Taggar: Early Zeus Pitch Yielded 20 Follow-ups Out of 25 Investor Meetings
Kulveer Taggar · 20VC: Why You Must Have A Customer Acquisition Strategy From Day 1, How To Test and Validate Ideas At Speed & Why You Should Speak To Investors Before Starting Work On Your Idea with Kulveer Taggar, Founder @ CEO @ Zeus Living · May 31, 2019 · at 16:32
Kulveer Taggar, founder and CEO of Zeus Living, describes gauging investor demand before writing code for his startup.
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“And I remember of those 25 meetings, I had 20 follow-up meetings set up after just sort of talking through the idea in the market.”
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