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Oct 2025
18m 53s

How to Find and Solve Hard Problems (fea...

Brian Scordato | Tacklebox
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Hard problems are the only problems worth your time. Today, we'll talk about how to identify them and build a business around them. We'll dig in on decisions customers avoid and using those decisions to anchor early traction. We'll talk through Brian's favorite current business - a guy who buys used cars for you - and how to approach helping people with chro ... Show More
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