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First Customers
by Paris Vega
The show about finding your very first customers. Learn sales, marketing, growth hacking, and customer acquisition strategies from real entrepreneurs and sales experts. Building a business that solves problems and creates jobs makes the world a better place. But it all starts with finding your very first customer. Hosted by Paris Vega, a digital marketer and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience.
Episodes
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63: Aytekin Tank, CEO/Founder of Jotform (From $0 to $100 million+/yr)
Aytekin Tank, the founder and CEO of JotForm, shares his journey of getting his first customers and the strategies he used to grow his business. He emphasizes the importance of making the product free, leveraging technology for PR, and building a community around the product. He also discusses…
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62: Bert Waugh, How to Save the World
Bert Waugh rose from door-knocking real-estate agent during double-digit interest rates to owner of a firm later acquired by Berkshire Hathaway. Guided by faith, he founded Transitional Youth to break the cycles of homelessness through family-style homes, counseling, and the Breaking Cycles…
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61: Nathan Hirsch, From $5k to $12 Million/yr
Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/61-nathan-hirsch/ 00:00 The Entrepreneurial Journey Begins 03:20 Acquiring the First Customers: Strategies and Lessons 08:19 Marketing and Outreach: Cold Email and Social Media 11:54 Delegation and Business Expansion Nathan Hirsch shares his…
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60: Richard White, CEO/Founder of Fathom and User Voice
Richard White, CEO of Fathom, shares his strategy for acquiring first customers. He believes in giving away something for free to build trust and create word-of-mouth virality. He emphasizes the importance of focusing on building a sticky product that users love before worrying about monetization.
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59: Dominic Rubino, CEO of ProfitToolBelt.com and a seasoned entrepreneur
Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/59-dominic-rubino-ceo-profittoolbelt/ Dominic Rubino shares his experiences of getting his first customers and growing businesses from zero to $120 million in sales and from six franchisees to over 200. He emphasizes the importance of sales and...
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58: Dan French, CEO of ATX Acquisitions, grew from $0 to $2 billion in assets
Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/58-dan-french-atx-acquisitions/ Dan French, CEO of ATX Acquisitions, shares his journey in real estate investing and the challenges he faced along the way. He discusses the importance of finding customers and vendors, the differences between active and...
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57: Pete Grett, CEO & Founder of the BlackRock Group
Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/57-pete-grett-blackrock-group/ Pete Grett, founder and CEO of the BlackRock Group, shares his experience of acquiring his first customers in the supply chain logistics industry. He emphasizes the importance of nurturing relationships and leveraging social...
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56: Jeremy Parker, Co-Founder of Swag.com & Swag Space
Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/56-jeremy-parker-swag-space/ Discover how Jeremy’s innovative approach to customer acquisition and branding propelled Swag.com to become the fastest-growing company in its sector, ultimately leading to its acquisition by Custom Ink. Now at the helm of…
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55: Arthur Petropoulos: Building to Sell - Strategies for Maximizing Business Value
Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/55-arthur-petropoulos-hill-view-partners/ Building with an Exit in Mind: Arthur's philosophy on creating a business that's attractive to buyers.
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54: Marty M. Fahncke's Billion-Dollar Journey
Show Notes: https://parisvega.com/54-marty-m-fahncke/ Marty M. Fahncke is an acquisitions advisor with Westbound Road who has done 1 billion in revenue and over 450 million in acquisitions over his career.
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53: Bryce Wuori Explains How AI is Transforming the Construction Industry
Show Notes: https://parisvega.com/53-bryce-wuori-pavewise/ In this episode, Bryce Wuori, the CEO of Pavewise talks with host Paris Vega about how he's using AI to change the construction industry. He explains how Pavewise started as a simple project tool and grew into a big software company…
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52: Graham Stewart is Revolutionizing the Cotton Processing Industry with Fibre52
Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/52-graham-stewart-fibre52-cotton-processing/ First Customers episode 52 features Graham Stewart, founder of Fibre52, discussing his groundbreaking process to make cotton and textile industry more sustainable by replacing harmful chemicals with…
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51: Goldback's Rise from Zero to One Million Customers
Show Notes & Links: https://parisvega.com/51-benjamin-shaffer-goldback-gold-currency/Goldback, a company that offers a gold-based physical currency, experienced rapid growth in just four years from zero customers in 2019 to over 1 million customers today. Benjamin Shaffer shares the story of how...
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50: Doubling Church Size in a Year with Pastor Adam Haugen
Show notes: https://parisvega.com/50-adam-haugen-glad-tidings-leander-church-growth/ Listen to episode 50 of the First Customers podcast featuring Adam Haugen, an inspiring pastor who doubled the size of his church within a year. Adam shares his proven strategies for growth, offering insights...
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49: Christoffer Sigshøj brings portable wind turbines to the masses.
Show Notes, Links, & Transcript: https://parisvega.com/first-customers-49-christoffer-sigshoj-kitex-wind-turbines/ In episode 49 of the First Customers, we talk with Christoffer Sigshøj, engineer & co-founder of KiteX, a Denmark-based company that's pioneering the world's lightest portable wind...
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48: How CEO Shani Bocian grew Allermi by 800% in 12 months.
Show Notes: https://parisvega.com/shani-bocian-steinberg-allermi-allergy-company/ On episode 47 of the First Customers podcast I spoke with Shani Bocian, CEO of Allermi, an allergy care company. Her company has seen significant growth (800% over the past 12 months) and offers a unique product…
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47: How to Build Your Real Estate Empire with Brian Grimes
Show notes: https://parisvega.com/brian-grimes-real-estate/ In episode 47 of the First Customers podcast, I sit down with Brian Grimes, real estate investor and founder of 24-7 Cash Flow University. With a portfolio built on over 300 fully renovated properties, Brian shares his journey into the...
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46: TikTok Tactics: Barak Glanz Turns Views into Customers
Show Notes & Discount Code: https://parisvega.com/barak-glanz-coddy-tiktok-tactics/ Learn the secrets of how Barak Glanz of Coddy.tech got his first customers and grew his business using TikTok. Like so many episodes of this podcast, I learned a lot from Barak and will be testing out some of the...
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45: Varag Gharibjanian, MIT grad & founding partner at Actuate, who works with companies like Qualcom, Lenovo, & Bose to grow their revenue
Show Notes: https://parisvega.com/varag-gharibjanian-actuate/ Varag Gharibjanian, MIT grad & founding partner at Actuate, works with companies like Qualcom, Lenovo, & Bose to grow their revenue & helps emerging startups get their first customers. Get ready to dive straight into the world of sales...
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44: Master of Crowdfunding, Eli Packouz, Explains His $2.5 million Dollar Kickstarter Campaign Success and more
Show Notes: https://parisvega.com/eli-packouz-crowdfunding-instafloss/ In episode 44 of the First Customers podcast, I chat with the Eli Packouz, an inventor and crowd funding master. Eli created eight products over the last several years including his most recent and disruptive ‘Instafloss’. He...
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43: How did players redeem over $500,000 from virtual real estate on Atlas Earth? CTO Beau Button tells the story.
Show Notes: https://parisvega.com/beau-button-atlas-reality-how-to-make-money-with-virtual-real-estate/ Episode 43 of the First Customers Podcast welcomes Beau Button, the CTO and cofounder of Atlas Reality. They're known for Atlas Earth, the largest virtual real estate platform in the world.…
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42: From Cold Calls to $150M of Renewable Energy: VECKTA's Journey with Gareth Evans
Show Links: https://parisvega.com/gareth-evans-veckta-marketplace/ In episode 42 of the First Customers podcast, we're joined by Gareth Evans, the dynamic founder and CEO of VECKTA. VECKTA's marketplace has made impressive strides in the renewable energy sector, recently facilitating $150 million...
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41: Building a Successful Travel Agency During Lockdown with Amy Jordan
Show Notes, Links, & Transcript: https://parisvega.com/building-a-successful-travel-agency-during-lockdown-with-amy-jordan In episode 41 of the First Customers podcast, we are joined by Amy Jordan, a visionary entrepreneur who took the bold step of starting a travel agency during the COVID...
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40: How to build a successful Link-Building Agency with Alexandra Tachalova
Show Notes, Mentions, Links, & Transcript: https://parisvega.com/how-to-build-a-successful-link-building-agency-with-alexandra-tachalova/ In this episode, we are joined by Alexandra Tachalova, founder and CEO of Digital Olympus. Alexandra shares her entrepreneurial journey, starting from her days...
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39: Mastering YouTube Lead Generation with Ali Schwanke
Show Notes, Links, & Transcript: https://parisvega.com/mastering-youtube-lead-generation-with-ali-schwanke/ In episode 39 of the First Customers Podcast, we sit down with Ali Schwanke, a successful entrepreneur who has leveraged the power of YouTube to generate over a thousand leads. Ali's…
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38: Matheus Riolfi raised $30 million in VC funding. But how did he find his first customers?
Matheus Riolfi is the CEO & Cofounder of Tint, an embedded insurance platform that raised $30 million in venture capital investment from Y Combinator and others. They’ve worked with clients like Uship, Deel, and Outdoorsy. Show Notes/Links/Transcript: https://parisvega.com/matheus-riolfi-tint-ai/
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37: Jon Darbyshire sold Archer Technologies for $200 million, then launched SmartSuite that already has 600 customers. How does he find his first customers?
Jon Darbyshire ran the global security practice for Ernst & young, then started and sold Archer Technologies for $200 million after 9.5 years, and now he's currently Founder & CEO of SmartSuite, a company he’s grown to 600 customers after 2.5 years. Show notes, links, & transcript:...
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36: How did Mark Stouse grow his startup from $0 to $2 million in revenue in 18 months?
Mark Stouse grew his startup, ProofAnalytics.ai, from $0 to $2 million in revenue in 18 months. Now they’re one of the 100 partners for Salesforce and they’re still growing. Their client roster includes mega brands like Bayer, Samsung, Johnson Controls, Oracle, and others. Show links, notes, and...
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35: How did Karthik Suresh's startup, Ignition, raise $5 million and find their first customers?
Karthik Suresh, ex Facebook product manager and now co-founder/CTO of Ignition, the world's first go-to-market ops platform. They raised $5 million in VC funds, including lead investor Altman capital (Sam Altman of Open AI fame and his brothers). He's a go-to-market expert so his insights are...
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34: David CM Carter, Chairman & Founder of Entelechy Academy, is the world's leading CEO mentor.
David CM Carter, Chairman & Founder of Entelechy Academy, is the world's leading CEO mentor. He's worked with senior leaders at Anglo American, BWC, Love Film, and GO Airlines. He’s also a best selling author of his book, "Breakthrough. Also he's formerly known as Mr. Flipside when he worked for...
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33: How did Alex Levin and the Regal.io team go from 0 customers in 2020 to driving over $1 billion in revenue for their customers a few years later?
Alex Levin is a Harvard grad and the Founder/CEO of Regal.io, an Outbound Phone & SMS Sales Platform. Starting in 2020 with 0 customers, their service has generated $1 billion in revenue for their customers in the last few years. Alex has a clear and proven perspective on how startups are built.…
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32: How did Mark Ross Smith revolutionize the airline industry's rewards programs with Status Match?
Mark Ross Smith, CEO & Founder of StatusMatch.com, revolutionized the way airlines run their incentive programs for frequent travelers. Through Status Match he's brought over one billion dollars in new customer value to major airlines, like Emirates, Lufthansa, Air Canada, Frontier Airlines…
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31: Why did Billy Samoa Saleebey leave Tesla to start Podify?
Billy Samoa Saleebey is an Ex-Tesla Global Leader and Cofounder/CEO of Podify, a service that produces podcasts like Language of Love with DR. Laura Berman from Oprah’s TV network. He's also a slef-proclaimed ramen addict. Billy gives great advice for entrepreneurs and podcasters on this episode....
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30: What can Liam Corcoran, teacher/rapper/artist, teach you about networking?
Liam Corcoran is a Teacher, Rapper, and Artist. He's also the Founder of an education startup called OK. He is one of the founding teachers at Synthesis, the online program that evolved out of Elon Musk’s school at SpaceX. And he also served as an Acton Academy Guide. Liam's thoughtfulness,...
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29: How did Andres Glusman get the first customers for Meetup.com & DoWhatWorks?
Andres Glusman is a legend. He helped get Meetup.com's very first customer and first $14 of revenue. Meetup later sold for $200 million. Now Andres is the cofounder and CEO of Do What Works. His experience spans across decades, from the birth of the internet in the 1990s to modern day startups....
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28: How did Liz Parker start a successful strategic planning business in Hong Kong after quitting her job?
Liz Parker, Founder of LT Results, just released a new book called “Who’s Leading Your Business?”. Twenty-four years ago she quit her successful international sales training job at DHL in Hong Kong to start a strategic planning company from scratch. On this episode, Liz tells us the story of…
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27: How did Esteban Dalel raise $250k for Watermelon Tools before getting their first customer?
Esteban Dalel, CTO/Co-Founder of Watermelon Tools, raised $250k before getting their first customer and now has over 4,000 users. Get insight into how a scrappy team of two programmers got their first investors, users, and how they plan to get their first paying customers. Show Notes & Links:...
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26: How did Tyler Robertson grow Diesel Laptops from $0 to $100 million in revenue in 8 years?
Tyler Robertson, Founder/CEO of Diesel Laptops, quit his six figure job in the truck service business and scaled his part time gig into a $100 million business. This is a great story about slow and steady growth, taking smart risks, and obsessing over solving your customers' problems. Show Notes…
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25: How did David Smooke grow HackerNoon from 0 to 4 million readers per month?
How did David Smooke grow HackerNoon from 0 to 4 million readers per month? David Smooke, Founder & CEO of HackerNoon, a technology website that publishes 50 stories per day read by about 4 million people every month. He takes us on the journey from selling his skills as an agency, through the...
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24: How did John "Small Mountain" Hill build an international sales/marketing agency coaching service?
John "Small Mountain" Hill, author of Selling from Scratch and Founder of Adapted Growth, an international sales/marketing agency coaching service. Show Notes John's book: Selling from Scratch https://amzn.to/41MZkCf (paid affiliate link) Sales Throw Down podcast:...
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23: How did CEO Alberto Voltolina grow MGG North America from $0 to $1.5 million in one year?
Alberto Voltolina, CEO/President MGG North America, American/Italian company that went from $0 to $1.5 million in one year. They are a worldwide leading equipment manufacturer and supplier for paint brush & paint roller manufacturers like Sherwin Williams, Baer, and more. It was fascinating to...
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22: How did Ron Karr help his clients increase incremental revenues by over 1 billion dollars with the Velocity Mindset?
Ron Karr, author of the Velocity Mindset, helped his clients increase incremental revenues by over 1 billion dollars. We go deep into what the Velocity Mindset is and how it affects the sales process. From prospecting and cold calling to closing the sale, Ron has a unique effective approach for...
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21: How did Ukranian entrepreneur, Sergey Lechshenko, find his first customers in the middle of war?
Sergey Lechshenko, Founder/CEO of Beverly English Career Coaching, a business he started in Kiev, Ukraine before the war. When the war started he had to adapt to find customers and continue growing his business. Listen to the story of an entrepreneur with a dream to serve customers around the…
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20: How does Jeff Beal, Mr. Marketology, turn awareness into sales for brands like The Home Depot?
Jeff Bealeis Mr. Marketology. He's Founder and Marketing Strategist at The Marketology Group, develop marketing strategies for frustrated businesses who want to go from brand awareness to sales. He’s worked with brands like Home Depot, Turner Broadcasting, and more. Jeff is an expert marketer…
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19: Warren Greshes, the legendary sales pro, award-winning speaker, and author of several books including, The Best Damn Sales Book Ever.
Warren Greshes is a legendary sales pro, award-winning speaker, and author of several books over the past 30 years. He was inducted into the National Speakers Association hall of fame in 1998, and one of his books is considered to be in the top 10 best sales books of all time. The title says it...
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18: Omayya Atout, Founder of Songlorious.com, a SharkTank featured company that hit $5 million in revenue after only 2.5 yrs. Their musicians make custom songs for any occasion that tell your story.
Omayya Atout, Founder & CEO of Songlorious, a SharkTank featured company that hit $5 million in revenue after only 2.5 years. You can hire their roster of musicians to write and record custom songs for any occasion to tell your story. Show Notes & Links:...
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17: Stewart Townsend helps guests automate getting booked on podcasts at PodcastHawk.com
Stewart Townsend is the Chief Revenue Officer of PodcastHawk.com, a company advised by Pat Flynn & Jordan Harbinger that helps guests automate getting booked on podcasts. Show links, notes, & transcript: https://parisvega.com/stewart-townsend-podcast-hawk/
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16: Matt Leavell, CEO of BuyLowWarehouse.com, earned $1 million in their first year and ranked in the Inc 5000 fastest growing companies in the USA in 2022
Matt Leavell, CEO of BuyLowWarehouse.com, earned $1 million in their first year and ranked in the Inc 5000 fastest growing companies in the USA in 2022. After decades of taking business risks and learning hard lessons along the way, Matt found success selling wholesale goods by the truck load....
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15: How did CEO Austin Linney overcome addiction and double his revenue every 6 months for the last 1.5 years?
Austin Linney, CEO Crementum Capital and mindset coach, overcame addiction and has doubled his revenue every 6 months for the last 1.5 years building a business with a mission. He's a serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, business and mindset coach, and host of the weekly podcast: Construct...
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14: How did Sam Eisenberg help his clients raise over $2 billion dollars?
Sam Eisenberg, Co-Founder of Design for Decks, a boutique pitch deck design firm whose decks have raised over $2 billion dollars. He's also the founder of Read with Love, a voice-cloning audio book service for busy education minded parents that uses AI to copy a parents voice and use it to create...
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The show about finding your very first customers. Learn sales, marketing, growth hacking, and customer acquisition strategies from real entrepreneurs and sales experts. Building a business that solves problems and creates jobs makes the world a better place. But it all starts with finding your very first customer. Hosted by Paris Vega, a digital marketer and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience.
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