E915 Office Hours w/Jason! Fast revenue v. product dev, new verticals, marketing, results over pitch

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E915: Office Hours with Jason! Founders present their most pressing challenges: immediate growth & revenue versus product development, expanding into new verticals, marketing a unique product on a tight budget, prioritizing results over the perfect pitch-PART 1

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Show notes:

0:51 - Jason explains how office hours with Jason works.

1:23 - Cody Candee, Co-founder of Bounce: How do you decide between focusing on driving immediate revenue and focusing on creating a game-changing product experience/high lifetime value?

13:42 - Jason thanks sponsor Segment. To see if you or a startup you know qualifies, check out segment.com/twist.

15:23 - Todd Tate, Co-founder from VIVA DATA: When should you go into a second verticle?

26:07 - Jason thanks sponsor Smile Direct Club. Visit smiledirectclub.com/podcast and enter promo code “startup” at checkout to get $150 off invisible aligners.

27:48 - Mette Rehfeld Meltinis, Founder of I Belong: With a lack of financial resources, how do you increase your marketing?

42:09 - Jason thanks sponsor Pendo. Visit pendo.io/TWIST to for two months of Pendo free.

44:18 - Mandi Bateman, Co-founder of LubbDubb: How can we best describe what we’re doing so that investors understand?