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Gardner: Early sales cannot be delegated to non-founder employees
“In the early days, you really can't hand that off to an employee. They don't have the incentive like you have when you're building the business.”
Jason Gardner Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 24:11 Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner
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Gardner: B2B tech providers must become 'welded' to customer core operations
“And I always felt like if we're going to be a really good technology provider, we need to become virtually welded to our customers. We're so tightly intertwined with them. Like we become like an appendage or an organ. Like we need to be supporting their busine…”
Jason Gardner Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 16:45 Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner
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Gardner: Rapid communication response times build critical trust for enterprise infrastructure providers
“When someone calls, pick up the phone, someone texts, return the text. When someone emails, email them and do it as soon as you possibly can. But if they text you like five minutes to an hour respond. And I've always found when you're working in a business lik…”
Jason Gardner Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 17:13 Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner
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Gardner: Startup founders' challenges are never unique
“You're not special. Like, whatever you're dealing with is not unique. There has been thousands of other entrepreneurs of both technology companies and small businesses that have run into exactly what you've run into.”
Jason Gardner Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 29:26 Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner
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Gardner: Sending monthly updates to investors who passed turns them into backers
“Send them an email once a month. Say like, this is the success that we're finding because eventually they're going to invest in your business. And we have several instances of that happening.”
Jason Gardner Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 31:05 Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner
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