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There was a similar discussion last week titled "Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users?": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43970837

Hi. I should have phrased it differently as I'm not totally ready yet (as you rightly pointed out).

Yes, I find the discussions, let you engage with them trough the app, and monitor replies.

Do you mind sharing the competition you're referring to? I've not found any similar solution so far. Thanks

I never pulled numbers but since I got most of my first 100 users through this without paying any money, the ROI is positive :) Time was an investment though, and that's why I hope my service will help here.

I was not involved in the original comment and not planning to publicly talk about my service until it's live, but the opportunity was too perfect to miss.

Thank you for your trust. I want to finalize a few more things before roll it out to first users. I will get back to you!

I was not involved in the original comment. But maybe I should expand my product to build this ;)

Yes, I will do an initial search for 1000s of conversations and give you the top 5. Each day I repeat the process.

Thank you for the trust. I am finalizing the last features before opening to first users. I will reach out to you soon!

I’ve had success twice using targeted social media outreach — specifically by joining relevant subreddit discussions and commenting on YouTube videos where my target audience was already active.

Instead of simply promoting your service right away (it often feels spammy), I recommend genuinely engaging in conversations until the right opportunity comes up.

I ended up turning that process into its own product: https://sparkflow.ai/

Niels Ln Doky's TED talk [0] helped me understand and appreciate Jazz.

[0] https://youtu.be/3ee-XROfON0

My homework was to write a sentence with 5 ands in a row, so I wrote "and and and and and."

That was already their second gig. They made their first millions by copying eBay for Germany and selling it back to eBay 100 days after incorporation.

In my opinion, there are many valuable lessons for any IC moving into a people management role. PMs are not as unique as they might think.

I would be curious to hear what your startup does exactly.

This seems very similar to Pakible (YC W15) https://blog.ycombinator.com/pakible-yc-w15-makes-it-dead-si...