Archive - First 1000

100 Unicorns: 12 different GTM Motions

Jul 19, 2022 • Ali Abouelatta

Test Everything!

Jun 13, 2023 • Ali Abouelatta

Things that matter for growing a newsletter

Lessons learnt from growing First 1000 over the past 4 years.

Mar 19, 2024 • Ali Abouelatta

Jul 13, 2023 • Ali Abouelatta

👵 Use boring sign-up screens

Learnings from Spotify, Nextdoor, Ring and AllTrails sign-up screen redesigns.

Aug 2, 2024 • Ali Abouelatta

⚠️ BeReal ⚠️

A detailed history of BeReal's rise from 0 to 15,000,000 customers

Oct 18, 2022 • Ali Abouelatta

8 naming strategies ✍️

How to name a new product? A research study on the top 100 App Store apps.

Jan 16, 2024 • Ali Abouelatta

🧪 Positive friction

Friction isn't always the enemy, laziness is!

Jan 29, 2024 • Ali Abouelatta

📷 Ring: Boring can be good

Hello Friends 👋🏾,

Sep 22, 2023 • Ali Abouelatta

🤑Pricing Experiments

Learnings from studying the top 100 grossing apps

Mar 1, 2024 • Ali Abouelatta

📖 How to write CTA copy (for paywalls)

A deep dive into the CTA copy for the top 100+ apps on the App Store

Nov 13, 2023 • Ali Abouelatta

+ Consumer Startups Collaboration

May 30, 2021 • Ali Abouelatta

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts