Action Pack — Choosing the Right Early Customers for Market Expansion
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The Best Customers to Study When Scaling Into a New Market
By Nataliya Langburd Wright
Companies trying to scale tech products know the hard truth: An offering that connects with people in one environment may fail in another. How can you avoid such an outcome? Leaders must learn quickly and iterate on products using lessons from their organization’s earliest customers in a new market, but they often undervalue the strategic choice of which early customers to prioritize. Learn from new research that shows how to choose, and real-world examples illustrating the approach in action.