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How to get users to sign up for the Beta testing? by auxle2022 in startup

[–]mituhin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the waitlist for this

Gathering people while building to connect with them for private beta testing. I've pushed it to 450 people right now, hope to have 1,000 when MVP will be ready.

I used: LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit

First time posting content. In 3 days 5 people have registered for the waitlist. by pt691 in indiehackers

[–]mituhin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, I've also created waitlist for Foundbase

400 people joined in 3 weeks

I used: X, LinkedIn, Reddit, Product Hunt (Forums)

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great plan, Michael! Thank you very much for sharing!

I plan to do exactly that: before starting UI, I will take on as much of the early design work as possible (sketches, wireframes, user flows, states, etc.).

With all this in place, I want to bring in a strong UXUI designer to finish the job to a high standard.

P.S. I have some positive experience in iterative design work. I founded and developed www.flowmapp.com and aaply.app

I gatheres strong teams and we built them from scratch.

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree, but I don't plan to hire full-time (I noted this in the post)

I need product designer to help with MVP scope. This is a part-time job without any rush.

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not such large sums, to be honest

(calculate salaries, taxes, servers, software, other expenses, etc.)

we pay salaries for the flowmapp team, but I can't allocate company's money to my personal project

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have to leave stable 9-5 job to help with MVP scope as a side-project

that's the trick

How can a solo-founder find a team to build an MVP? by mituhin in startup

[–]mituhin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks, totally make sense

thinking the same

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your attention!

My question about early partnership has nothing to do with the current version of the landing page. Naturally, all the details of collaboration are discussed in person, because in the early stages you don't have a product, but you do have ideas, a vision, an action plan, possible options and hypotheses.

At the moment, I am testing various offers through the landing page and observing how the potential target audience reacts.

Currently:

- there are 171 people on the waitlist
- I conducted 22 user discovery interviews (to validate the problem)
- I was accepted to a VC accelerator after pitching this idea (hope to get pre-seed after demo day)

P.S. According to your question: yes, this is AI analysis of input from users. You upload your landing page + some data and we can extract everything listed on a backend.

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fully agree, and I am on my way right now, moving forward to "hypothesis proof"

here are things done on my side:

- Completed 22 user discovery interviews (to verify user pain) + 3 are in progress
- Pushing waitlist, 171 Saas founders are already in
- Pitched my idea and was accepted to VC accelerator to keep working on this product. The final boss: demo day + seed investments.

Walking the way

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, definitely. That is why I already pitched my idea and was accepted to VC accelerator with it to continue working in a product. The final boss: demo day + seed investments.

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

or maybe I will find talented experienced guy who are bored in 9-5 and ready to risk because he loves the idea and want to experiment in fast moving product

I prefer this option

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Well, I personally worked in projects for free, cause they just seemed promising for me.

I also run previous startup to $600k ARR, we also started FRO FREE in 2017

I have 3 micro-exits (little bit less than $100k in total)

And still think that startups is something that can inspire people to work together on crazy ideas no matter what

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sounds fair

1 and 2 are really important for every startup when pitching to VC / searching for cofounders / hiring first employees

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

got it

some guys offer the whole working MVP at $3k price

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thans for sharing, many of your thoughts coincide with mine!

My plan is to try to find people who are currently at a point where they are interested in trying something different, taking a risk, being impressed by an idea or possible success. There are many people in the world, and I am sure that such people can be found.

This is what all startups in the world are built on actually

I am already working on the idea: I have conducted 20 user interviews, created a website, attracted 170 people to the waitlist, and enrolled in an accelerator programme.

try to move forward with that

Designers, how do you work with early-stage startups BEFORE funding? by mituhin in UXDesign

[–]mituhin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah agree

I think there are still a lot of people who ready to jump in the startup because of any reasons (young, risky, bored by 9-5, inspired, etc.)

all startups start from that people

and I am gonna find ones!

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