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How to Get Early Customers to Respond to Your Cold Emails

www.ashmaurya.com

Running through the complete process in the early stages makes you much more efficient in later stages as you get a feel for the industry and have warm introductions. “We both went to Tennessee!” It is very common for my insight into a market to improve as I do customer development.

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Lessons from the Front Line of a Microfund

The Entrepreneurial Mind

The goal was to support local entrepreneurs and to help accelerate the growth of start-ups in the Middle Tennessee area. Like most microfunds, JumpStart Foundry (JSF) has focused on very early-stage concepts. Program Content : "Lean Startup / Customer Development in practice.