As always, it depends. 100,000 is a lot if you're talking about a subscription product, enterprise product or a local focused product with high value, but only OK if you're talk about a free web or mobile app.
It also depends what you mean by user. Visitors, registered users, active users, paid users? The best thing is to always focus on value. If you want to have a business worth a million bucks, then 100,000 visitors that generate $10 each a year get's you pretty close. 100,000 registered users that give you 50c per year isn't interesting to anyone. But on the whole, my experience is that angel investors will take you seriously if you've managed to get 10,000 users (which means you've started) and venture capitalists take you seriously when you've reached at least 250,000, preferably 500,000 (especially Sandhill Road crew). If a good blog can get 10,000 readers then you have to be doing much bigger to get anyones attention. Though saying that, in todays market, you could have a bazillion users but if you don't have at least $10k in revenue per month or a very very very strong business model, you won't even be considered (unless of course you have a stellar management team who've done a few laps, but then you've got your own cash...) Good luck! And keep asking for help. On Dec 15, 12:47 am, Ross Hill <r...@rosshill.com.au> wrote: > Whenever I hear about a web startup doing well the 100,000 number > always seems to come up. Do you think a startup needs 100,000 members > to be taken seriously? > > http://www.rosshill.com.au/article/lets-fill-the-melbourne-cricket-gr... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
