first1K - Inspirations to take your launch to the next level | Product Hunt

📜Background

Before launching any product, we always feel the need to smoke test, to understand whether the problem actually exists or not. People conduct this smoke test in multiple ways, one of which is through waitlists. Any time we decided to make a waitlist for a product, we had to do a lot of research to see what kind of landing pages and waitlists were out there to ensure we didn’t make mistakes owing to a lack of research. It is also very important to see what the first version of anything was like before it iterated to become what it is today. Going through origin stories serves, not just as an inspiration, but also as a motivation for the ones launching. MVPs, launch strategies, and waitlists, all serve as means to a perfect launch.

❓Why?

After having done this multiple times, we recognized a gap in the market. We realized that if there was a directory where all the top-class waitlists, launch case studies, and origin stories were in one place, it would make the research process a lot smoother, and a lot less time-consuming. So we came up with first1K.

🤔What more, you ask?

It’s always interesting to see what these tech giants, who rule the world today, like Google, Amazon, Adobe, and Microsoft Windows, were like when they first started. What did the MVPs of these legendary companies look like? What did they start as?

With first1K you get to explore interesting things like:

Twitter was named Twttr and was an internal service for Odeo employees. Basically, what we see Twitter as today, was *not* how it was started!

👩🏻‍🏭How does it work?

1. Click on the top right icon to log in 2. Scroll down and select the tags according to your liking 3. Make your personal collection by clicking the heart icon 4. Subscribe to our newsletter 5. Buy us a coffee if you enjoyed the process 😊

💭Final thoughts...

first1K. It's in the name. It's a tool that will give you inspiration to make the best and lean first version, ensuring you reach your first 1000 users with the least amount of friction.

Apart from waitlist inspirations, it also helps you build effective launch strategies by showing you the best of the best. You will get access to the best case studies out there, ensuring that you avoid rudimentary mistakes as a first/second-timer.