Startup First Users

How billion & million dollar companies got their first users

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How billion & million dollar companies got their first users

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Many billion and million-dollar companies did not start out with huge budgets, they often bootstrapped to get their first users. This page contains insights on how 30+ well-known companies got their first users.

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I've been waiting for a website like this. As an early startup founder I struggle with getting my first users in the door myself. This website definitely helps.

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7yr ago

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@jorisderuiter Pretty much every company struggles with user growth at the start. It's all about finding different ways to attract customers until you find something that sticks. That's what all these companies have done and it worked well for them.

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7yr ago

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That's the biggest issue we are facing for our new product. Great resource to learn from other companies.

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7yr ago

YOU. MADE. EXACTLY. WHAT. I. WAS. LOOKING. FOR. Thanks a lot for bringing all this information together. This will inspire me to come up with even more unique strategies to grow my userbase.

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7yr ago

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.

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7yr ago

Wow I bet it took a lot of time to gather the information and get it all on one page. Thanks for sharing!

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7yr ago

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I love this. I'm posting this to my private group for our Free PR Bootcamp on earned.co - really cool to see that quite a few used PR to get early traction. Nice work

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7yr ago

Entrepreneur OS

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.

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