Get users before building the product
I'm Domenico, and I have sold 3 micro-startups during the last year, and I have generated more than $35k with no adv.
I have launched my startup studio Omega (https://twitter.com/theomegastudio) almost 1 month ago with a single mission: Solve micro-problems, through micro-solutions, in a huge market opportunity.
I launched the first startup with Marc 2 weeks ago: theaialfred.com
We have reached 70 users with no product. How did we do it?
We are going to use this process for every startup we're going to launch for the next months, and hopefully years.
First BASIC rule: validate it before building it
One of the first important basis for your startup is validating the problem before going all-in. We've followed this rule using a simple process:
- Sign up for free on yep.so
- Build your simple landing page in seconds. You can see here what we've reached in 2 weeks. Conversion rate 14%
- Share it with your community
Where would I share the landing page? The answer is it depends, but I can tell you what I used for the last startup:
- Kernal Ideas -> tip: you need to publish updates, otherwise you'll not have engagement
- Reddit communities -> I can suggest you these subreddits: https://www.reddit.com/r/sidehustle/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/roastmystartup/
- Medium -> It seems weird, but I wrote a long article on Medium, getting 9 emails from 30 views -> my profile: https://medium.com/@gagliardidomenico96
- Indie Hackers Community -> this is one of the best places where you can share your startup. I got viral with one of my last posts!
Talk with users step by step
Once you have the first emails, you need to validate the product.
What did we use for doing that? Bubble-free plan.
We built a simple dashboard, with the basic feature of the product. We started sending emails for Beta Access in a very quick way. We reached more than 10 product feedback in less than one week.
Your goal in this stage needs to be very simple: try to understand what people want, and what you can ship in a very fast way. One important point here -> fast execution. You don't need to focus on product design for months. You just need to ship it.
You will have all the time for editing the final product.
That is what we've done so far with our last product. And we're going to use it for the next products too.
Then there are a lot of new strategies and ways for validating the product. I'd like to hear your feedback about this process! You can write to me on Twitter -> https://twitter.com/DG_9_6
