Indie founders cannot find their first paying users
Posted by WantBorn (founder-seeded)
Repeatedly asked in public by founders who have already built something: the build is done and no repeatable way to reach the first users exists. Four independent posts in a single 240-post research window described this same gap.
- Connects a finished build to real candidate first users, not just traffic
- Works for a solo founder with no existing audience or ad budget
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