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0 pointsbackend_dev823d ago0 comments

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.

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JimsonYang2d ago· 1 in thread

there 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_dev82OP2d ago

But 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_m...)

I guess the YC folks have not caught up yet on this.

lynguist2d ago· 1 in thread

He says to use Reddit in the video! That was one of my takeaway messages.

backend_dev82OP2d ago

Yeah, but he says customers 4-10, not the first and the second the third, he says use personal network for that, right?

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