2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Master the art of customer-obsessed marketing in just two weeks, gaining the power to charge premium prices without losing customers
2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Master the art of customer-obsessed marketing in just two weeks, gaining the power to charge premium prices without losing customers
Course overview
"I was lost and now I'm found." - Diana Chávez Acosta, former student.
Here's a hard truth: most startups fail because they don't understand their customers. Over two weeks, we'll show you how to avoid this fate by building a customer-obsessed marketing plan that gives you true pricing power - the ability to charge premium prices without losing customers.
As Warren Buffett, the world's most successful investor, explains: "The single most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power. If you've got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you've got a very good business."
Week 1: Diagnosis & Strategy
First, we'll teach you how to diagnose your market:
Market Orientation: Learn why "you are not the customer" and how to become truly customer-obsessed.
Market Research: Master professional techniques to understand your market.
Segmentation: Cut your market into manageable, profitable chunks.
Then we'll help you develop your strategy:
Targeting: Make the most important choice - where to play and, more importantly, where not to play.
Positioning: Learn how to stand out in a crowded market with good positioning.
Objectives: Set SMART goals using your bespoke purchase funnel.
Week 2: Tactical Excellence
We'll show you how to execute across all four tactical levers:
Product: Use Jobs-to-be-Done and Net Promoter Score to build what customers want.
Price: Master the three-part pricing discipline that drives profit.
Promotion: Understand how to blend long-term brand building with short-term sales activation for maximum impact.
Place: Choose the right distribution channels based on your core competencies.
What You'll Learn
By the end of two weeks, you'll understand how to research, write and execute a customer-obsessed marketing plan.
You'll also learn how to avoid the biggest mistake most startups make - believing they can intuit what customers want.
Instead, you'll gain the tools, frameworks and confidence to put the customer at the heart of every marketing decision you make.
Your masterclass closes with examples of best-in-class technology and an extended Q&A session with your instructors, Dino and Lee.
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Founders who want to build a company that can charge premium prices without losing customers to competitors or drowning in discounts
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Founders-in-waiting who want to launch with a clear marketing strategy from day one, avoiding the costly trap of intuition-based decisions
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Startup marketers who want to move beyond tactics to become strategic leaders who can shape their company's growth and profitability
Master the MORTN scale to diagnose your blind spots and build a truly customer-obsessed company culture
Explore how AI-generated data is disrupting market research and whether you can rely on it for marketing strategy
Use the Meaningful/Actionable Grid to identify profitable segments that others miss and focus your resources where they matter most
Develop detailed segment portraits that bring your target customers to life and guide every business decision
Craft a powerful positioning statement that makes your brand stand out and gives customers a clear reason to choose you
Set SMART objectives that align your team and create real accountability for marketing success
Apply Jobs to be Done thinking to develop products your customers actually need, not just features they might want
Use the Van Westendorp method to confidently set prices that capture maximum value from each segment
Transform your founder's story into a compelling narrative that resonates with customers and investors alike
Design a distribution strategy that leverages your core strengths and creates a sustainable competitive advantage
4 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
34 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
5 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
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Gameli Ladzepko
Diana Elizabeth Chávez Acosta
Imisi Adefala
Dino Myers-Lamptey is the founder of The Barber Shop, a strategy-led creative company solving big business challenges through data, distribution and disruptive ideas. He works with purpose-driven brands like Sky, Triumph and Parkinson’s UK. A leader in conscious advertising, Dino sits on multiple industry boards and was named a Top 10 Media Planner by Campaign for six years running. He’s also a founding investor in Lee Henshaw’s company, Into-it.
Lee Henshaw is a seasoned entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in entertainment, technology and media. He’s launched, grown and sold two online marketing businesses and is now the founder of Into-it, a music tech company transforming banner ads into personalised music notifications. As a writer, he wrote the novel Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room and an Oasis biography, and covered music and technology for The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent and more.
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