Matt Lerner is a founder and entrepreneur who specializes in helping European startups to improve their customer acquisition strategies. He founded Startup Core Strengths to provide workshops, online learning, courses, and free content to startups seeking to learn about customer acquisition. Previously, Matt worked as a partner at 500 Startups, where he initiated the seed-stage growth program for portfolio companies. Matt also built and managed growth teams for three notable startups and worked at PayPal. He has expertise in general management, marketing, and product management. Matt approaches his work in a quantitative manner, focusing on customer insights, testing, and fast iteration to achieve outstanding results. He is passionate about teaching and helping others improve.