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I guess I am very atypical. My first customer came from Reddit outreach, and also my second, and third and so on. None came from personal network (never really
by backend_dev82 3mo ago
I guess I am very atypical.
My first customer came from Reddit outreach, and also my second, and third and so on. None came from personal network (never really even tried that, maybe i should)
I know its going to stop being so effective at at some point, but so far so good.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
- lynguist 3mo agoHe says to use Reddit in the video! That was one of my takeaway messages.
- backend_dev82 3mo agoYeah, but he says customers 4-10, not the first and the second the third, he says use personal network for that, right?
- JimsonYang 3mo agothere was an older yc video where they asked founders where they got their first customer. a lot of people said * cold outreach/sales * personal network * reddit Obv the videos these are general brushes, I would imagine they put this video in a counter reaction to the many startups thinking they need an expensive product launch video in order to get their first few clients
- backend_dev82 3mo agoBut as someone who sells Reddit leads, i can tell you first hand that Reddis has gotten more hostile to these kinds of self promotion as of late. Here is a nice write up from one of my competitors: (https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1qg2f5n/im_pivoting_my_saas_after_realizing_reddit_lead/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1qg2f5n/im_pivoting_m...) I guess the YC folks have not caught up yet on this.