Sandbox Réseau × MAD Conversations present Zero to Market. Members get priority.
Hello friends,
Over the past ten months, I've sat with many of you, at our meetups, over calls, sometimes over a late-night message, and one story keeps coming up. You've built something real. It works, the few people using it love it, and you're proud of it, as you should be. But the customers aren't coming in the way you hoped, and you're not quite sure why.
Let me say this plainly: that doesn't mean your product isn't good. Most of the time, the problem is that nobody ever showed us how to take a product to market. Knowing exactly who your customer is, what will make them pay attention, where to find them, and what to do first when the money is small: these are skills most of us were never taught. We're expected to figure them out alone, and too many good products quietly stall while their founders do.
That's why I'm excited to share something we've been working on with our friends at MAD Conversations. It's a new series called Zero to Market, and it was built with founders like you in mind.
Think of it as the next chapter of what Sandbox Réseau has always been about. We came together to help each other build. Zero to Market is one of the ways this community now helps you grow. It's part of our program for founders, and it belongs to all of us.
How it works
Each episode, one founder sits down with Abeiku, the host of the MAD Conversations Podcast, and Ann Fesu, a Go-to-Market Strategist who spends her days helping businesses win customers. They'll take an honest look at your product, your numbers, and where you're stuck, and work out a plan with you, right there on camera. You'll leave with one clear move to make. Then, a couple of months later, you come back and share what happened, what worked, what didn't, and what you learned along the way.
What you walk away with
What you walk away with is real.
- A go-to-market strategy built for you. The kind of hands-on strategy that founders usually pay consultants for, shaped around your product, your customers and your budget.
- People in your corner for the next 90 days. Holding you to the plan and helping you think through what comes next.
- Your growth story, told. On a platform that marketers, business leaders and investors already watch, with a documented record of the moves you made and the results they produced.
That's the kind of proof you can't buy, and the kind that makes the next conversation with a customer, partner or investor so much easier.
Who should apply
Because this was built for our community, Sandbox Réseau members will be given priority. I'd really love for you to apply if you have:
- a launched product with real users
- a go-to-market challenge you're genuinely wrestling with
- an openness to talking honestly about your numbers
Applications close on Tuesday, 20 October, but the team is reviewing them as they come in, so please don't wait until the last day.
And if you know a founder outside our community who needs this, please send this to them. They're welcome to apply, and we'll gladly welcome them into Sandbox Réseau along the way.
I can't wait to see who takes the seat first.
Warmly,
Maxwell
Sandbox Réseau
