# \#user-onboarding

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## [How Selling 3K AppSumo Deals Proved Foundational, Not Niching Down, and Other Reflections on Scaling a Bootstrapped SaaS with Paperform’s Co-Founder, Dean McPherson](https://gorelay.co/t/how-selling-3k-appsumo-deals-proved-foundational-not-niching-down-and-other-reflections-on-scaling-a-bootstrapped-saas-with-paperform-s-co-founder-dean-mcpherson/965)

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**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\
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**Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/how-selling-3k-appsumo-deals-proved-foundational-not-niching-down-and-other-reflections-on-scaling-a-bootstrapped-saas-with-paperform-s-co-founder-dean-mcpherson/965 "2023-11-06T22:16:52Z")

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In the following exchange, Paperform’s co-founder and co-CEO, Dean McPherson (@Dean), justly confronts long-held perceptions surrounding AppSumo buyers and recounts how their own launch turned into a “seed fund” and a …

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## [The Necessity and (Unceasing) Magic of Doing Thousands of User Onboarding Calls with Vimcal’s Co-Founder, John Li](https://gorelay.co/t/the-necessity-and-unceasing-magic-of-doing-thousands-of-user-onboarding-calls-with-vimcal-s-co-founder-john-li/961)

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**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\
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**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/the-necessity-and-unceasing-magic-of-doing-thousands-of-user-onboarding-calls-with-vimcal-s-co-founder-john-li/961 "2023-10-06T11:28:25Z")

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In the following exchange, Vimcal’s co-founder and CEO, John Li (@John), chronicles how worries of shutting down were swept resolutely away with a product that people were instantly willing to pay for; and how it happe…

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## [I'm Janna Bastow, co-founder and CEO of ProdPad. AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/im-janna-bastow-co-founder-and-ceo-of-prodpad-ama/347)

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**Author:** [@Janna](https://gorelay.co/u/Janna)\
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**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-janna-bastow-co-founder-and-ceo-of-prodpad-ama/347 "2020-04-27T14:00:44Z")

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Hi all! :wave: I’m a product person turned co-founder and CEO of a bootstrapped and fast growing SaaS startup, ProdPad. It’s used by thousands of product teams to manage their product strategy, publish lean product road…