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Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users?

559 points amanchanda | 1 comments | 13 May 25 08:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.263s | source

I am building a B2C AI SaaS with $50/month price. How would you go about getting with first 100 users and then the next 500 users.

What we are currently doing: 1) Cold outreach to power users - to convert them into affiliates. 2) Cold outreach to individuals who have target ICP communities. 3) SEO for more long term (not for the first 500)

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blitzar ◴[13 May 25 10:11 UTC] No.43971357[source]▶
Bot farm in India, VC's didn't notice.
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leosanchez ◴[13 May 25 10:56 UTC] No.43971576[source]▶
Is it true or you forgot /s ?
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e3bc54b2 ◴[13 May 25 14:16 UTC] No.43973244[source]▶
Maybe they did, but the strategy is known to be effective and VCs are known to be stupid..
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leosanchez ◴[14 May 25 04:24 UTC] No.43980787[source]▶
But isn't it fraud?
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1. qzw ◴[15 May 25 13:12 UTC] No.43994680[source]▶
You and I may call it that, but in SV that’s just standard growth hacking.