Does it solve a burning need that most people can’t solve for themselves and that’s severe enough to be worth paying for? Start doing direct outreach (but not AI spam, please).
Have friends who are editors or staff writers at major (topical) publications? Wrangle a mention.
Satisfied with very gradual growth? Seed your friend, family, colleague networks; get people who already trust you using it. Make it awesome enough for each person who uses it to want to actively recommend it to other people.
Otherwise? Unless it’s a huge, perfect match for the zeitgeist and you’ve got enough of a social media following to give it an immediate boost for a chance at virality (think openclaw having its moment, further assisted by the moltbook novelty factor), you’d better have a heck of an advertising and PR budget.
But also, if this is an open source library, why does it matter so much to you to have people use it?
Agreed, I will only be taking on doable projects of course, that's why over the initial call I'll assess if it's doable or not. But that's a good point. Should I maybe add a build from scratch option?
lol agreed, but vibe coders and non technical founders can't do that themselves. What do you think of the idea as a whole? I would really appreciate any feedback
Hi, I get the feeling! We made the decision based on a couple of reasons though:
1. we get a ton of LLM-written applications, this enables us to at least get a feel of the person
2. we are a video creation product, this is an opportunity for the Product Owner to actually touch the product and decide if they want to work on it
3. we are live on Zoom with customers twice a month to launch new features, talk through the roadmap, take feature requests, etc. If the Product Owner (who is expected to take on this role over time) is against the idea of being visible on video themselves, they might just not be a match for this product and company.
You didn't mention the city name. There's several Kohlstraße in Germany but only one Köhlstraße it seems, that would be in Cologne (Köln). Suburb is Ossendorf, District (Bezirk) is Ehrenfeld and if any form asks for a Bezirksnumber, it's 4.
I'm not familiar in this legal area. You'll need at least somebody to translate the documents. I know one (well, a German resident) can do everything themselves for very low cost, I think 30 Euro. That's what contractors in Germany do when their bills are not paid.
Basically you tell the local court your demand, the court will notify the company and if they don't pay then the court will find ways to get the money. All the way to literally send somebody to their office and take their printer, office chair or company car and sell it. That part of justice is sweet (and funny) but usually it's letters send back and forth.
