Paul Graham: Do Things that Don't Scale
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- Channels: Community, Founder-led sales, Marketplace
- Stage tags: do things that do not scale, early supply, manual recruiting, marketplaces
- Essay categories: founder-led growth, marketplaces, trust
- Niches: consumer apps, creator marketplaces, local services, market entry, marketplaces, travel
Cited GrowthDex tactics
- Airbnb door-to-door host recruitingGo to the densest pocket of early supply, meet users in person, and help them fix the thing blocking transactions before trying to scale acquisition.
Cited GrowthDex essays
- The marketplace starts when the founder knocksmarketplaces, founder-led growth, trust · 2026-06-07T05:21:32.000Z
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