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by backend_dev82 14 hours ago
I guess I am very atypical. My first customer came from Reddit outreach, and also my second, and third and so on. None came from personal network (never really even tried that, maybe i should)

I know its going to stop being so effective at at some point, but so far so good. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

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there was an older yc video where they asked founders where they got their first customer. a lot of people said * cold outreach/sales * personal network * reddit

Obv the videos these are general brushes, I would imagine they put this video in a counter reaction to the many startups thinking they need an expensive product launch video in order to get their first few clients

He says to use Reddit in the video! That was one of my takeaway messages.
Yeah, but he says customers 4-10, not the first and the second the third, he says use personal network for that, right?