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1.		Stripe Atlas: Getting your first 10 customers (stripe.com)
		recommended by 3 users \| 2017 \| 598 points by nozzlegear \| original thread \|

2.		Ask HN: How did you acquire your first 100 users?
		recommended by 3 users \| 2017 \| 486 points by karthiksk2012 \| original thread \|

3.		“This detection process doesn't detect toxic customers, it detects corporate customers at large companies.” (comment)
		recommended by 2 users \| 2010 \| spolsky on: How to detect a toxic customer \| original thread \|

4.		The Mom Test – How to talk to customers (sandro.volpee.de)
		recommended by 2 users \| 2021 \| 469 points by jack335 \| original thread \|

5.		Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales?
		recommended by 2 users \| 2024 \| 229 points by nikasakana \| original thread \|

6.		Ask HN: Obtaining initial users for a startup
		recommended by 2 users \| 2011 \| 119 points by havoc2005 \| original thread \|

7.		Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers (gabrielweinberg.com)
		recommended by 2 users \| 2010 \| 68 points by amirmc \| original thread \|

8.		How I Used Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to Validate my Startup Idea (harperlindsey.wordpress.com)
		recommended by 2 users \| 2010 \| 157 points by toumhi \| original thread \|

9.		“Yes, there are tons of resources but I'll try to offer some simple tips.” (comment)
		recommended by 1 user \| 2020 \| goatherders on: Ask HN: How do you brand yourself as a freelancer? \| original thread \|

10.		Double your price (and no, I'm not kidding) (jacquesmattheij.com)
		recommended by 1 user \| 2010 \| 180 points by jacquesm \| original thread \|

11.		“Price higher than you feel comfortable with.” (comment)
		recommended by 1 user \| 2017 \| patio11 on: Ask HN: How do you set prices? \| original thread \|