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Pragmatic marketing, lean startup, and other externally focused approaches suggest having a commitment to looking to customers and prospects for answers. Good stuff. And it references a series of diagrams, tasks, and templates to help with this. I love it all. But these approaches often do not speak to the details of how to implement this in the qualitative world of conversations and business development. And most importantly, they focus mostly on process, which while absolutely necessary, leaves out the also fundamental points of mindset, attitude, willingness, and listening. In short, there are many excellent processes that outline the info you need to get from customers and prospects, but this is the book tells you very specifically HOW to get that info. This book is intended to be a compliment to pragmatic marketing, user- focused research and design processes, lean startup, and other outside-in activities. I outline in this book a mindset and attitude that I rarely see used, but one that has served me, my employers, and my customers very well. At its very core it assumes, and truly embraces, the reality that we do not have the best answers to our questions, but rather our customers and partners do. This book preaches that “I Don’t Know” is a good thing. A very good thing. My experience has taught me that simple is better. Getting into action fast is better. Focusing on people first rather than sales first is better. All of these things have led me to some very simple steps to identify how to do truly useful things, be of service, and ultimately drive better P&L results. Included in these steps are two simple questions I ask of every ecosystem member, and the responses to them give me almost every answer I need. Every time. Get ready for words like “embrace” and “emotional hot buttons”, as well as suggestions like “do not use slides.” And even what some might call the most taboo phrase of all, “don’t sell.” All of which are intended to focus us on our audience members and really, really listening to them and what they need. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stu Heilsberg


Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more


Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 27, 2013


Language ‏ : ‎ English


File size ‏ : ‎ 2.2 MB


Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported


Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled


X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled


Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled


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  • Inspiration to go talk to your ecosystem
Format: Kindle
"The Answers Are Outside The Building" lays out a straight-forward yet innovative system for understanding the needs of your customers and partners, thereby letting you better understand how to develop a product to serve them. If you are working on a product in the early stages of development you need to read this book! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2013 by Dylan C Vaughn

  • Made my re-evaluate my career
Format: Kindle
I’ve had successes and failures, and reading the ideas outlined made me review those failures. I realized one of the key reasons we failed was we didn’t get out of the building fast enough. That being said, the book could be improved with more examples that show the points being offered. The book relies on telling the processes but lacks business cases or examples where it was used. The few anecdotes present were great and having more would have made the book even better. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2020 by Matt V

  • A playbook for engaging your market ecosystem
Format: Paperback
What a great read! To the point, with an action plan to interact intelligently with your target market.
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018 by Shervin Kamkar

  • Fast read, well worth the time
Format: Kindle
In this relatively short, easy read the author builds a breathtakingly simple, but compelling case for implementing an approach that reminds us it's all about finding, then truly understanding the driving needs of your customers. Highly recommended!
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2014 by Paul Bain

  • Brilliant Work!
Format: Paperback
This book validated assumptions that I had about "Getting Outside the Building" to learn from people that will actually be engaging with the work that my team is producing. Stu presents this in a very clear and actionable way. I fully expected to be a better leader of a better business as I put Stu's ideas into practice. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2019 by Samantha Holmen

  • Stop guessing. Business is done outside the office!
Format: Kindle
How do you do real business development? "Stop guessing. Business is done outside the office!" That is the core message from Stu Heilsberg's book. A true Business Development Executive, Stu shares his experience in The Answers Are Outside The Building. Business development is customer/client development. Being Startup Weekend Organizer and entrepreneur, I'm well aware of the "customer development" concept advocated by Eric Ries and Steve Blank. You may get this, and may even do it. And, I know what you are thinking, get out and talk to customers. Right? Wrong. That is only part of it. What Stu teaches you, is that you should go out and talk not just to customers, but also partners. and even competitors. It is Business Ecosystem Development. And, the motivation to look at it this way is: I don't know. As in, the answers are not inside our building. They are out there and we have to go get them. Thought Stu does have a process to do this, this is a book about mindset. Not about process. The process is very straightforward, but you must move out of your own way of sitting in a conference room trying to guess what it is that is happening out there. The mindset is that you shouldn't sell, you should aim to help. And, that starts by listening. This is why this book resonated with me on so many levels. I highly recommend it, it is a quick read but it packs a punch with insights. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2013 by Jorge Barba

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