
One thing I'm learning while building FounderDiscover:
Building the product is only half the battle.
Getting people to discover it is another problem entirely.
If you're a new founder with:
0 followers
0 email subscribers
no existing community
a small marketing budget
β¦it can be surprisingly difficult to get your first few users.
You can build something useful, but if nobody knows it exists, it doesn't really matter.
That's one of the reasons I started building FounderDiscover.
The idea is to create a place where founders can showcase themselves and the products they're building.
Instead of only submitting a product URL, founders can build a profile around themselves:
π€ Who they are
π What they're building
π Their products
π Where they're from
π Their categories
π Their social profiles
And the community can discover and support both founders and products.
I'm curious about other Indie Hackers:
How did you get your first 10 users?
Was it:
Personal outreach?
X/Twitter?
Reddit?
Product Hunt?
Indie Hackers?
SEO?
Communities?
Friends/network?
Something completely unexpected?
I'd love to hear what actually worked for you.
I'm currently testing different approaches while growing FounderDiscover from zero.
If you'd like to check it out:
π https://founderdiscover.com
And if you're building something yourself, feel free to share it in the comments. I'd love to discover what other founders here are working on. π