“The Customer Is Always Right” Is the Most Misunderstood Phrase In Business

You’ve probably even used it wrong yourself

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
7 min readOct 10, 2022

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I was meeting with an entrepreneur who wanted my help dealing with a high-maintenance customer. The problem? The customer was always demanding new features. And I mean demanding.

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com