The First Customers Podcast

How do founders find their first customers? Learn the strategies, tactics, and inspiring stories behind the people who took the risk to start a business. Hosted by Paris Vega.

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The First Customers Podcast explores the pivotal moments when founders discover their earliest believers. Each episode dives deep into the relationships, stories, and strategies that transformed ideas into successful businesses. Paris Vega is the host of the First Customers podcast. He is an entrepreneur who most recently launched Enok SEO, an SEO company focused on consulting and training agencies on how to use the SEO software called Market Brew in their SEO workflow. Enok SEO also delivers SEO consulting and services directly to brands.

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The First Customers Podcast

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62: Bert Waugh, How to Save the World

61: Nathan Hirsch, From $5k to $12 Million/yr

60: Richard White, CEO/Founder of Fathom and User Voice

59: Dominic Rubino, CEO of ProfitToolBelt.com and a seasoned entrepreneur

58: Dan French, CEO of ATX Acquisitions, grew from $0 to $2 billion in assets

57: Pete Grett, CEO & Founder of the BlackRock Group

56: Jeremy Parker, Co-Founder of Swag.com & Swag Space

55: Arthur Petropoulos: Building to Sell - Strategies for Maximizing Business Value

54: Marty M. Fahncke's Billion-Dollar Journey

53: Bryce Wuori Explains How AI is Transforming the Construction Industry

52: Graham Stewart is Revolutionizing the Cotton Processing Industry with Fibre52

51: Goldback's Rise from Zero to One Million Customers

50: Doubling Church Size in a Year with Pastor Adam Haugen

49: Christoffer Sigshøj brings portable wind turbines to the masses.

48: How CEO Shani Bocian grew Allermi by 800% in 12 months.

47: How to Build Your Real Estate Empire with Brian Grimes

46: TikTok Tactics: Barak Glanz Turns Views into Customers

45: Varag Gharibjanian, MIT grad & founding partner at Actuate, who works with companies like Qualcom, Lenovo, & Bose to grow their revenue

44: Master of Crowdfunding, Eli Packouz, Explains His $2.5 million Dollar Kickstarter Campaign Success and more

43: How did players redeem over $500,000 from virtual real estate on Atlas Earth? CTO Beau Button tells the story.

42: From Cold Calls to $150M of Renewable Energy: VECKTA's Journey with Gareth Evans

41: Building a Successful Travel Agency During Lockdown with Amy Jordan

40: How to build a successful Link-Building Agency with Alexandra Tachalova

39: Mastering YouTube Lead Generation with Ali Schwanke

38: Matheus Riolfi raised $30 million in VC funding. But how did he find his first customers?

37: Jon Darbyshire sold Archer Technologies for $200 million, then launched SmartSuite that already has 600 customers. How does he find his first customers?

36: How did Mark Stouse grow his startup from $0 to $2 million in revenue in 18 months?

35: How did Karthik Suresh's startup, Ignition, raise $5 million and find their first customers?

34: David CM Carter, Chairman & Founder of Entelechy Academy, is the world's leading CEO mentor.

33: How did Alex Levin and the Regal.io team go from 0 customers in 2020 to driving over $1 billion in revenue for their customers a few years later?

32: How did Mark Ross Smith revolutionize the airline industry's rewards programs with Status Match?

31: Why did Billy Samoa Saleebey leave Tesla to start Podify?

30: What can Liam Corcoran, teacher/rapper/artist, teach you about networking?

29: How did Andres Glusman get the first customers for Meetup.com & DoWhatWorks?

28: How did Liz Parker start a successful strategic planning business in Hong Kong after quitting her job?

27: How did Esteban Dalel raise $250k for Watermelon Tools before getting their first customer?

26: How did Tyler Robertson grow Diesel Laptops from $0 to $100 million in revenue in 8 years?

25: How did David Smooke grow HackerNoon from 0 to 4 million readers per month?

24: How did John "Small Mountain" Hill build an international sales/marketing agency coaching service?

23: How did CEO Alberto Voltolina grow MGG North America from $0 to $1.5 million in one year?

22: How did Ron Karr help his clients increase incremental revenues by over 1 billion dollars with the Velocity Mindset?

21: How did Ukranian entrepreneur, Sergey Lechshenko, find his first customers in the middle of war?

20: How does Jeff Beal, Mr. Marketology, turn awareness into sales for brands like The Home Depot?

19: Warren Greshes, the legendary sales pro, award-winning speaker, and author of several books including, The Best Damn Sales Book Ever.

18: Omayya Atout, Founder of Songlorious.com, a SharkTank featured company that hit $5 million in revenue after only 2.5 yrs. Their musicians make custom songs for any occasion that tell your story.

17: Stewart Townsend helps guests automate getting booked on podcasts at PodcastHawk.com

16: Matt Leavell, CEO of BuyLowWarehouse.com, earned $1 million in their first year and ranked in the Inc 5000 fastest growing companies in the USA in 2022

15: How did CEO Austin Linney overcome addiction and double his revenue every 6 months for the last 1.5 years?

14: How did Sam Eisenberg help his clients raise over $2 billion dollars?

13: How did CEO Sean Brandenburg grow Central Cargo North America to $1 million in its first 4 months?

12: Kent Wilson, COO of RV SnapPads, a fast growing company that started in their family garage and grew to over 500,000 units sold across North America

11: How did Scott Stouffer raise millions in VC funding and scale to 64,000 customers?

10: Christina Aldan, International TEDx speaker, award-winning corporate trainer, and brand strategy consultant at Arana Software helps startups get their first customers.

9: JK Molina grew Tweet Hunter to over $1 Million in ARR & recently sold the business. Now he shows you how to monetize (not grow) your audience at Tweets & Clients.

8: Nick Bouwhuis, Founder of Bouwhuis IT, an information technology company in the Netherlands specializing in cyber security

7: Daniel Johnson, Founding Partner of We Scale Startups, sold his first business at 17 yrs old & went on to work with Google, Neil Patel, ConsenSys, and others.

6: Angie Correa, ex-corporate sales executive at NBC, Yahoo, and Maxim Magazine who launched a successful career and business growth coaching service

5: Nick Maciel, Engineer & Founder of Cadversity, an innovative product design agency that became profitable within the first month

4: What's Caren Schwannauer's secret for getting consistent sales?

3: Eric Vardon, the CEO & Cofounder of Morphio, using artificial intelligence (AI) for marketing insights & security

2: Josh Pigford, Founder of Baremetrics, a powerful subscription analytics software for SaaS companies

1: Chase Bowers, founder of Dropified, the fastest growing business in Alabama and #55 on the 2019 Inc 5000

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