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It's an acknowledgement that the early days of a startup don't need to look like the later days. At 42Floors, we met with every landlord in person and then man
by jaf12duke 13y ago
It's an acknowledgement that the early days of a startup don't need to look like the later days. At 42Floors, we met with every landlord in person and then manually typed in every listing. Obviously, we can't do that at scale, but it was an important step to getting our startup off the ground when no one had yet heard about us. Later on, when we had built up credibility, we built web scrapers and integrated data feeds
- jsonne 13y agoI completely hear what you're saying and I'm glad you said it. There's a certain level of understanding your customer that can only come from meeting in person. I'm glad to hear that I'm following the same footsteps that you guys did. We're working to solve the issue of API integration, and there's only so much you can understand about a customers pain point through email or over the phone.