How billion & million dollar companies got their first users
Many billion and million-dollar companies did not start out with huge budgets, they often bootstrapped to get their first users. This page contains insights on how 30+ well-known companies got their first users.
About Startup First Users on Product Hunt
“How billion & million dollar companies got their first users”
Startup First Users launched on Product Hunt on September 19th, 2019 and earned 393 upvotes and 55 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. Many billion and million-dollar companies did not start out with huge budgets, they often bootstrapped to get their first users. This page contains insights on how 30+ well-known companies got their first users.
On the analytics side, Startup First Users competes within Sales, Marketing, Growth Hacking, Product Hunt and Startup Lessons — topics that collectively have 710.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Startup First Users performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Startup First Users?
Startup First Users was hunted by Leon Pals. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Startup First Users including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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