How We Got Our First 2,000 Users Doing Things That Don't Scale

Re:How We Got Our First 2,000 Users Doing Things That Don't ... by 3stripe on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @12:29PM (#7018467)

Really interesting to see behind the scenes in terms of connecting with the press.

But this seems more like a minimum viable community than a minimum viable product to me.

  "No matter how useful your product might be, it isn't a business without users"

I think that should read: "without customers".

Is there a plan regarding monetization? There was no mention of this under 'The Uncertain Future' section...

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Re:How We Got Our First 2,000 Users Doing Things That Don't ... by rrhoover on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @05:01PM (#7020302)

Glad you enjoyed it. WRT to monetization, our focus is engagement/retention, then growth, then monetization (maybe). We have some ideas on how we might monetize (hint: http://jonathan-kim.com/2014/starting-fires/) but that's not our focus at this time.

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Re:How We Got Our First 2,000 Users Doing Things That Don't ... by joelle on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @02:41PM (#7019376)

Very good point. But I'd argue that most customers start off as "users". Sure - some people show up for the first time and whip out their credit cards - but when you're starting that small your best (early) customers will be ones you convert to paid out of the beta.

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