Love the demand validation approach here. Building a landing page before any code is something most founders skip because they're eager to build, but Mike's strategy of getting 100s of signups first probably saved months of wasted dev time. The part about users begging to pay during beta is the ultimate signal, way better than any survey or market reserach. I've been on teams that built entire platforms assuming demand existed, only to find crickets at launch. That embedded referal link in the product boards is lowkey brilliant too for free user acquisition.
Love the demand validation approach here. Building a landing page before any code is something most founders skip because they're eager to build, but Mike's strategy of getting 100s of signups first probably saved months of wasted dev time. The part about users begging to pay during beta is the ultimate signal, way better than any survey or market reserach. I've been on teams that built entire platforms assuming demand existed, only to find crickets at launch. That embedded referal link in the product boards is lowkey brilliant too for free user acquisition.
Thanks for reading - really appreciate you calling out those points. Validation before code and subtle product-led loops are so often underestimated.
great case study. So it was content marketing in the end.
Thanks for your support! Best of luck with OneMillionLines too. Love the idea and your build-in-public approach.
Muy corta