Greenberg: Startups should put first 50 customers on short-term contracts
Noah Greenberg · He bootstrapped to $4M ARR in 2 years. Here's his LinkedIn playbook you can't ignore. | Noah Gree... · PMF Show · Apr 3, 2025 · at 29:24
Noah Greenberg is the co-founder of Stacker, discussing early B2B contract structuring and rapid customer feedback loops.
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“I think there's a lot of value in your first 10 or 50 customers being on shorter term contracts, because if you sign people to annual agreements, it's going to take you a year to figure out, do they actually like the product?”
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