You built the product. Now get the customers.
FounderHacks gives vibe-coding founders the exact blueprints, templates, and step-by-step playbooks to get their first 10, 100, and 1,000 customers — without a marketing budget or a growth team.
Over 15,000 new SaaS products launched last month. Most will never find their first 100 customers. FounderHacks changes that.
Building is the easy part now. Selling is not.
98% of founders who vibe-code a product in a weekend have no plan for getting customers on Monday morning.
What AI tools gave you
- A working product, in days
- No developer needed
- Live on the internet
- Beautiful UI out of the box
- Database and auth ready
What they did not give you
- Your first paying customer
- A channel strategy
- Pricing confidence
- A launch plan that works
- Anyone to talk to about growth
FounderHacks gives you the second half.
The Three-Milestone Framework
Your roadmap from zero to 1,000 customers
Each milestone requires completely different tactics, channels, and mindsets. FounderHacks gives you the exact plan for each stage.
First 10 Customers
Do things that do not scale. Find real people. Convince them one by one. The goal is validation and learning, not volume.
Cold DMs · Personal network · Niche communities · Demo calls · Direct outreach
View Zero-to-10 PlaybookFirst 100 Customers
Identify what worked and go deep. Add one channel. Start building distribution and a narrative.
Product Hunt · Directories · Content seeding · Newsletter outreach · Creator partnerships
View Distribution PlaybooksFirst 1,000 Customers
Build systems. Make acquisition repeatable. Stop being the sole engine of your own growth.
SEO engine · Newsletter flywheel · Referral programme · Cold email system · Paid acquisition
View Scaling PlaybooksEverything You Need
Not a course. Not a blog. A system.
Every piece connects to a stage, a goal, and a next step. Deploy today, not next quarter.
15 Launch Playbooks
Step-by-step operational documents you execute like a checklist. Not essays — action plans.
Example
The Product Hunt Launch Playbook — 30-day countdown. Day-by-day. Hour-by-hour on launch day.
100+ Ready Templates
Real copy that has worked, with notes on why it works and how to adapt it for your product.
Example
The cold DM template with a 34% reply rate — real message, real result, ready to personalise.
Never Miss a Step
No decisions. No interpretation. Just a list of things to do in order. The highest-ROI format.
Example
The launch day checklist — what to do every hour from 6am to 10pm.
Counterintuitive Quick Wins
Battle-tested tactics most founders have never heard of. Short reads, immediate high-leverage action.
Example
The competitor review hack — find your first customers in G2's 1-star reviews.
Free Founder Marketing Tools
Interactive tools that help you make specific marketing decisions without hiring a consultant.
Example
Channel prioritisation tool — enter your product type, get a ranked acquisition plan.
Real Founders, Real Results
In-depth case studies with every tactic, channel, message, and mistake documented. No vague hand-waving.
Example
How Priya got 847 customers in 60 days using only Reddit and cold email — every message included.
Free Marketing Assessment
Find out exactly what is stopping you from getting customers.
15 questions. 5 minutes. Get your Marketing Readiness Score across 8 dimensions — and a prioritised action plan specific to your product and stage.
No signup required to start
Marketing Readiness Score
Priority action: Complete the ICP Definition Guide →
Proof, Not Promises
Founders who stopped launching to silence
847
reached 10 customers
312
reached 100 customers
94
reached 1,000 customers
“I had zero customers for 3 months after launch. Used the cold DM playbook. Had 12 paying users in 11 days.”
Alex Chen
FormFlow · 10 → 86 customers in 6 weeks
“The Product Hunt playbook got us to #3 on launch day. 340 signups, 47 converted to paid within a week. The hour-by-hour schedule was a lifesaver.”
Sarah Kim
DesignSync · 0 → 200 customers in 30 days
“I was posting on Twitter daily with no results. The channel prioritisation tool told me to focus on Reddit. 200 users in a month from 3 subreddits.”
Marcus Wright
DevTracker · 5 → 200 customers in 4 weeks
“The cold email playbook changed everything. 34% reply rate on my first campaign. I went from 0 to 28 paying customers in 3 weeks.”
Priya Sharma
InvoiceBot · 0 → 847 customers in 60 days
“Before FounderHacks, I had a product and no idea where to find people who needed it. The ICP guide alone was worth 10x the subscription.”
James Liu
SchedulePro · 0 → 150 customers in 8 weeks
“Submitted to 47 directories using the checklist. 3 months later, directories are my #1 acquisition channel bringing 40+ signups per month.”
Emily Torres
CopyMate · 20 → 520 customers in 3 months
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