Hey everyone I m Jakob, co-founder of Butter, which we've built to help people run super-engaging, interactive sessions from start to finish. We re about to launch Scenes, an exciting new tool for interactive presentations and collaboration which people can use alongside Zoom/MS Teams/Google Meet perfect for anyone who cares about keeping participants focused and engaged! We ve launched on Product Hunt 3x before, and we've hit #1 Product of the Day and became a finalist for the Golden Kitty Awards so I'm super grateful and excited to do an AMA and share our learnings here! Ask me anything about building a fully-remote startup, product- and community-led growth, keeping clarity, conviction and focus as a founder, and the future of collaboration!

asking for a friend. (ok, it s me. i m the friend.) i m launching a product waitlist very soon. it s an ai-powered tool that s going to save people hours of grunt work every week. and i want to build a killer waitlist before the big reveal. like, 1,000 people kind of killer. why? because a solid waitlist means: instant momentum when we go live. a direct line to the people who actually care about what we re building. early feedback that keeps us from wasting time building the wrong thing. so here s my question: what s the best way to hit 1,000? what s worked for you? email campaigns? giveaways? smoke signals? some ideas i m considering: running a referral campaign (hello, word-of-mouth). launching a first 100 get a bonus offer. writing content so good, it makes people drop their email immediately. but i know the product hunt community is full of people who ve already done this (or wish they had). what s your secret sauce for building hype before the launch button gets clicked? drop your wisdom below. p.s. if you re curious about the tool, hit me up. I d love to share a sneak peek!

Please, take it with a grain of salt. PH already gave some beta-testers a verification badge due to bots: We can expect to be more cautious with whom we will interact in 2025. There will be a diversity in directories: As there are more and more products, companies or individuals will try to find ways to improve their marketing, visibility, and SEO  so they will start uploading to more PH-similar platforms. People start being cautious about launches. I have already received the same question from several people: "How can I make it to the "Featured" category?" People will start making differentiable products. (Hope so.) Do you have your own reckons?

hey ph crew I m working on an idea that I think solves a specific pain point. what s one early red flag that told you your idea wasn t solving the problem you thought it would? any quick tests or methods you ve used to validate a hypothesis before going all in? appreciate any experiences or cautionary tales here. would love to avoid building something that only i want!

Here is my ratio (in the order): Bluesky X Product Hunt Substack LinkedIn YouTube What are your "social media priorities" so I can know where most of the audience is? :)

I'm curious about how are job seeker using AI for their job search. Have you come across any AI tools on PH or maybe you're building one? Share in the comments! :) P.S. I recently was approached by the Makers of Niya AI. It's a AI-powered career companion right inside your WhatsApp. Found it cool and hunted it today!