Ask HN: How did your startup get its first real users?
A lot of startup advice is vague. I’m interested in concrete stories:
How did you actually get your: first 10 users first 50 users first 100 users?
What channels worked? What totally failed?
Any tactics that still work in 2025 despite all the noise?
Please share your experience.
> A lot of startup advice is vague.
Sure, but in an ocean of quantity you need to know where to look for quality:
1. https://www.startupschool.org/
2. Book: The Lean Startup.
Those 2 resources address everything you need to know and then some, with concrete advice.
> What channels worked?
You have it all wrong.
I’m documenting my exact process of this here: https://opus.cafe/goal/jj/26#progress-6
Still a lot of learning to go, though
I usually don't start anything before I know where to market it. So the first 10 or 100 users are usually day 1 after the first one or two public posts.
That likely doesn't help other than, think about where your customers are