Love that perspective. It also gets scarier as the number grows. I mostly try not to think about it.
@lennysan
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Free vs Paid Subscribers Revenue Model Discussion
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That would be bonkers, but this looks like paid subscribers? The 500k is free subscribers. If it were paid, I'd be making like $70m/year lol.
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Finding Your First 10 B2B Customers: Complete Guide
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For muuuuuch more on how to find your first 10 B2B customers, don't miss the full post
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Cold Outbound as Purest Signal for Startup Idea Validation
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Also, as a bonus, the signal you get from cold outbound is the purest signal you'll get for whether your idea even has legs, as @dvdhsu (Retool) describes
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Zip HQ founders use LinkedIn cold DMs for early feedback
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The founders of @TheZipHQ (currently valued at over $1.5B) cold DM'd people on LinkedIn to get "feedback"
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Christina Caci builds TrustVanta compliance startup through YC network
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@christinacaci scoured the YC network for past startups (aka later stage), and cold emailed anyone who ever mentioned the word "compliance" about what she was building at @TrustVanta
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Sprig’s Early Sales Strategy: Cold Outbound with Investor Support
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@zoink built a built a custom app to find the most influential designers on Twitter and cold DM'd them to get their feedback on the early version of @Figma
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Cold Email Prospecting Strategy for Startup Growth
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Cold outbound: underrated B2B startup growth channel
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Cold outbound is way under appreciated as an early growth channel. In my research into how the best B2B startups got started, cold outbound was the 2nd most common growth channel—only behind reaching out to friends and former colleagues. But, you need to be clever about it…