{"id":8369,"date":"2025-11-24T11:46:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/gtm-lessons-from-the-edges-how-two-startups-reached-the-customers-everyone-else-overlooks\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:46:29","slug":"gtm-lessons-from-the-edges-how-two-startups-reached-the-customers-everyone-else-overlooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/gtm-lessons-from-the-edges-how-two-startups-reached-the-customers-everyone-else-overlooks\/","title":{"rendered":"GTM lessons from the edges: how two startups reached the customers everyone else overlooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luna co-founder Jas Schembri-Stothart and Untapped Solutions founder Andre Peart share how they cracked go-to-market for audiences most startups avoid. <!--more--> In this episode of Build Mode, they reveal the guerrilla tactics, trust-building strategies, and creative experiments that helped them reach teenage girls and formerly incarcerated workers\u2014from crashing Taylor Swift concerts to keynoting re-entry conferences. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Intro<br \/>\n03:15 Getting Grilled by Teens: Luna&#8217;s School Roadshow<br \/>\n05:04 The Ambassador Army That Designed the App<br \/>\n06:11 When Teen Content Goes Viral on TikTok<br \/>\n07:32 Untapped&#8217;s Origin: From Prison to Building Solutions<br \/>\n11:03 The Power of Storytelling in B2B Sales<br \/>\n14:02 Navigating Data Privacy with Sensitive Populations<br \/>\n15:29 The Challenge of Dual Audiences: Teens and Parents<br \/>\n17:43 Why Word of Mouth Beats Any Ad Campaign<br \/>\n19:41 The Taylor Swift Concert That Almost Got Shut Down<br \/>\n22:15 Key Takeaways for Any Founder<br \/>\n22:41 Field Notes: Creative Go-to-Market from the Community  <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss an episode:<br \/>\nSubscribe to Build Mode: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3WnPMw2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3WnPMw2<\/a><br \/>\nRead More from TechCrunch: <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/techcrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/techcrunch<\/a><br \/>\nTikTok: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/<\/a>@techcrunch<br \/>\nLinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/techcrunch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/techcrunch\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>New episodes of Build Mode drop every Thursday. Isabelle Johannessen is our host. Build Mode is produced and edited by Maggie Nye. Audience Development is led by Morgan Little. And a special thanks to the Foundry and Cheddar video teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luna co-founder Jas Schembri-Stothart and Untapped Solutions founder Andre Peart share how they cracked go-to-market for audiences most startups avoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}