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Re:Ask HN: Established company planning same thing as 1-man ... by afarrell on Saturday August 16, 2014 @04:29PM (#8187452)
> feel free to lie about how many companies you have signed up. Say it's something like 1000.

Is this really the sort of advice we give here?

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Re:Ask HN: Established company planning same thing as 1-man ... by adventured on Saturday August 16, 2014 @05:05PM (#8187578)
It's a complicated line sometimes to walk.

Reddit for example faked their user base to get started, and have admitted such, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeDzx4SUME

This is a common approach to demonstrating a product early on when there's little to no traction. If users show up and it's a ghost town, they will leave.

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Re:Ask HN: Established company planning same thing as 1-man ... by tptacek on Sunday August 17, 2014 @03:10PM (#8190120)
It's really not that complicated.
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Re:Ask HN: Established company planning same thing as 1-man ... by chatmasta on Saturday August 16, 2014 @05:15PM (#8187607)
Lying is not always bad. In this case, it actually works out better for the employee:

OP lies -> More employee leads -> More companies interested

Employees want as many companies on board as possible, so they win.

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Re:Ask HN: Established company planning same thing as 1-man ... by afarrell on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @07:58PM (#8200478)
If the OP is successful. If not, then the job-seeker just wasted effort. Which is fine if 1 OP does it, but if many people copycat...
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