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I would be rather interested in how they got the first 100 users. Raising money is the easy part.
by ilrwbwrkhv 5y ago
I would be rather interested in how they got the first 100 users. Raising money is the easy part.
- gompertz 5y agoThis is always the part I'm interested in too, and can't help but believe the initial user base is always faked with a few hundred bots, and slowly phased out as real people stumble in. There's no way anything starts just with 10 people or family and friends using it. The common person will immediately back out on suspicion.
- Jxl180 5y agoMy (unsolicited) advice that I followed after hearing it from somewhere else (HN probably). Get customers first, build later. If I don’t already have a line of people ready to put money down for the product (or even pre-ordered), it’s not going to be any easier after I take the time to build it. If I can’t get customers before I build it, I’d seek out different problems to solve. I am not a serial entrepreneur or someone who has created large businesses like others here, so take what I say with a huge grain of salt, but it’s how I’ve chosen to pursue projects going forward.