DeBaun: Consumer founders must be channel-agnostic and fail fast
Morgan DeBaun · Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator · Aug 2, 2017 · at 10:26
Blavity founder Morgan DeBaun discusses pivoting away from a custom video site to a simple WordPress blog after observing user behavior.
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“I think failing fast is like, part of how you move in this world, particularly in technology space. And especially consumer social media engagement community. So, yeah, it, I am agnostic about how we reach people. I just want to make sure that we do.”
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