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25k users in 25k weeks: a challenge

5 pointsby pablo24602over 1 year ago

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pablo24602over 1 year ago
To cut straight to the point- I&#x27;m embarking on the following challenge.<p>I’ve decided that, for the next 25 weeks, I&#x27;m going to try and gain 1,000 users over the course of that week. And- all of the weeks that I fail, I&#x27;m giving away 100 dollars.<p>I&#x27;m sure we&#x27;ve all been in the following situation: we&#x27;ve gotten excited about a project, built out most of the functionality, and then gotten distracted by the next promising idea or dissuaded by the fear of launching.<p>That cycle has meant that I must have 30+ projects with 0 users, despite having most of the functionality for them built out.<p>As I&#x27;m sure we&#x27;re all painfully aware of, good execution means nothing without user feedback, distribution channels, and marketing. So, I&#x27;ve decided to hone all of these skills while sharing my insights for the next 25 weeks (with 1k users a week being my forcing function to learn growth strategies).<p>Do subscribe if you&#x27;re interested! I realize that a challenge like this may seem trivial or ill-guided to the HN crowd, so I&#x27;d love any advice or words of support.