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How to find and win your first 10 B2B customers

Lenny's Newsletter

Our third or fourth employee was a part-time contractor out of the Bay Area, and he called the people he knew, like at Greenhouse Software, where he had consulted and had buddies, and asked if they wanted to try it out. The first one was an early employee of our last startup. Art by Natalie Harney. Let’s jump right into it.

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How the most successful B2B startups came up with their original idea

Lenny's Newsletter

In addition to these juggernauts, I’ve also pulled in a handful of my favorite up-and-coming B2B startups, including Linear, Vanta, Stytch, Zip, Census, Persona, and Hex. Most B2B startup ideas did not come from the founder feeling the pain at their last gig (though many did). Every prosumer product (e.g. Art by Natalie Harney.

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How to validate your B2B startup idea

Lenny's Newsletter

Subscribe now Welcome to part two of kickstarting and scaling a B2B business. Here’s how some of today’s biggest B2B startups began: Retool started as Venmo for the U.K. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Art by Natalie Harney. total crap? total crap?

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The 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men Reprise

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He is the senior social media marketing advisor to Memphis-based Howell Marketing ( @HowellMarketing ) and to Harrisburg-based Deeter Gallaher Group ( @AnneDGallaher ) public relations and marketing firms with clients ranging from Fortune 500 to small businesses and non-profits. 3x startup guy, advisor, board member.

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