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Greg Isenberg

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

And I think like gifting is such an underrated tool to get someone to be on your side. Um, it just stacks the cards in your favor. So I love hearing stories about like a 50, you know, 50 K guitar that's like meaningful, you know, like, um, I think, uh, I also heard a story.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

And I think like gifting is such an underrated tool to get someone to be on your side. Um, it just stacks the cards in your favor. So I love hearing stories about like a 50, you know, 50 K guitar that's like meaningful, you know, like, um, I think, uh, I also heard a story.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

I don't know if he, he wants me to share it, but someone who you all know, uh, who buys, you know, companies, you know, offer, he wanted to, you know, in his dream 100, I guess he had a company, you know, this founder and he wanted to buy this founder. He, you know, I think like a Ferrari, he said like, Hey, like I've got a Ferrari waiting for you in Hawaii. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

I don't know if he, he wants me to share it, but someone who you all know, uh, who buys, you know, companies, you know, offer, he wanted to, you know, in his dream 100, I guess he had a company, you know, this founder and he wanted to buy this founder. He, you know, I think like a Ferrari, he said like, Hey, like I've got a Ferrari waiting for you in Hawaii. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

I don't know if he, he wants me to share it, but someone who you all know, uh, who buys, you know, companies, you know, offer, he wanted to, you know, in his dream 100, I guess he had a company, you know, this founder and he wanted to buy this founder. He, you know, I think like a Ferrari, he said like, Hey, like I've got a Ferrari waiting for you in Hawaii. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

In Hawaii, and you paint this picture. If you come and close this deal, I can't wait to meet you in Maui, and we're going to sail into the sunset. Things like that. And now, I know the comment section is going to be like, but I don't have enough money for a Ferrari. And it doesn't need to be that, right? It could be something small. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

In Hawaii, and you paint this picture. If you come and close this deal, I can't wait to meet you in Maui, and we're going to sail into the sunset. Things like that. And now, I know the comment section is going to be like, but I don't have enough money for a Ferrari. And it doesn't need to be that, right? It could be something small. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

In Hawaii, and you paint this picture. If you come and close this deal, I can't wait to meet you in Maui, and we're going to sail into the sunset. Things like that. And now, I know the comment section is going to be like, but I don't have enough money for a Ferrari. And it doesn't need to be that, right? It could be something small. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

Yeah. I did a year of Buddha, which is hilarious because I'm just a Jewish guy with a bunch of Buddhas. So one year I bought like, I don't know, 500 Buddhas or something, hundreds of Buddhas. These small little things that were about like $5, maybe $7 each. It was a really good deal, I will say. It was a high quality mini Buddha.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

Yeah. I did a year of Buddha, which is hilarious because I'm just a Jewish guy with a bunch of Buddhas. So one year I bought like, I don't know, 500 Buddhas or something, hundreds of Buddhas. These small little things that were about like $5, maybe $7 each. It was a really good deal, I will say. It was a high quality mini Buddha.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

Yeah. I did a year of Buddha, which is hilarious because I'm just a Jewish guy with a bunch of Buddhas. So one year I bought like, I don't know, 500 Buddhas or something, hundreds of Buddhas. These small little things that were about like $5, maybe $7 each. It was a really good deal, I will say. It was a high quality mini Buddha.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

and to the and i would you know meet all you know this is like i'm in my early 20s i'm in san francisco i'm trying to meet as many people as possible uh i've got my dream 100 list even though i didn't know that that's what it was and every meeting i would basically just be like hey like thanks for your time you know i wish you good luck and i would just hand them a mini buddha and to this day some of those people ended up you know

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

and to the and i would you know meet all you know this is like i'm in my early 20s i'm in san francisco i'm trying to meet as many people as possible uh i've got my dream 100 list even though i didn't know that that's what it was and every meeting i would basically just be like hey like thanks for your time you know i wish you good luck and i would just hand them a mini buddha and to this day some of those people ended up you know

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

and to the and i would you know meet all you know this is like i'm in my early 20s i'm in san francisco i'm trying to meet as many people as possible uh i've got my dream 100 list even though i didn't know that that's what it was and every meeting i would basically just be like hey like thanks for your time you know i wish you good luck and i would just hand them a mini buddha and to this day some of those people ended up you know

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

They were also in their early mid-20s. Some of them are like billionaires now or run $100 million venture funds or have sold companies to Stripe and things like that, executives at Meta. And they still, to this day, 10 years later or more than 10 years later, they have that Buddha and they send me photos of They send me photos and they're like, hey, hope all is well.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

They were also in their early mid-20s. Some of them are like billionaires now or run $100 million venture funds or have sold companies to Stripe and things like that, executives at Meta. And they still, to this day, 10 years later or more than 10 years later, they have that Buddha and they send me photos of They send me photos and they're like, hey, hope all is well.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

They were also in their early mid-20s. Some of them are like billionaires now or run $100 million venture funds or have sold companies to Stripe and things like that, executives at Meta. And they still, to this day, 10 years later or more than 10 years later, they have that Buddha and they send me photos of They send me photos and they're like, hey, hope all is well.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

And it's like, dude, you're like the SBP product of a trillion dollar company. And I'm on your mind for this five dollar Buddha from this Jewish guy. How does this make this make sense?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

And it's like, dude, you're like the SBP product of a trillion dollar company. And I'm on your mind for this five dollar Buddha from this Jewish guy. How does this make this make sense?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)

And it's like, dude, you're like the SBP product of a trillion dollar company. And I'm on your mind for this five dollar Buddha from this Jewish guy. How does this make this make sense?