How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth
by Gabriel Weinberg
Recommended by Seth Godin and Andrew Warner
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Most startups end in failure.Almost every failed startup has a product. What failed startups don't have are enough customers.Founders and employees fail to spend time thinking about (and working on) traction in the same way they work on building a product. This shortsighted approach has startups trying random tactics some ads, a blog post or two ...
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