Ask HN: How do you find your first beta users?
Hi! I'm working on a startup, and I want it to be used by a few dozens of users for some time before I'm ready to launch it to the public.
Can you give me some advice on how to find them?
Can you give me some advice on how to find them?
I contacted people I knew personally that were involved in startups.
I asked a friend who was involved in a startup incubator to email the incubator's founders mailing list asking for beta testers.
I posted on the @flockmetrics Twitter feed and my own personal one.
I posted the site on http://betalist.com.
I cold contacted some people I thought would especially find it useful.
In the end I found it much easier to get feedback from those I had up front personal contact with.