Lemlist built its MVP in two weeks and closed 100 outbound customers
Guillaume Moubeche · The Underdog: He Turned His Last $1,000 Into $150M · Dec 17, 2024 · at 10:52
Guillaume Moubeche, founder of Lemlist, details how he launched the email outreach SaaS platform and personally acquired initial users.
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“Our first MVP, it was just two weeks of work. I closed, basically, the first 100 customers doing live demos and outbound. I did only this.”
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