Navigating First 1000

Making the best out of all previous First 1000 issues.

Hello Frens 👋,

Happy Tuesday! It’s the final stretch of the year, you almost made it through 2021! Yesterday I (finally) pressed sent on my Master's thesis which means I finally have (a lot) more time to spend on First 1000! I am Super Pumped! As I put the final touches on the upcoming case studies, I thought today would be a good time as ever to help you navigate the 60+ case studies I published so far!

Some of my favorite First 1000 issues segmented by core ideas👇🏽

Guides:

• 53 Ideas to get your first customers

• SEO 101

• Turbo Boosts

• Growing an email list

Industry/Region Issues:

• Dating Apps

• European Startups

Finding the right early adopters:

• Roam Research

• Cameo

Solving the Chicken & Egg problem:

• Tiktok

• Reddit

• Udemy

• Etsy

Forming a habit:

• Toucan

Experimentation:

• Postmates

Creating a Referral Program:

• OnlyFans

• Growing First 1000 Prt 2

Building a community:

• Juno

• Discord

Mini-products:

• Zumper

• Calm

• Toucan

Launching:

• DoNotPay (Press Launch)

• Superpowered (Product Hunt Launch)

Going Offline:

• Jira

• Nike

Building a personal brand:

• Roam Research

Pivoting:

• Lambda School

Business Models:

• Slice (Reverse Franchise)

B2B:

• Bloomberg

Deep Dives:

• Substack

• Matter

• Github

• Discord

• Stripe

Let me know if this was helpful and I’ll create a more robust permanent version on the first1000.co website

Until we meet next week,
Ali Abouelatta