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Listen "Path to Market: Defining and Validating Your Ideal Customer Profile with Alicia Carney"
Episode Synopsis
In this insightful episode, our Director Natasha Lytton and co-host Micah Smurthwaite, Partner at Pipeline Ventures are joined by Alicia Carney, a seasoned product marketing expert with extensive experience at high-growth startups like Deliveroo.
Together, they dive deep into identifying and validating Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs) in pre and post product-market fit stages. Alicia shares her insights on navigating early market fit through to scaling operations post-product market fit.
Key takeaways:
- Define and validate ideal customer profiles (ICP) through market needs and user research
- Be intentional and thoughtful about who you are serving and the value you offer
- Focus on empirical metrics and continuous customer engagement.
Show notes:
Alicia Carney - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciacarney
Natasha Lytton - linkedin.com/in/natasha-lytton
Micah Smurthwaite - linkedin.com/in/micah-smurthwaite-2283b49
Interview guide link: http://bit.ly/3tJubmC
Establishing an ideal customer profile (ICP) by Notion VC
Market research platforms: userinterviews.com, pollfish.com, gong.io, grain.com
Together, they dive deep into identifying and validating Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs) in pre and post product-market fit stages. Alicia shares her insights on navigating early market fit through to scaling operations post-product market fit.
Key takeaways:
- Define and validate ideal customer profiles (ICP) through market needs and user research
- Be intentional and thoughtful about who you are serving and the value you offer
- Focus on empirical metrics and continuous customer engagement.
Show notes:
Alicia Carney - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciacarney
Natasha Lytton - linkedin.com/in/natasha-lytton
Micah Smurthwaite - linkedin.com/in/micah-smurthwaite-2283b49
Interview guide link: http://bit.ly/3tJubmC
Establishing an ideal customer profile (ICP) by Notion VC
Market research platforms: userinterviews.com, pollfish.com, gong.io, grain.com
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