My First 16: Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner
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a16z Live
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0:00-1:10 Intro
1:10-6:01 Marqeta's beginning
6:01-9:15 First customers
9:15-16:25 "Magic" product market fit
16:25-24:58 Building customer relationships/Pricing
24:58-32:18 Advice for founders
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