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Welcome to the Early-Adopters wiki!

March 19th: Introduction

Instructor: Aaron Holiday

Summary: introduction to the expectations and goals for the class followed by a discussion on innovation, diffusion, and cutting edge technologies.

Pre-reading: Diffusion of innovations

Team assignment: http://bit.ly/2F97KeP (sit with your team for every class)

Slides: http://bit.ly/2JBqUKx

March 21st: Unpacking Early Adopters

Instructor: Aaron Holiday

Summary: a deeper dive into who are early adopters and the role that they play in the growth of a startup company.

Pre-reading: Crossing the Chasm Chapter #2 - High Tech Marketing Enlightenment

Slides: http://bit.ly/2GRCXl9

March 26th: Developing Early Adopters Engagement Strategy

Instructor: Fernando Gómez-Baquero

Slides: http://bit.ly/2HUQVUD

Summary:

March 28th: First Customers in Practice: Hear from Successful Founders

Panel: Ron Fisher

Summary: hear the early adopter stories of successful startup founders.

April 16th: Customer Discovery Introduction

Instructor: Thatcher Bell

Pre-reading: Create a succinct value proposition: “Customer discovery” and the Customer Development Model

Slides: https://bit.ly/2IGhj74

April 18th: Setting up Pilots, Alphas, and Betas

Instructor: Aaron Holiday

Summary: practical ways to go about running pilots, alpha test, and beta programs.

Slides: https://bit.ly/2GDtdgM

April 23th: Legal Agreements for Early Customers

Instructor: Jeff Johnson

Summary: learn and access legal documents that will help on board real customers.

Sample Legal Agreement Documents: https://bit.ly/2vfEXzy

Slides: https://bit.ly/2UvlDZr

April 25th: Team Presentations: Value proposition, Customer Development Model, and Customer Acquisition Strategy

Instructors: Aaron Holiday, Fernando Gómez-Baquero, and Thatcher Bell

Summary: each team will present their value proposition, customer development model, and customer acquisition strategy. The best team will have actual customers case studies from customers that were acquired during the semester.