#first-customers

Describe Your Idea, See Who Is Already Saying It

How FirstCustomer turns one sentence into ranked people with quotes, how to read a score, and a one-hour plan.

Search the Sentence, Not the Persona

A four-step afternoon method to find people by the exact sentence a stuck person would type, with no profile needed.

Give Before You Ask: Cold Outreach Etiquette

A cold request is a bill to a stranger. Three small gifts you can send first, and the one question to ask after.

"We're Not Busy Enough": Dead Deal or Positioning?

A restaurant founder asked how to read one objection. Here is how to sort a real no from a mismatch in five steps.

Ask About the Last Time, Not the Next Time

Why "would you use this?" gets a polite yes, and the three questions about the past that get you facts instead.

We read 494 founder posts. Here is what they say

We coded 494 real founder posts about finding a first customer. The single most repeated piece of advice in the corpus is also the exact behavior that gets people banned.