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Why Startups Are Giving Early Customers Board Seats
A growing number of early-stage startups are handing board seats to their first power users — not just investors. Lucas and Luna unpack the strategy behind 'customer board seats' using the example of a B2B SaaS company that gave its first 10 customers voting rights on product roadmap. They discuss how this flips traditional governance, why it builds fierce loyalty, and the risks (including legal hurdles and founder control). With references to recent data showing Airbnb and Palantir's stock moves, and the OpenAI family play, they explore whether this model could become standard…
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