An ideal customer is the person or business that gets the most value from your product and is most likely to pay for it.
Startups should not try to sell to everyone. When the audience is too broad, marketing becomes weak and product direction becomes unclear.
Founders should define customer age, profession, location, problem, budget, behavior, and buying reason.
Talking to real customers helps improve this understanding. Interviews, surveys, and sales calls can reveal what customers actually need.
Once the ideal customer is clear, startups can write better messages, build better features, and choose better marketing channels.
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