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24 alternatives to The Startup Chat 152: How to Conduct Great Customer Development Interviews

Hiten Shah & Steli Efti on how to do customer interviews

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Startup Chat 152: How to Conduct Great Customer Development Interviews launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Startup Chat 137 - What We Learned From 1000 Minutes of Interviewing Founders About Fundraising▲77

   1000 minutes of customer development interviews in 27 min

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Great Question▲330

   Make customer research a part of every product release

   2021 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Startup Chat 156: Scaling SaaS from 100 to 1000 customers▲115

   Hiten Shah & Steli Efti share a framework for growing SaaS

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Startup Chat 134: How to do due diligence on people▲56

   Hiten Shah & Steli Efti discuss vetting investors & partners

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Startup Chat 133: How to cultivate great relationships with investors▲57

   Hiten Shah & Steli Efti discuss investor relations

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Customer Interview Generator▲85

   Craft tailored interview for your customer in 10 seconds

   2024 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Startup Chat - How to build a great reputation▲85

   Reputation Building Tips from Steli and Hiten

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Startup Chat 153: Is Customer Success BS?▲6

   Hiten Shah & Steli Efti on how to help your customers win

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Startup Chat 151: How to create a winning startup culture▲61

   How to bring the right people together & make them get along

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Talk To Your Fucking Customers! (If You Want To Build A Better B2B Startup)▲171

    Actionable advice for B2B Startups by Steli from Close.io

    2018 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Startup Chat Podcast▲233

    Hiten and Steli's unfiltered insights and actionable advice.

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Startup Chat 166 - How to Think About Hot Trends in Business & Technology▲62

    Hiten Shah & Steli Efti chat about trends

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Startup Chat 168 - How to Build Your Personal Network… Without Networking▲56

    Hiten Shah & Steli Efti chat about building relationships

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Startup Chat 142: Why Hiten Shah & Steli Efti love to read▲55

    Books can be your best mentors

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Startup Chat 140: The power of writing▲61

    Hiten Shah & Steli Efti talk about the importance of writing

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Startup Chat 138: Building Products in Hyper-Competitive Markets▲57

    Hiten Shah & Steli Efti on growing SaaS startups in 2017

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17ID
    Interviewing devs made easy▲66

    2011 · codeinterview.me · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Deploy Empathy▲309

    A practical guide to interviewing customers

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Startup Chat 144: How to become more thoughtful▲78

    How to think your way to bigger results

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Startup Chat 167: Not How But Yes▲64

    Steli & Hiten discuss the book "The Answer to How Is Yes"

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Startup Chat 162: How to do team retreats▲65

    Tips for designing successful startup retreats

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Customer Discovery Ninja▲93

    On-demand interviews with your target customers

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23TT
    Talking to your customers made easy.▲24

    Dear Hackers and founders, I am working on a startup which aims to make customer development easier, faster and perhaps lazier. We all know how important it is to talk to customers, GainGeek (http://gaingeek.com) makes this process easier. My hope is that this app will resonate with all those following Eric Ries's Lean startup and Steve Blank's customer development strategy. I thought it would be a great idea to submit my idea to the eyes of the most critical crowd I know. Please let me know what you think. Cheers, Edo. PS: Some will note that this app could be intrusive. My bet is that the…

    2010 · gaingeek.com · its alternatives →

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    Reply: Live Tasks▲143

    Convert prospects into customers with Live Tasks suggestions

    2017 · its alternatives →

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