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How to use your Customer Advisory Board to drive innovation

How to use your Customer Advisory Board to drive innovation

by Mike Gospe | Jan 23, 2018 | Innovation, Strategies, Voice of the Customer

Your Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is not an event. It’s a cross-functional initiative designed to drive innovation and outpace your competitors. As such, it must be treated as a strategic asset, not a tactical item to be checked off your to-do list. Here are 3...
How smart companies are using their Customer Advisory Boards to double their annual revenue

How smart companies are using their Customer Advisory Boards to double their annual revenue

by Mike Gospe | Mar 25, 2024 | Homepage, Strategies, Traits & Characteristics

One $50M technology hardware company used their CAB to double the annual revenue of their dozen CAB members in less than 3 years because they better understood the trends facing their top customers. Another logistics and transportation company used their CAB to double...
NEW: Plan your 2024 CAB program using these 6 best practices

NEW: Plan your 2024 CAB program using these 6 best practices

by Mike Gospe | Jan 4, 2024 | CAB best practices

It’s January. That means it’s CAB planning season! These six Customer Advisory Board best practices will ensure you design and deliver a best-in-class experience for both your executive team and your most important customers. This is how some of today’s...
Apply 4 Customer Advisory Board best practices to your next CAB meeting

Apply 4 Customer Advisory Board best practices to your next CAB meeting

by Mike Gospe | Jun 5, 2023 | CAB best practices

The pandemic, rising inflation, and the impending recession have had a direct impact on how Customer Advisory Board (CAB) programs are now run. In fact, among the many strategies employed by companies to navigate these uncertain times, the role of the CAB has become...
What is the value of a Customer Advisory Board (CAB)?

What is the value of a Customer Advisory Board (CAB)?

by Mike Gospe | May 16, 2023 | CAB value, Homepage

What makes a Customer Advisory Board (CAB) so valuable? This is a really good question, and one that CEOs wrestle with especially if they have never run a CAB program before. Often, the default expectation is that if the CAB doesn’t immediately result in...
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Mike GospeMike Gospe is a Customer Advisory Board (CAB) & Partner Advisory Board (PAB) strategist & professional facilitator. Over the past 20 years, Mike has facilitated more than 250+ CAB and executive roundtable meetings around the world. He  leads KickStart Alliance’s Advisory Board practice, and he’s helped some of today’s most innovative companies deliver world-class virtual & in-person customer and partner advisory engagements.

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