derekmh

There is a good book on this called “Traction” by Gabriel Weinberg (the founder of DuckDuckGo) where he outlines 19 “channels” for getting traction [1]. I’ve also seen the guy from FPU [2] do a good job at extending this list.

Also, why is nobody focusing on unsuccessful “growth strategies”? I’ve often learned more from people who failed at something and told me 10 things to be aware of vs. someone who succeeded and didn’t recognize the role luck played in their success.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Cu...

[2] https://firstpayingusers.com

It is a poor version of MExamples because of the lack of content.

Not according to my analysis [1]. Also if you take a look at sites that specialize in e-commerce founder interviews, you’ll see that they use all sorts of acquisition channels/strategies (partnerships with mini influencers, FB/Instagram Ads, SEO, affiliate programs and so on) and they work really well.

I would understand if you said “the internet = Google for MY retail store”, but saying it applies for all online retail is simply incorrect.

[1] https://zerotousers.com [2] https://www.starterstory.com/

I’m using my own scraper (for companies using Gmail/Zoho). They require users to add a TXT DNS record, so that makes things pretty easy.

It can be removed, they just make it so bloody hard.

Do you mean messages like “sent from my iPhone?”

What part of the headline is false? The author never claims founders got their users first there.

Have you read the article at all? He mentions examples like Scitter Engine which are completely “non-free stuff”.

I actually liked the report. No need to be disrespectful towards justiceforsaas.

Especially when peoples’ lives depend on it.