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Founders, what was your early growth hacks when you had no marketing budget?
A lot of startups begin with no marketing budget, so you have to get creative, what were your early growth hacks that worked for you and maybe some that didn't? - Did you have to find a balance between spam and genuine marketing... To start the discussion, some that worked for me have been: - Engaging in communities without directly advertising your product - Starting a tech blog and writing about useful topics, growing an audience - Taking advantage of platforms like ProductHunt to launch on and listening to feedback from early users - Making content that is useful but incorporating your product into it in a genuine way This is something where you can get very creative, I think it is about adding value to a community or market.
Do you have a co-founder? How did you find them?
Finding a co-founder is hard, and sometimes it takes a lot of time. Folks who have co-founders, drop your tips, hacks, and methods on finding one so that you can help fellow founders who are seeking one.
Do you recommend launching while in closed beta or once signups are open to everyone?
Hey everyone. We've been working on our product for nearly a year now. And we're currently in a closed beta - people can request an invitation code and we send them out as it makes sense. Everything looks stable and we're hoping to enter an open beta period where people can just sign up without invitation codes. It's a product for startup founders called Ataeum