I never hear about these companies until their shutdown announcement.
Perhaps if they spent more time becoming visible and getting people's attention, things would work out.
Perhaps if they spent more time becoming visible and getting people's attention, things would work out.
(Also, HN is not really a good target audience for us, so if you get news from here, it makes sense you'd see this but not the product itself).
In many markets, there are several well-funded startups that can afford to spend millions on marketing. That makes it even harder to get visibility as a bootstrapper.