80+ unscalable tactics used by top founders

In the early days of every startup, founders have to get scrappy. I’ve gathered over 80+ examples of unscalable tactics founders used to grow their startups

What you'll get:

• 80+ real-life examples of unscalable growth tactics
• Stories from top startups like Airbnb, Stripe, and DoorDash
• Filter by Industry
• Updated monthly with fresh stories to keep you inspired

Some of my favourite ones are:

• The founder of Pinterest went to every Apple store in the neighbourhood and changed their Safari home page to Pinterest. He did that for a while till he was caught
• Airbnb founders rented a camera for $500 and personally photographed all NYC listings which led to 2-3x more bookings
• Reddit founders created fake accounts and submitted content themselves to make the site look active
• Antimetal delivered 1000+ branded pizza boxes to startups and VCs in SF/NY with the tagline "Slices as a Service"

Author:

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