Martinello: Akiflo spent two months doing only user interviews after YC
Nunzio Martinello · Productivity App Hits $2500 MRR, Raising $1.5m on $10m Valuation · Oct 13, 2021 · at 5:45
Nunzio Martinello, founder of productivity tool Akiflo, discusses how the company responded after discovering poor user retention around their Y Combinator Demo Day.
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“So we went back into talking to customers for two full months. We did no coding, just user interviews.”
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