Lean Startup Software Survey

I started writing some software for myself to use to manage my customer development process. I realized there might be a larger market for this software, so decided to start putting it through its down customer development.

The survey should only take a couple of minutes to complete.

1. How familiar are you with the Lean Startup methodology?

How familiar are you with the Lean Startup methodology? I worship at the alter of Eric Ries and Steve Blank (e.g. very familiar)

I have read a few articles about it online (e.g. a little)

I might have heard of it (e.g. not much)

I don't need a diet and neither does my company (e.g. unfamiliar)

2. What is your current state of involvement with a startup?

What is your current state of involvement with a startup? I am currently founder or co-founder of a startup.

I am considering founding or co-founding a startup.

I am an employee of a startup.

I would like to be involved with a startup someday.

None of the above.

3. Do you practice Customer Development (aka Lean Startup) methodologies?

Do you practice Customer Development (aka Lean Startup) methodologies? We religiously practice Customer Development

We occasionally practice Customer Development

We would like to practice Customer Development

We don't practice Customer Development

4. If you do not practice Customer Development, why not?

If you do not practice Customer Development, why not? I think its the wrong way to build a company

I don't know how it works

I'm not familiar with it

There are no tools to support it

I can't get buy-in from others in my company

I have my own methodology that works well

It doesn't apply to my startup (bonus points for answering why below)

Anything else or more details

5. If you practice Customer Development, how do you track your hypotheses and measurements? These choices are not mutually exclusive (for instance, you might use spreadsheets with Dropbox).

If you practice Customer Development, how do you track your hypotheses and measurements? These choices are not mutually exclusive (for instance, you might use spreadsheets with Dropbox). Spreadsheet (Excel, Google Docs, Numbers, etc)

Documents (Word, Text Files, etc)

Shared Documents (Evernote, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc)

Commercial Lean Startup Software

Customer-Built Lean Startup Software

Other (Provide details in comment field)

Enter any details about your choice above you'd be willing to share (name, what works, what doesn't, etc)

6. Please rate the importance of the following features.

	Must Have	Very Nice To Have	Helpful	Not Useful
Team Collaboration	*Please rate the importance of the following features. Team Collaboration Must Have	Team Collaboration Very Nice To Have	Team Collaboration Helpful	Team Collaboration Not Useful
Lean Startup Consulting	Lean Startup Consulting Must Have	Lean Startup Consulting Very Nice To Have	Lean Startup Consulting Helpful	Lean Startup Consulting Not Useful
Hypothesis History	Hypothesis History Must Have	Hypothesis History Very Nice To Have	Hypothesis History Helpful	Hypothesis History Not Useful
Suggestions and Help	Suggestions and Help Must Have	Suggestions and Help Very Nice To Have	Suggestions and Help Helpful	Suggestions and Help Not Useful
Sample Hypotheses	Sample Hypotheses Must Have	Sample Hypotheses Very Nice To Have	Sample Hypotheses Helpful	Sample Hypotheses Not Useful
Reminders	Reminders Must Have	Reminders Very Nice To Have	Reminders Helpful	Reminders Not Useful
Graphs and Visualizations	Graphs and Visualizations Must Have	Graphs and Visualizations Very Nice To Have	Graphs and Visualizations Helpful	Graphs and Visualizations Not Useful
Community Interaction	Community Interaction Must Have	Community Interaction Very Nice To Have	Community Interaction Helpful	Community Interaction Not Useful

7. What kinds of measurements do you perform?

	Frequently	Occasionally	Infrequently	Never
Technology sprint	*What kinds of measurements do you perform? Technology sprint Frequently	Technology sprint Occasionally	Technology sprint Infrequently	Technology sprint Never
Customer acquisition cost	Customer acquisition cost Frequently	Customer acquisition cost Occasionally	Customer acquisition cost Infrequently	Customer acquisition cost Never
Customer interviews	Customer interviews Frequently	Customer interviews Occasionally	Customer interviews Infrequently	Customer interviews Never
Simple counting (At least X, No more than X, etc)	Simple counting (At least X, No more than X, etc) Frequently	Simple counting (At least X, No more than X, etc) Occasionally	Simple counting (At least X, No more than X, etc) Infrequently	Simple counting (At least X, No more than X, etc) Never
Competing products	Competing products Frequently	Competing products Occasionally	Competing products Infrequently	Competing products Never
Sales goal	Sales goal Frequently	Sales goal Occasionally	Sales goal Infrequently	Sales goal Never
Manufacturing cost	Manufacturing cost Frequently	Manufacturing cost Occasionally	Manufacturing cost Infrequently	Manufacturing cost Never
Conversion goal	Conversion goal Frequently	Conversion goal Occasionally	Conversion goal Infrequently	Conversion goal Never
Talk to X people	Talk to X people Frequently	Talk to X people Occasionally	Talk to X people Infrequently	Talk to X people Never

Add other measurement types you'd like to see.

8. How much would you be willing to pay monthly for a service that guided your Lean Startup?

How much would you be willing to pay monthly for a service that guided your Lean Startup? $15

Less than $5

I would not be willing to pay

9. What kinds of devices/computers do you use?

What kinds of devices/computers do you use? iPad

Android Phone

Android Tablet

Linux

Windows Phone

Apple OS X

Windows PC

iPhone

Other (please specify)

10. If you would be interested in learning more about this software (including beta testing), please provide a way for me to contact you.

If you would be interested in learning more about this software (including beta testing), please provide a way for me to contact you. Name:
Company:
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