Do Things that Don't Scale (paulgraham.com)
recommended by 2 users | 2013 | 1275 points by allang | startup advice | original thread |
2 users recommended this thread. What they said:
hschool Jul 31, 2013 | on: Getting users for the first time, ever. | context

Recruit them manually. This thread has a lot of great tips.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6041765

disqard Sep 1, 2022 | on: Kagi/Orion status update: First three months | context

Being niche is okay, but being sustainable is vital. There are many ways to articulate this, and I'm not an unqualified fan of pg, but he did capture this wisdom very well in "Do Things That Don't Scale" [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6041765

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