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by pyfish 4397 days ago
Start with a niche group and personally reach out to them with an amazing product. For example, Facebook was for Harvard Students only. Airbnb started getting hosts and guests in only New York. Ben Silbermann of Pinterest began by recruiting users manually by literally walking into cafes in Palo Alto and asking random people to try out Pinterest while he gathered feedback over their shoulders.