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Oct 2024
38m 24s

Advice Line: Reaching New Customers

Guy Raz | Wondery
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This week, Guy is joined by Leah Solivan of TaskRabbit, Scott and Ally Svenson of MOD Pizza, and Holly Thaggard of Supergoop! to answer questions about reaching new customers from three early-stage founders in this special “mashup” episode of the How I Built This Lab Advice Line.   First, Erin from Alameda, California wants to introduce users to an online ... Show More
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