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Adora Cheung

03/20/17

@ Y Combinator

Your first users should be people you know, like friends and family, to gather initial feedback and refine your product before reaching a broader audience.

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Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing with Adora Cheung (How to Start a Startup 2014: 4)

@ Y Combinator

Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing with Adora Cheung (How to Start a Startup 2014: 4)

03/20/17

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Eric Migicovsky

07/26/19

@ Y Combinator

In the idea stage, find your first users by talking to people who have encountered the problem you're trying to solve.

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Michael Seibel

08/01/19

@ Y Combinator

To get your first users, talk directly to the people who have the problem you're trying to solve; if you're your own user, it makes it even easier.

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Matt Cutts

12/04/19

@ Y Combinator

The first few users you talk to can provide the most valuable insights for product development, but even later feedback from a larger group can still enhance your product.

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Kathryn Minshew

06/20/14

@ Y Combinator

You need to find the right users for your product, as feedback from those who don't care about you can be more valuable than that from friends and family.

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Eric Migicovsky

07/26/19

@ Y Combinator

During the idea stage, it's crucial to find your first users who have a specific problem.

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Michael Seibel

03/16/23

@ Y Combinator

You only start learning about your users when you put a product in front of them; the goal is to get a product out quickly and talk to initial customers to make it useful for them.

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Ben Silbermann

11/09/16

@ Y Combinator

To find our first users, I emailed friends, but they didn't really get it. The initial users were actually people I grew up with, using it for everyday things like home design and food planning.

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Eric Migicovsky

07/26/19

@ Y Combinator

Start user interviews with yourself and then talk to friends or co-workers for warm introductions to potential users.

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Michael Seibel

04/05/19

@ Y Combinator

Be selective about your initial users; they should be hand-picked to ensure they are genuinely interested in solving the problem you're addressing.