Startup First Users

This is a great compilation of stories on how to get first users. It's good to see how Paypal, Stripe & Co. started, what they have done and that it's possible. I've been through several startups on the page and it is inspiring, confirming, and makes me smile because of the memories of earlier versions of some services. And the UI is fine. It makes fun to discover new stories just by scrolling down.

I think the main thing that stops many products from gaining momentum is that point exactly – when you already have "something" but need to find your first adopters who will start using that thing. This site aims for this problem, and hits where it hurts, because there's a lot of info on the net about how you can get your first adopters, but it usually doesn't refer to successful cases or doesn't let you compare them to come up with your plan. This product will be huge, I suspect.

It is unclear whether you get the stories right away on the onboarding email, or if it's after you give your email to start with? Sounds great but as a UX it has a long way to go in communicating exactly what the product is (or will be) and what I as a customer am expected to do