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

By Jason Feifer

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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 of Problem Solvers, taped live at Entrepreneur Live in Los Angeles, Krach explains how to turn a company's first customers into valuable ambassadors.

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Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcast Problem Solvers. Outside of Entrepreneur, he is the author of the book Build For Tomorrow, which helps readers find new opportunities in times of change, and co-hosts the podcast Help Wanted, where he helps solve listeners' work problems. He also writes a newsletter called One Thing Better, which each week gives you one better way to build a career or company you love.

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