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#17 How they got revenue before product | Aleksa Mitroviฤ‡


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In this episode, I speak with Aleksa Mitroviฤ‡, co-founder of Hyperaktiv, a platform that enhances customer engagement through data-driven insights.


Imagine committing to not building a product before making revenue. That's exactly what Aleksa and the team at Hyperaktiv didโ€”here's how!


Key learnings:

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ

Alexa shares how she and her co-founder met at Antler and why they prioritized finding the right co-founder over the business idea.


๐Ÿ“Š ๐—›๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

Helping self-service businesses harness their data for growth, converting users, and optimizing engagement strategies.


๐Ÿ› ๏ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฉ๐—ฃ๐˜€

The importance of rapid iteration and learning and commitment to revenue.


๐Ÿš€ ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†

How they used quadrant-based prioritization (importance vs. urgency) to discover high-intensity pain points.


๐Ÿ’ก ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฉ๐—ฃ

They stitched together existing tools like a jigsaw puzzle to create an MVP that worked before fully building the product.


๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต

Hyperaktiv's approach to personalizing customer journeys based on user behavior and segments, which differentiates them from competitors.


๐Ÿ’ธ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป

Lessons on surviving the early startup phase by not spending until necessary and the perils of premature scaling.


Links:

https://www.hyperaktiv.ai/



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