🧰 171: Charlamagne launches a black podcast network, Getting your first 100 customers with £0 marketing, Pitch to a team of accountants
Test your solution with your target customers
Building an app? Test your solution with your target customers
Make sure you’re talking to someone who wants to be successful and has experienced the problem you are trying to solve
Don’t overthink it (1 person is better than none)
Do Customer interviews - Zoom or Face to face and understand qualitatively who they are
The Test
Write down your guess up front as to how it will go
Get someone to use your product/service in front of you
Encourage them to give you honest and open feedback
Ask them to perform a task (you, the Founder are not allowed to touch the phone/keyboard)
DO NOT SAY OR DO ANYTHING
Watch in extreme agony as they struggle to figure it out
Photo Credit: MAlier
💡Good to Know
How do you build a company culture remotely? Link
Charlamagne Tha God, launches Black Effect Podcast Network With iHeartMedia, the people who also own Power. Great deal with his distributor. Link
Sony Music is slyly getting into Podcasting. Link
You have been hired to a job you’re not sure you’re qualified for. How should you move? Link
Co-work virtually with a random stranger in 1hour time slots (great for accountability). Link
An interesting discussion where Nathan Barry, Founder of Converkit talks about what it takes to build a billion-dollar business on the internet. Link
Getting your first 100 customers - start with £0 marketing and learn to build your customer base with scrappy tactics. Link
An opportunity to pitch and have your business plan reviewed by a team of accountants (deadline of 23rd of September). Link
Google has a bunch of interesting sounding training on how to boost your product using their tools. Link
Curated resources on launching. Link