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Ask HN: How do you get first 10 customers?

18 points jcofai | 2 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.443s | source

Building is super cheap now but standing out among all AI noise has become so hard. I am seeing barely any response to my email and LinkedIn messages. These are not generic messages. They are personalized.

I am hearing similar stories from people I know. May be it is my network bias. I am building following on LinkedIn but I honestly hate it. I hate the facade of putting of expert hat and writing in stupid one sentence per line style.

The bar for customer acquisition is so high right now.

What can I do to get first 10 customers?

Please suggest for someone who don’t have much of a network.

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codingdave ◴[12 Jul 25 21:49 UTC] No.44545491[source]▶
Where did you find the first 10 people you talked to when making sure you were building a product people want in the first place? Call them back. Have them try it. If they like it, tell them to tell other people.
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1. jcofai ◴[12 Jul 25 22:41 UTC] No.44545807[source]▶
I never had 10 customers . Hence, the question.

One or two people who paid I had are looking for agency type solution and can't provide substantial feedback.

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2. wild_egg ◴[13 Jul 25 02:19 UTC] No.44546952[source]▶
I think the point they were trying to make is that all of this is much easier if you get customers before you start building anything. Then you know you're actually building something that people will pay for instead of possibly just wasting time on something no one wants.