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Brian Fling
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First, it's OK if your distribution insight starts as a hack.
For Airbnb, their early approach was cross-posting room listings to Craigslist where people were already desperately searching for places to stay.
Airbnb had the inventory craiglist needed, and they took off.
I met Bruno Haid in a cafe that Igor Schwarzmann could have been describing, an austere garage in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, full of blonde wood, understated leather furniture, and motorcycle gear, which the shop also sells. Haid is the founder of Roam, an international "co-living" startup that promises its users — "Roamers" — the ability to move free... See more
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The Airbnb founders plotted customer success on their y-axis. This deliberate focus on helping hosts was a turning point in the business.
Bernadette Jiwa • Story Driven: You don't need to compete when you know who you are
I’m thrilled to announce Heyday’s $6.5M Seed led by @kevinthau @sparkcapital
We were fortunate to close our round before the market got crazy.
We’re sharing our fundraising process to help founders who are still in the thick of it.
Our process: 👇🏾
concierge approach in which you run things behind the scenes for the first few customers lets you check whether the need is real; it also helps you understand which things people really use and refine your process before writing a line of code or hiring a single employee.
Alistair Croll • Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster (Lean (O'Reilly))
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