How Do You Find Your First Customers?The chairman of DocuSign explains how to turn a company's first customers into valuable ambassadors.

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How do you find your first customers? It's a question first-time founders are often flummoxed by. But Keith Krach has developed a tried-and-true strategy -- starting during his days at Ariba (which sold for billions), and extending into his current time as chairman of DocuSign.

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In this special live edition ofProblem Solvers, taped live atEntrepreneur Livein Los Angeles, Krach explains how to turn a company's first customers into valuable ambassadors.

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