Chapter

Testing Early Customers for a Membership-Based Business
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23:17 - 27:36 (04:19)

The speaker shares their experience of testing early customers for their membership-based business without directly selling or handling payments. They used a mixer event to gather a pool of potential customers from various elite institutions and had a 15% conversion rate.

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A group of people from Google, Salesforce, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon decided to start a dating app after meeting at a mixer.
23:17 - 25:54 (02:36)
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Business School
Summary

A group of people from Google, Salesforce, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon decided to start a dating app after meeting at a mixer. After a year of hard work, the app became international and they were able to scale up.

Chapter
Testing Early Customers for a Membership-Based Business
Episode
#41 - Dating app that has an admissions process like Harvard
Podcast
My First Million
Despite not actively selling or handling payments, a membership program had a 15% conversion rate, indicating the value users found in the service.
25:54 - 27:36 (01:42)
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Membership Program
Summary

Despite not actively selling or handling payments, a membership program had a 15% conversion rate, indicating the value users found in the service. 40% of users referred others to the program, which is much higher than average.

Chapter
Testing Early Customers for a Membership-Based Business
Episode
#41 - Dating app that has an admissions process like Harvard
Podcast
My First Million