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Re:Ask HN: What are some ways to get my first 1000 users for... by ASquare on Saturday October 11, 2014 @05:21PM (#8443474)
Get your first 10 from people you know. You must know parents or know people that know parents.

Do your problem/solution/MVP interviews with these people. Then use them to refer you to others that may have the same issue/be interested.

Pour gas on your social networks - Facebook, twitter, linkedin whatever. Spread the word and force close friends to like/share/retweet etc to maximize reach.

That should get you to your first 50-100 easily.

Beyond that, in parallel, post to /r startups and /r parenting on reddit. Submit link to Betali.st and ProductHunt and do a ShowHN.

With all of this, you should get to your 1000 number.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some ways to get my first 1000 users for... by benologist on Saturday October 11, 2014 @08:44PM (#8443906)
This is good advice except focus on parenting communities, not startup websites. Parenting communities are almost entirely your ideal customer vs. just a subset of startup communities.

http://mashable.com/2011/01/21/parenting-social-networks/

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/237922

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