Getting your First Customers
For new startup entrepreneurs, getting your first few customers is hard work. Here is a collection of articles, videos and resources looking at how some startups make this easier...
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Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom | Y Combinator
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Cold calling for my startup and how I learned to embrace the challenge | Hackernoon
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How I’ve Attracted The First 500 Paid Users For My SaaS That Costs $5/mo
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How I’ve Attracted The First 500 Paid Users For My SaaS That Costs $5/mo
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Gustaf Alstromer - How to Get Users and Grow - Y Combinator Startup School
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Gustaf Alstromer - How to Get Users and Grow - Y Combinator Startup School
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Starting a Customer Education Program: What You Should Know - Talented Learning
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How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users - Issue 25 - Lenny's Newsletter
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Design: The Psychology of Building Addictive Products
Tips tricks: building products that users love
Content Marketing and Storytelling
Content Marketing and Storytelling. A collection of reso...
Ethics and design: The Psychology of Building Addictive Products
A look at ethical and moral issues related to addictive d...
Writing Copy for Landing Pages (websites)
tips suggestions for creating effective Landing Pages (we...
Affiliate Marketing - tools, resources
Affiliate Marketing - tools, resources
A collection of...
Product Market Fit
Getting started with your business idea? Before investin...
Rapid Prototyping
Articles and videos to hep startup entrepreneurs prototyp...
Design: The Psychology of Building Addictive Products - examples
Tips tricks: building products that users love
Retention, Churn, and Marketing Analytics for Startups
A collection of articles and videos about Retention, Chur...
DevRel - Developer Relations, Marketing and Open Source Software - and Contributors, Community
DevRel - Developer Relations, Marketing and Open Source S...
Freemium sales model for SaaS businesses
popular articles and videos: Freemium sales model for Sa...
Growth Metrics for Tech Startups
what metrics should you use to measure growth?
Social Media Marketing
a collection of articles and videos with tips and suggest...
Content Marketing
a collection of articles and videos looking at how busine...
SaaS Pricing Strategies
Software as a Service (SaaS) pricing strategies for start...
Growth Hacking for Startups
website business growth hacking. A collection of resource...
SEO and Search Marketing
a collection of resources for entrepreneurs looking to im...
Naming: How to come up with the perfect Name for your startup
a collection of thoughts about Naming: How to come up wit...
Marketing Strategy: Category creation
a collection of articles about category creation (strateg...
Email Newsletter Marketing
tips and suggestions for email marketing
How to set up a Sales Team - for Startups
tips suggestions for setting up a winning sales team (for...
Sales - a guidebook for Startups
tips suggestions for marketing and sales (for entrepreneu...
Product Design - Which Feature to build Next?
A collection of articles, videos and resources to help de...
Create a Movement (marketing)
Don’t Sell a Product, Sell a Whole New Way of Thinking
Sales documents for SaaS business
A collection of templates and documents for SAAS, softwar...
Sales, Marketing for Startups
tips suggestions for marketing and sales (for entrepreneu...
Edtech marketing: content, emails and events
A collection of articles related to Ed-Tech marketing: co...
Define your Target Market (advice for startups)
a collection about defining your Target Market (advice fo...
Marketing Plans for Fundraising (Startups)
a collection about Marketing Plans for Fundraising (Start...
Entrepreneurship: use ads to validate your ideas Before Building a Prototyping
Entrepreneurship: use ads to validate your ideas Before B...
Video Games and Freemium model
a collection about Video Games and Freemium model
Platforms vs Aggregators - Tech Business Models and Strategy
A collection of articles about the difference between Pla...
Influencers and Social Media Marketing
a collection of articles about Influencers and Social Med...
Subscription Business Model and Pricing Strategies for Startups
a collection of articles about the Subscription Business ...
Growth Hacking and Web design
website business growth hacking and web design
Salesforce.com, CRM software and Sales
A collection of articles about Salesforce.com, CRM softwa...
SaaS and Enterprise Sales - for Startups
tips suggestions for marketing and sales (for entrepreneu...
What to measure? - Growth Metrics for Tech Startups
what metrics should you use to measure growth?
Tools for Rapid Prototyping - Wireframing, Sketching, Paper Prototypes, Mockups
Articles and videos to hep startup entrepreneurs prototyp...
Landing Pages (websites) for Sales, Marketing - tools, resources
Landing Pages (websites) for Sales, Marketing - tools, re...
PR and Sales, Marketing for Startups
a collection of articles and videos about doing PR (press...
Design, Startups, and the Importance to Talking to Customers
a collection of articles and videos about Design, Startup...
Clever - edtech app store for K-12
single sign-on to make it easier for schools to manage th...
How to build a $100MM startup
A collection of articles about starting a company with th...
Product Marketing - for Startups
a collection of articles from leading thinkers about Prod...
Do things that Don't Scale - YC advice for getting started with your (tech) Startup
a collection of articles and videos about "doing things t...
Paid Acquisition - Using google advertising for Sales, Marketing of Startups
a collection of articles and resources about using Paid A...
Analytics - tools for Website Design, Startups
A collection of resources for Analytics - tools for Websi...
Getting your First Customers - Growth Hacking for Startups
a collection of articles and videos about Getting your Fi...
Sales pitch decks
a collection of articles about Sales pitch decks
Affiliate Marketing - examples
examples of Affiliate Marketing
Ed-tech Startup “Varsity Tutors”, and the online Tutoring market
Ed-tech Startup “Varsity Tutors”, and the online Tutoring...
design Sprint - Rapid Prototyping
Articles and videos to hep startup entrepreneurs prototyp...
Product Market Sales Fit - for SaaS startups
Getting started with your business idea? Before investin...
EdTech marketing
A collection of articles related to EdTech marketing
Sketch app - Tool for Rapid Prototyping - Wireframing, Sketching, Paper Prototypes, Mockups
Articles and videos to hep startup entrepreneurs prototyp...
User Acquisition and Growth Hacking for Startups
website business growth hacking
Sales, Marketing and AI in the Workplace
a collection of articles about AI (artificial intelligenc...
SaaS Pricing Strategies - examples
Software as a Service (SaaS) pricing strategies for start...
Email Marketing - tools, services
tips and suggestions for email marketing
SEO and Search Marketing - tips, tools and tricks
SEO and Search Marketing - tips, tools and tricks
Marketing for Startups -how to use Product Hunt and Hacker News
tips suggestions for marketing and sales (for entrepreneu...
Niche markets - Sales, Marketing for Startups
tips suggestions for marketing and sales (for entrepreneu...
Email Marketing - and GDPR
a collection of articles about Email Marketing - and GDPR
Tutoring Students - companies and resources
a collection of articles and resources about the growing ...
Wireframing and Rapid Prototyping
Articles and videos to hep startup entrepreneurs prototyp...
Exponential growth curves - Metrics for Tech Startups
what metrics should you use to measure growth?
MVP - minimum viable products and rapid prototyping
Articles and videos to hep startup entrepreneurs prototyp...
HubSpot
A collection of articles about Hubspot
What is “Product Market Fit”? - an introduction and practical advice
Getting started with your business idea? Before investin...
Competing vs Salesforce
Competing vs Salesforce
Freemium sales model for SaaS businesses - examples
Freemium sales model for SaaS businesses - examples
Step 1: Know your Audience, Market size - getting started with ideas for a startups
Step 1: Know your Audience, Market size - getting started...
Unbounce - Landing Pages (websites) for Sales, Marketing - Startups
Unbounce - Landing Pages (websites) for Sales, Marketing ...
Customer feedback and Product Design - Which Feature to build Next?
Customer feedback and Product Design - Which Feature to b...
Copywriting - writing content that sells for marketing, landing pages, advertising
Copywriting - writing content that sells for marketing, l...
Social Media Marketing - how to use Twitter
Social Media Marketing - how to use Twitter
Vertical and Niche markets
Vertical and Niche markets
Unit Economics - Growth Metrics for Tech Startups - What to measure?
Unit Economics - Growth Metrics for Tech Startups - What ...
LinkedIn - for building your personal brand, and Social Media Marketing
LinkedIn - for building your personal brand, and Social M...
CRM software and tools for marketing, sales
CRM software and tools for marketing, sales
Swag - marketing, branding for events, conferences
Swag - marketing, branding for events, conferences
Books - Influencers and Social Media Marketing
Books - Influencers and Social Media Marketing
Ahrefs - SEO and Search Marketing
Ahrefs - SEO and Search Marketing
Convertkit - Email Marketing - tools, services
tips and suggestions for email marketing
Advertising, Marketing for Startups
A collection of articles about Advertising, Marketing for...
Social Media Marketing - tools, platforms, resources
Social Media Marketing - tools, platforms, resources
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Strategy
Influencers and Social Media Marketing - tools, resources
Influencers and Social Media Marketing - tools, resources
How to build effective Landing Pages (websites) for Sales, Marketing - inspiration, suggestions
How to build effective Landing Pages (websites) for Sales...
Create Landing Pages - for coders, website developers - tools, resources, shortcuts
if you know how to code, here are some tools, resources, ...
Link-in-bio companies - Influencers and Social Media Marketing - tools, resources
Link-in-bio companies - Influencers and Social Media Mark...
Testimonials for Social Media Marketing - tools, platforms, resources
Testimonials for Social Media Marketing - tools, platform...
Affiliate Marketing - tips, suggestions
Affiliate Marketing - tips, suggestions
Virtual Influencers and Social Media Marketing - AI generated
Virtual Influencers and Social Media Marketing - AI gener...
Marketing and AI - tools, platforms, resources
Marketing and AI - tools, platforms, resources
Created: Dec 13, 2017
Updated: May 01, 2025
Updated: May 01, 2025