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Join for freePosted: Thu 5th Mar 2026
Getting your first customers isn't about a perfect brand or a big budget. It's about proof, user feedback and consistent outreach.
In this Lunch and Learn, Tinesh Chhaya shares a practical, step-by-step go-to-market sprint to go from "idea" to your first paying customers faster.
Learn how to validate demand, sharpen your positioning, package a simple offer and run outreach that actually gets replies, without spending months building the wrong thing.
A simple validation framework to confirm real demand (without overbuilding)
A clear positioning and offer template you can write in 30 minutes (who it's for, what it solves, why you)
A repeatable first-customer outreach system (message structure, follow-up cadence and what to track)
Tinesh is the multi-disciplined CEO of FounderCrush.ai, an AI-powered start-up co-founder that helps early-stage founders turn ideas into structured execution.
He's a go-to-market and partnerships operator with experience across SaaS, cyber security and early-stage venture building, supporting founders to validate ideas, build distribution and create repeatable revenue motion through practical, lived experience and real-world tactical solutions.
Enterprise Nation is the UK's most active small business network, helping thousands of people turn their good idea into a great business.
