customer
also referred to as: customers
8 statements across 7 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Sep 5, 2018 by David Rusenko · across every show →
Everything said about customer, oldest first
Sep 5, 2018
Rusenko: Listen to customer problems, but ignore user-proposed solutions
“Listen to their problems, not their solutions. So customers will tell you the pain that they're facing. Listen to that. When they talk about the solutions, their proposed solutions, you could just completely ignore that. Because they generally aren't that grea…”
Jul 10, 2019 positive
Nahm: A product's true identity is defined by customer word-of-mouth
“Like you can think that you're delivering this game changing such and such platform, something, something, but like what your customers say about you or what they say to their friends when they're talking about your software, I mean, that's ultimately who you …”
Aug 15, 2019 positive
Dec 11, 2019 positive
Srini: Roughly 75% of ZeroDown customers buy homes within three weeks
“Probably 75% of our customers so far have bought homes in two to three weeks. And they're in a home like in a month, month and a half. From the time they heard about zero down a month and a half, they're in a home, which is crazy.”
Feb 9, 2023 neutral
Apr 14, 2023 positive
Seibel: Customers Forgive Startup Mistakes If Founders Genuinely Care
“And I think you might find that with your customers, like, even if you screw up, like, if you really care and you're really helping them, they're not gonna fire you. They're not gonna fire you. It's, it is so rare to find products or people who actually care. …”
Sep 8, 2025 negative
McGrew: Building what customers ask for turns startups into consulting firms
“I think one of the other failures, by the way, that's even prior to that, and more, the easier failure to become a consulting firm, it's where you build the product in the field that the customers are asking for, rather than the one that's actually valuable to…”
Sep 8, 2025 positive