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Strategy founder guides for startups. Spend less time guessing and get back to building your startup with our tactical startup advice on marketing, product development, and more. Topics: cold email outreach, how to build a community, how to build in public on Twitter. how to interview customers

 
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How to research a market with customer surveysHow to research a market with customer surveys
Nick FreilingNick Freiling

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How to research a market with customer surveys

Imagine asking 300 random strangers what they think of your product/service idea. Not your friends, your colleagues, or your mom, a truly random set of 300 people, all of whom are willing to listen to your idea and tell you exactly what they think. That’s absolute gold. Otherwise known as “a survey.” There’s a reason surveys are everywhere: They work.

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How to increase your free-to-paid conversion rate (but not the churn!)How to increase your free-to-paid conversion rate (but not the churn!)
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How to increase your free-to-paid conversion rate (but not the churn!)

A free plan can be a great growth marketing tool for a startup. But crafting this plan requires a lot of skill, experience, careful calculations, tons of testing — and still it can end up ruining your conversion rate. The value of your product to a customer is not in the access to it. It is defined by how well your product is able to solve their problem.

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How to interview customersHow to interview customers
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How to interview customers

It’s hard to think of any other type of data that can produce as much value per effort as a customer interview. Customer interviews can bring value on every stage of your startup journey from ideation through launch all the way to enterprise-scale.

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How to research a market with customer surveysHow to research a market with customer surveys
Nick FreilingNick Freiling

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How to research a market with customer surveys

Imagine asking 300 random strangers what they think of your product/service idea. Not your friends, your colleagues, or your mom, a truly random set of 300 people, all of whom are willing to listen to your idea and tell you exactly what they think. That’s absolute gold. Otherwise known as “a survey.” There’s a reason surveys are everywhere: They work.

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How to increase your free-to-paid conversion rate (but not the churn!)How to increase your free-to-paid conversion rate (but not the churn!)
Wizen GuidesWizen Guides

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Roberto RoblesRoberto Robles

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Kilian PoulinKilian Poulin

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Tony DinhTony Dinh

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How to increase your free-to-paid conversion rate (but not the churn!)

A free plan can be a great growth marketing tool for a startup. But crafting this plan requires a lot of skill, experience, careful calculations, tons of testing — and still it can end up ruining your conversion rate. The value of your product to a customer is not in the access to it. It is defined by how well your product is able to solve their problem.

ProductMarketing
How to interview customersHow to interview customers
Wizen GuidesWizen Guides

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Michelle HansenMichelle Hansen

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Arnaud BelingaArnaud Belinga

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Liz HermannLiz Hermann

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Lukas HermannLukas Hermann

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How to interview customers

It’s hard to think of any other type of data that can produce as much value per effort as a customer interview. Customer interviews can bring value on every stage of your startup journey from ideation through launch all the way to enterprise-scale.

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Cold Email Outreach: the most complete guide to writing cold emails that convertCold Email Outreach: the most complete guide to writing cold emails that convert
Wizen GuidesWizen Guides

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Amanda NatividadAmanda Natividad

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Arnaud BelingaArnaud Belinga

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Michael GreenbergMichael Greenberg

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Alex BermanAlex Berman

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Cold Email Outreach: the most complete guide to writing cold emails that convert

Cold email outreach is a marketing tactic where you reach out to a stranger having a specific goal. To write a good email you have to address these two things.

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How to build an online communityHow to build an online community
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Rosie SherryRosie Sherry

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Charlie WardCharlie Ward

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How to build an online community

A community is a party. There are many simultaneous and equally interesting conversations occurring. Members join and stay active in communities because of the value provided by other members of the group.

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How to launch a product to the world.How to launch a product to the world.
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Felix WongFelix Wong

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Arnaud BelingaArnaud Belinga

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Thomas Jacquesson Thomas Jacquesson

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Kyle GawleyKyle Gawley

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How to launch a product to the world.

Your product launch can be done before you get any beta users. It can be done in order to get beta users. It can be done to validate the idea in general. It can also be done multiple times. Depending on what specifically you’re expecting from product launch you will be using totally different strategies and take different steps to get where you want.

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Ana Bibikova - @NotechAna
Ana is an Author, Marketing Strategist and a Mentor in the Founder Institute. Ana has 18y of experience in building businesses, growing them to $4M annual revenue.
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Anthony Castrio - @AnthonyCastrio
Anthony is a Software Engineer, Fractional CTO, and the founder of Indie Worldwide, a virtual incubator and social club for bootstrapped founders.