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October 26, 2023 36 mins

Peter Reinhardt, CEO of Charm Industrial and previous CEO at Segment (sold to Twilio) joins Erik and Jack for episode six of "1 to 1000" in which they discuss what most founders miss about PMF, sales, recruiting, and more. If you’re looking for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or HIPAA compliance, head to Vanta: https://www.vanta.com/1000 

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(01:38) Product Market fit - how quickly should you expect something to work?

(03:00) Killing ideas too quickly

(04:56) The role of a founder in a company's early days

(07:30) Pricing from a values based perspective

(08:54) Nailing the initial customer value

(10:52) First time founders take market risk. Second time founders take execution risk

(12:50) Navigating the idea maze

(15:25) Sponsor: Vanta

(16:57) Figuring out the product fit moment

(21:34) Tactics on recruitment

(22:55) Favorite question to ask when doing references

(24:22) Acquisition during late stage of a

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