The first user, the 10th, the 100th, the first 1000 users — milestones like these are special for start-ups like us.
When our days are not uber-productive, when we face those minor hurdles, news like “We hit our first 1000 users”, is so refreshing! It gives us that bolt of energy to push ourselves further. It gives us the assurance that we are on the right path and genuinely making a difference in the lives of our users.
The journey of getting our first 1000 users is filled with over a 1000 baby steps. We did not go all guns blazing on user acquisition—no ads, no sponsored posts, no influencers, nothing.
Our mantra was simple, “You learn to walk before you learn to run like Usain Bolt.”
We reached out to our connections, to all those who are genuinely concerned about securing personal data from being hijacked or misused by corporates. Every one of us at Houm, reached out to our FRIENDS AND FAMILY. Just pure ONE ON ONE connect.
So, while we got our first 1000 users, we also got over a 1000 feedback. Feedback, that has helped us understand a 1000 perspectives on tackling data privacy and getting data ownership back to them. The learning and experience are so immense that it has filled our product pipeline for the next 6 months! We are all fired up, excited about the awesome features that we would be bringing into our product! Godspeed!
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