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Ask HN: Founders, what was the major sourcing channel for your first 100 users?

274 points jainvivek | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 18:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source

Please also share target audience to correlate better.
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twosdai ◴[16 Oct 24 19:47 UTC] No.41863085[source]▶
Cold out reach via email. It was so useful we pivoted and now have a product to help with it.

Your channels are dependent on your product and market you're trying to serve. For us it's b2b enterprise customers in the United States. So email works well. If you are trying to sell to developers, or union carpenters in venezuela its going to be different per case.

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tonyedgecombe ◴[17 Oct 24 10:16 UTC] No.41868128[source]▶
>Cold out reach via email.

In other words SPAM.

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1. sho ◴[19 Oct 24 04:43 UTC] No.41885702[source]▶
I'm probably in the same category of old school internet vets with strong negative opinions about spam, but I think that well-targeted, high- or at least some-effort commercial outreach is OK if it's done well and isn't annoying. What turns email into spam isn't just what it is, it's how it's done.

I've hired people who cold emailed me - in the right way. I delete without reading cold emails that seem to be bulk sent. There is a difference.