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Aug 2024
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Why you should never pay for customer in...

Path2Product
About this episode

It's a hotly debated topic, whether you should always pay customers for their time when sourcing and conducting interviews.

Spoiler alert! I think you're doing yourself a huge disservice if you make it a habit of paying customers for feedback.

In this episode, we unpack all the reasons why you should never pay customers for interviews and the benefits you'll see as a result.

If you're looking to get into product management or interested in up-leveling your product sense through a portfolio project, check us out at Path2Product

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