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Justin is the co-author of Traction Book: a Startup Guide to Getting Customers. Before writing the book, he ran growth at developer tools company Exceptional Cloud Services, which was acquired by Rackspace in 2013.

Previously, he also co-founded a 3D printing company that was acquired in late 2011, and has consulted for startups and some of the most popular websites on the internet. He's also an active mentor at 500 Startups, a seed-stage investment fund and accelerator.

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	Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers by Gabriel Weinberg (Goodreads Author), Justin Mares (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 9,800 ratings — published 2014 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth by Gabriel Weinberg (Goodreads Author), Justin Mares (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 162 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Become a Technical Marketer: A Guide to Working Faster, Accelerating Growth, Automating Marketing Tasks, and More 3.72 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Tração. Domine os 19 Canais que Uma Startup Usa Para Atingir Aumento Exponencial de Sua Base de Clientes by Gabriel Weinberg (Goodreads Author), Justin Mares (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learn SQL for Marketers: Run Cohort Analyses, Get Deeper User Insights, Analyze Any Marketing Metric, and More (Become a Technical Marketer Book 2) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Marketing Strategy: How Today's Top Companies Get Traction it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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