Getting the first 1000

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How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users - Issue 25

Considering every startup confronts this question at some point, I was surprised by how little has been written about it. Particularly anything actionable. So I decided to do my own digging. I spent the past month personally reaching out to founders, scouring interviews, and tapping the Twitterverse.

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How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users - Issue 25

Key points

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Goes through getting the first 1000 customers from a consumer app perspective

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There are only 7 strategies

What is good about it?

Makes the point that the first 1000 is very different to the next 10,000

What is bad about it?

Not everything is translatable beyond consumer apps