Today’s guest is Gen Furukawa, the founder of Retainable. Retainable is an amazing platform designed to help businesses grow stronger by reducing employee turnover, increasing retention, and driving employee advocacy. In this episode, Gen shares his approach to marketing, how he started building products, and his thoughts on paid campaigns.
Show Notes
[02:28] How he started building products and what his journey has been like
[05:53] His approach to marketing
[07:49] How he prioritizes who to reach out to first
[10:35] An example of a LinkedIn strategy that works
[14:47] Strategies he has seen that does not work for early stage startup marketing
[18:04] Few things that really worked in Jungle Scout in terms of traffic, leads, and customers
[21:10] Marketing stuff that didn’t work
[22:19] His thoughts on paid campaigns
[25:12] His piece of advice for founders of product-led businesses
[26:58] Groups he’s a part of
[28:35] Where people can find him online
About Gen Furukawa
Gen Furukawa is the founder of Retainable, an innovative platform that helps businesses grow stronger by increasing retention, driving employee advocacy, and reducing employee turnover. He is also the co-founder of Prehook, the perfect customer experience and recommendation engine. Gen is also the co-host of the podcast CartOverflow.com where he interviews interesting guests like service providers, operators, agencies, and SaaS folks.
Links
- Amazon
- Jungle Scout
- Shopify
- Chrome Extension
- Growth Marketing Today with Ramli John
- Product-Led Growth Collective
- Trends
Profile
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