How I reached pre-MVP progress: 16 interviews, 451 visitors, 115 waitlist signups

Hey folks,

This is Paul. I’ve been working on a small project called Foundbase — it’s still pre-MVP, but I wanted to share a bit of progress so far:

• Did 16 user discovery interviews (I'm trying to dive deeply into the pain points)

• 8 more talks are in progress

• Designed a simple landing page to capture interest (found a promo code for a 25% discount for Framer) → applied a free template → got 451 visitors according to PostHog.

• 115 people joined the waitlist (WoW surprised me).

Waitlist helps me organise new interviews, so I can learn more about user experiences, cause this time I’m trying to build it around real users ("Make something people want" (c))

What worked for promoting waitlist:

1. Twitter posts (I've made around 4-5)

2. LinkedIn post

3. Reddit post

4. Commenting on twitter threads with the direct link

5. DM people I know

6. Few chats (founder and building communities)

7. Updating my social profiles with the link

Would love feedback from anyone here who’s been through the early waitlist stage — what worked best for you next?

Paul ✌️