We index 49 company-focused case studies and 14 other essays and guides, for 63 public blog entries. The cases cover product types including marketplaces, software, consumer apps, developer tools, commerce, media, enterprise, community, and consumer finance, with acquisition approaches such as community, direct sales, manual fulfillment, supply creation, campus distribution, waitlists, documentation, and founder content. Every case and guide is linked individually above; use the product-type and acquisition-approach filters to narrow the collection.

[First 1000 case studies and field notes](<https://www.first1000.co/blog/case-studies>)

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