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customer research

startups

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Where do customer conversations come from?

Jun 19, 2026

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3 min read

Where do customer conversations come from?

The most consequential decision in the whole process of building a startup — and the one most founders treat like an ops problem

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

facilitation

+10

How to build a Bullseye Customer one-liner

May 21, 2026

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3 min read

How to build a Bullseye Customer one-liner

The difference between a customer you describe generally and one you can actually find, breaking down the one-liner itself

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

startups

+7

When your pipeline stalls, check which conversation you're having

May 4, 2026

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3 min read

When your pipeline stalls, check which conversation you're having

Sales down 23% over 18 months — not for lack of customer contact, but for lack of the right kind of contact

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

startups

+7

"Um, shit," I said

Apr 18, 2026

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2 min read

"Um, shit," I said

On echo chambers and the 1-pager I should have updated a year ago

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

bullseye customers

+4

The confidence that comes after dressing up in a giant hoop skirt

Dec 22, 2025

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8 min read

The confidence that comes after dressing up in a giant hoop skirt

Two (2) months for 15 minutes of fame

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

AI

+5

82 responses, three (3) interviews, and a single wasted week

Dec 1, 2025

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9 min read

82 responses, three (3) interviews, and a single wasted week

When your data tells you one story and humans tell you another

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

product-market fit

+8

Why that feeling of "almost right but not quite" matters more than the perfect prompt

Nov 24, 2025

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9 min read

Why that feeling of "almost right but not quite" matters more than the perfect prompt

AI is inevitably part of the conversation, here's what I've learned about when it actually helps — and when to trust your gut instead

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

facilitation

+6

Bound by time: the forcing function behind the Bullseye Customer Sprint

Nov 10, 2025

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8 min read

Bound by time: the forcing function behind the Bullseye Customer Sprint

Why the timeline isn't about speed — it's about limiting how much you can invest in being wrong

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

bullseye customers

+4

How I've been able to turn 80 customer interviews into clear insights

Oct 27, 2025

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11 min read

How I've been able to turn 80 customer interviews into clear insights

Using Redact and Claude to systematically extract insights without drowning in hours of transcripts

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

startups

+5

Your customers aren't who you think they are

Oct 6, 2025

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8 min read

Your customers aren't who you think they are

The gap between what you're building and who actually needs and wants it

Skipper Warson
Skipper Warson

How might we...

know whether we’re building for the right human. Weekly-ish field notes on interviews, assumptions, and the work of finding signal in the noise.

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