its “tipping point.”  Customer Development would ride the wave.  I first learned the value of Twitter through the promotion of great posts written by start-up superstars, many of which contained elements of customer development.  Rich Collins created the Lean Startup Google Group in June and it quickly grew to a couple hundred members.  There are now over 1700 members!

All of which leads me to this question, done in full cliche-riddled, end-of-2009, year-in-review regalia:

What is the State of Customer Development?

CustDevGuy and I decided to try and find out.    Will you help us by completing the appropriate survey below?   Also, we will raffle off 2 (1 from each group) $25 Amazon Gift Cards if you include your email address. Thanks!

==> I have read Steve Blank’s The Four Steps to the Epiphany.

==> I have not read (or not finished) Steve Blank’s The Four Steps to the Epiphany.

Thanks for participating! 

Update: I will post some of the results here so stay tuned!

Update 2: Preliminary results available here.

Please Note: Also, I want to assure you that all personally identifying information will be held strictly confidential.  Supplying any such data is optional.  (IP address is collected by the survey to attempt to block multiple responses by IP.)   Supplying email address is required if 1) you are interested in the raffle, or 2) you are interested in a follow up conversation regarding your experience with Customer Development.  If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Update 3: Raffle open until Monday 12/21; Survey is < 10 questions.

Update 4:  Raffle is over!  Winners have been chosen.  I will announce winners here if granted permission to do so.  Survey will remain open for new respondents.