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Re:The hacker's guide to acquiring the first 1,000 users: Tw... by austenallred on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @10:55AM (#6482740)
While there's no marketing tactic that can make up for having a crappy product, the notion that you can just email a couple of friends and a product will take off works in maybe 1% of cases, even for good products.
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Re:The hacker's guide to acquiring the first 1,000 users: Tw... by pstuart on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:32AM (#6483014)
It helps if you have something good....
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Re:The hacker's guide to acquiring the first 1,000 users: Tw... by austenallred on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:36AM (#6483049)
Even if you have something good, the chances you'll be successful without marketing are way worse than the chances you'll be successful as a startup in general (which already suck).
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Re:The hacker's guide to acquiring the first 1,000 users: Tw... by rholdy on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:46AM (#6483124)
...and if you don't have something good, you'll figure it out a lot faster with marketing than without. With a short runway, like when you're living out of your car or something crazy, figuring that out is pretty important.
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