ideal customer profile
also referred to as: icp
9 statements across 9 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jul 24, 2019 by Theresa O'Neil · across every show →
Everything said about ideal customer profile, oldest first
Jul 24, 2019 positive
Aug 23, 2022 positive
Founders should define their Ideal Customer Profile before launching, says Crespo
“What is going to be key for you is to first of all draw a picture of your ideal customer profile. And you shouldn't do that three, four years down the line. You should do that even before starting your company. You should do that when you're actually designing…”
Aug 15, 2023
Lopez: Early customer logos must be recognizable brands respected by ICPs
“Yeah, but I think it's like specifically logos that your ICP knows and respects, right? Because like, oh, if they're using this product, then like, oh, it's pretty good. There's like those proof points where it's not just some company that nobody knows and lik…”
Oct 27, 2023 neutral
Jan 4, 2024 negative
Start outbound sales using existing networks, not cold email tools
“You do not want to start with purchasing a sequencing tool, purchasing a system that gives you contact information and blasting your ICP. I've talked about this before, but you really want to start with who you are targeting being in your own network.”
Oct 18, 2024
Dec 20, 2024
Jul 30, 2025 negative
Biestman: Taking non-ICP revenue creates organizational thrash and damages unit economics
“And I find that that approach just allows for too much thrash in an organization, whether the product's not going to work perfectly for this end customer, potentially it means that this customer that we sign up is not going to have successful outcomes and is g…”
Jan 2, 2026 neutral
Lemkin: Only 1% of a B2B prospect list buys annually in normal markets
“Instead of the traditional five to six percent of prospects being in market a month, which is a way a lot of marketers think about things, right? I'm going to try to reach everyone in my universe. But the only 20% are really in my ICP and of that 20%, maybe fo…”