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Early Adopter Marketing - How startups get their first users

Early adopters play a crucial role in achieving PMF and growth at scale. In this post, I'll show you why they are so important, how to get them, and what to do with them.

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Kevin Indig
Jan 03, 2018
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When Whitney Wolfe was faced with the challenge of growing her co-founded app, Tinder, with almost no budget, she literally acquired the first users herself.

She went to college fraternities and soror…

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