Ask HN: How do you find your first beta users?
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When I was doing the beta testing for http://flockmetrics.com I was looking for people with SaaS startups and I ended up using a few different approaches.
I contacted people I knew personally that were involved in startups.
I asked a friend who was involved in a startup incubator to email the incubator's founders mailing list asking for beta testers.
I posted on the @flockmetrics Twitter feed and my own personal one.
I posted the site on http://betalist.com.
I cold contacted some people I thought would especially find it useful.
In the end I found it much easier to get feedback from those I had up front personal contact with.
I contacted people I knew personally that were involved in startups.
I asked a friend who was involved in a startup incubator to email the incubator's founders mailing list asking for beta testers.
I posted on the @flockmetrics Twitter feed and my own personal one.
I posted the site on http://betalist.com.
I cold contacted some people I thought would especially find it useful.
In the end I found it much easier to get feedback from those I had up front personal contact with.
Can you give me some advice on how to find them?