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Business: How to Get Your First 10 Customers

A tactical playbook from Max (Y Combinator) on finding early buyers — where they spend time, warm networks, in-person closes, community outreach, and when tools actually start to matter.

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Executive takeaway​

A tactical playbook from Max (Y Combinator) on finding early buyers — where they spend time, warm networks, in-person closes, community outreach, and when tools actually start to matter.

In this briefing​

  1. Key ideas
  2. Practical implications
  3. What to do next

Why it matters​

Use this briefing to decide whether to deep-dive the full article for your current delivery problem.

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Turn insight into action​

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