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Ask HN: What type of growth should I expect after launch?

4 points| ssangani | 10 months ago

We are 10 months into our first startup journey. We launched our product last week. We got 15+ sign-ups so far. One user who ran into some bugs but enjoying the product so far. The signs seem encouraging.

My co-founder has been without a corporate job for a little over a yar and burning through savings. Assuming 30% profit margin and $15 subscription, we would need over 4k paid customers to even come close to what a corporate job would pay. I'm not sure what we could do to achieve such growth.

Should we consider fund-raising?

4 comments

neo4llm|10 months ago

Former YC CEO Michael Seibel has a wonderful video that might help you a LOT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgmmje5WHWA

ssangani|10 months ago

This is making me really nervous.

I don't know how to tell if we have product market fit or not. My co-founder believes we have product market fit. My co-founder talked to 10 people when he was researching. 5 people showed strong interest and we started developing. We aren't tracking any metrics. KPIs haven't been defined yet. We have had many instances where a single opinion changed the design/requirements.