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Étienne Garbugli
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    • Lean B2B (2nd Edition) 🆕
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    • Find Your Market
    • The SaaS Email Marketing Playbook
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21 Lives

Brand trumps competition

Businesses compete against other businesses, substitute products, indifference, noise and businesses not yet created. Many unknowns, many external factors. Branded experiences like games, music, movies and art

On partnerships

Recently, I’ve been following my own advice and testing a possible business partnership. Through weeks of collaboration, I realized that a business partner had to be these

It’s rarely only about succeeding

Focus on the (learning) process, not the result. For more than 2 years, Montreal head coach Jacques Martin (quote) has been repeating this sentence. It may have

Build another man’s toy

It’s easier to ride a wave than to set one in motion. Meaning… your company may be better off creating offers that complement the market’s big player’s

The idea that never comes

Part of what I’ve been doing over the course of last year has been looking for the perfect business idea. Through brainstorms and bouts of loneliness, I
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MY FAVOURITE POSTS

Thoughts

Why Rate of Learning is Your Most Important Metric

DECEMBER 17, 2017
Thoughts

Building Momentum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Thoughts

Don’t ask for permission

JUNE 21, 2011
Thoughts

Don’t do what Réal did…

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Thoughts

7 Reasons Why I Stopped Being a Fan

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

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Map – Padova, Ital

Located in: Padova, IT

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ABOUT ÉTIENNE GARBUGLI

Étienne is a Fractional Head of Growth for startups and growing tech firms. He’s also a 3-time startup founder (Flagback, HireVoice and Highlights), a 5-time entrepreneur and a respected customer research expert.

Tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and innovators worldwide rely on his books (Lean B2B, Find Your Market, The SaaS Email Marketing Playbook, Solving Product) to build and grow their businesses.

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