Customer Product RSS Tips 
InfoChachkie
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Here are some tips to consider while prospecting and interviewing candidates for your first employee: Don’t Hire Your Clone. They may not be a salesperson by title — but they should be able to effectively pitch and sell your product to customers. What should you look for in hiring your first employee? Sales Mentality.
InfoChachkie
AUGUST 27, 2012
They must compete with tens of thousands of other performers who are all pursuing the same customer dollars. At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers.
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InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Steve's first question was, “Who are our customers?" I) took the 300 latest cards, personally wrote a questionnaire and called 300 customers. SuperMac's main customer base were color desktop professionals. All of a sudden I now had customers telling what market, how to reach them and what applications are important.
InfoChachkie
MAY 6, 2013
Their demise, albeit painful in the short term, frees the employees (and in some cases the underlying technology) to pursue more productive opportunities. Customer dollars - Sophisticated entrepreneurs understand that the ideal source of capital is from customers’ wallets. There are no villains in the current Series A drama.
InfoChachkie
DECEMBER 10, 2012
If we hadn’t done well on Hacker News we would have needed to have some serious product/market fit discussions.". Michael offers the follow general tips regarding how entrepreneurs can obtain meaningful engagement on social news sites: 1. You will receive more upvotes if your post is heavily commented on.
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 25, 2009
I’ve sat through a lot of VC pitches and having been CEO of an enterprise software firm for many years I’ve also sat through many customer meetings with sales teams. The following are some tips for the debate style VC meeting. Tips in a debate led VC Meeting. This is part of my blog series “ Pitching a VC.&#.
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