Porat: NY Chamber of Commerce emailed 5,000 members about Scorely
Sean Porat · EP 470: How He Got 10,000 Interested In Product Before Launch with Scorely CEO Shawn Porat · Nov 6, 2016 · at 4:26
Shawn Porat, founder and CEO of credit reporting startup Scorely, explains how the pre-revenue company built a 10,000-business pre-launch waitlist through regional partnerships.
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“For example, one of the chambers in New York state they let their members know that they can get access to free credit reports on any business. And they pushed it out to about 5000 of their members.”
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