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Case Study: Customers and Early Adopters (Lean Canvas)

Case Study: Customers and Early Adopters (Lean Canvas)

Users aren't customers. And customers aren't always users.

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Jerry Everett
Dec 08, 2023
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Many Average Entrepreneurs don’t think clearly about the differences between users and customers. And believe that early adopters are anyone who is ‘easy’ to sell to.

It’s a beginner’s mistake. In this issue, we will set things straight.

First, everyone pays for your service. It’s just the “currencies’ that change.

There are three currencies that users and customers exchange for value: Time, Attention and Money.

Time, attention and money.

Let’s look at our case study and see what the differences are between users and customers. And a clear way to correctly identify early adopters.

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