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Nika

12h ago

Has there been a launch that inspired you to take your own launch to the next level?

Over the last decade, countless people have launched products here every single day, so there's certainly no shortage of inspiration.

And I have to say, the bar keeps getting higher (helped in part by the fact that some launches are filtered through the Featured section).

Nika

2mo ago

Build your brand before your product, or launch first and reveal yourself later?

  1. I've always been on the personal brand side. More and more founders are building it now (sometimes even before the product is ready while it's still in development, before seed fundraising). The CEO builds their position so the product sells more easily at the official launch.

  2. But I have experience with people who built the product, scaled it, and only then did we discover who was behind it.

Honestly, with the first approach, I'd be concerned that people invest more in me as a person than in the product. People would idealise the founder and overlook the product's flaws (which could hurt development and constructive feedback).

+ I noticed the most common mistake that many people who started building a personal brand first, connected their product to their personal accounts (emails, social media, etc.) and started having a problem selling these things, because they cannot "give someone keys" to their personal profiles.

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