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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

Life is not a checklist

Today, you could write / build / make something you’ve never done before. You could be anywhere. It could make you millions or make you hugely successful.

Focus on what won’t change

I recently read that, only about 70 of the top 500 companies of the 1950s are still around today; businesses that must have seemed rock-solid to investors

Don’t shit in your own trail

When I started working as a teen, my father started sharing work-related wisdom. At the time, one of the lessons that stuck was: Don’t shit in your

Don’t be average

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable

Are you building or just surviving?

What are the pillars of your success? What do you need to be successful? Credibility? A great network? Up-front capital? Visibility and fame? Luck? Something else? Are
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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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