I am freelance UI designer working as part of a small team who are trialing out as many business ideas as we can until something works (can read more about our methodology here).

To be as time efficient as possible, we decided that validating first would probably be wise. This lets us test ahead of time which one of our many ideas would actually be worth spending the time and effort building, rather than build first only to realise no one wants it.

Whilst we aren't completely against building first (indeed, for many projects that is probably more wise), for our specific situation we felt validate first works better for us personally since it lets us figure where best to spend our time and energy.

So how exactly are we doing it? Largely the simple wait list method. Since we have the web design skills, we produce a simple but compelling landing page website explaining our idea/solution. As part of this we include the Call-To-Action to sign up to an email wait list. Whilst this gives us some indication, we know that not all who sign up are actually committed enough to translate into users. However, to help us gather deeper feedback, we offer the option to fill in a survey too. Additionally, we reach out and ask for one on one interviews with potential users to try and squeeze out as much insight as we can.

Many founders waste months building MVPs nobody wants.
I am UI designer working as part of Arta Labs. We are based in the UK and offer web design and development services for clients worldwide. We noticed that a lot of founders seem to spend months building to launch products to only find out that no one is interested.
Therefore, we developed a service that helps founders validate first.

Our validation sprints gives answers in 2-weeks:

A polished landing page site that pitches your idea

Hi everyone!

I'm offering a "pay-what-you-want" Figma design service to help founders bring their ideas to life. Whether you want to visualise your idea to help with MVP planning, presenting to investors or validating the idea with potential users - I can create polished, professional mockups for you in Figma. You can then use these in landing pages, slide decks or posts to help convey your vision.

I'm Nikolai Giman developing TaskView - a lightweight task and project manager.
I m building it solo: designing, coding, and improving it step by step.

TaskView already includes:

• Creating and organizing projects, lists, and tasks

• Adding priorities and tags to tasks

• Setting deadlines and tracking task progress

• Kanban board view for better visualization

• Task filtering by project, tag, and priority

• Collaboration features (shared task lists and role-based access control)

• Responsive design for desktop and mobile browsers

• Server-side application for managing user data and task logic (can be self-hosted)

• Mobile apps available for both iOS and Android platforms

• Support for tracking income and expenses directly within tasks (only in web version for now)

Coming next:

Hey everyone! I m working on a project called Kanban Kanban a recursive Kanban board where any card can open into its own Kanban (like Russian dolls for tasks and projects).

It is probably easier to visualize by checking out the landing page here: kanbankanban.com

I m still validating if this solves a real pain point though, so would love any feedback.

The idea came from struggling with large tasks and tiny tasks sitting side by side on the same board, which then do not move for weeks. Really, these shouldn't be on the same "layer", and should instead be classified as a "project" (a collection of tasks). And then projects can be collected together as "goals". Like how Epics/Stories work in Jira.

Hey Product Hunt fam

We re excited to share a sneak peek at Yakura a new platform made for software developers, by software developers.

What s Yakura?
A centralized platform where you can upload, sell, and distribute your desktop or web-based software hassle-free, with clean UI and helpful tools baked in.