... spent months obsessing over a competitor. Checking their site, their pricing, their features, their Twitter. Every time they shipped something, I felt a pit in my stomach. Every time they got a customer, I imagined them celebrating while I sat there failing. Then I met the founder at a small online event. Just the two of us in a breakout room. He looked tired. He admitted he was struggling. He said he'd been watching MY product and feeling ... ... same way about ME. We both laughed, kind of nervously, and then talked for an hour about how hard this all is. I'd built this whole villain narrative

... understand my app and create automated videos. I formulated the two hypotheses mentioned above and proceeded to analyze YouTube videos using Claude Code, create an avatar video using my own selfie, record footage on an actual device, and generate narration by creating a Korean voice sample (since I do not speak English) I ve uploaded a few videos since then; while the results aren't quite what I d hoped for yet, one thing is clear: people are actually viewing ... ... reflect on the core problem my app addresses, as well as the specific contexts in which it is applied and the way it employs storytelling. So, I decided to have the AI write the content in a narrative

... Noah, co-founder & CEO of Narrative Social Media Inc. I kept noticing that the people closest to me were often thinking about the exact same things I was. Whether that was the same decision, the same worry, the same excitement...and we'd just never find out. Social media rewards performance but it's terrible at the small, important overlaps that actually bring two people closer. So my co-founder and I are building the opposite: talk about what ... ... your mind, and Narrative

... conversations, NPC interactions, and story beats visually on the canvas, rather than writing dialogue trees in a separate script document disconnected from the scene or character they belong to. Because dialogue blocks live on the same canvas as your narrative and systems maps, a conversation can visually connect to the quest it unlocks or the mechanic it explains, which keeps writers and designers working from the same spatial context instead of cross-referencing separate files. Level layout design. Designers ... ... mock up the UI that surfaces that quest to the player, then visually trace how all three connect to the underlying mechanics already mapped elsewhere on the canvas. That's the core loop of early prototyping: mechanics, environment, narrative

... surfaces who within your network can introduce you to multiple investors. It may make sense to hold calls with these super connectors to get them excited about your Company: https://screen.studio/share/UlLi... Lesson #3 For a successful round, the narrative you start with is very often different from the one with which you close. Learning during the raise process becomes crucial. 3A: Pre Meeting Analysis Prior to each investor call, Metal uses proprietary intelligence to surface insight into ... ... Analysis After each investor call, Metal again deploys our proprietary intelligence to provide sharp feedback on what could have gone better on the call. Lesson #4 While (1) to (3) focus on the process execution of your raise, the narrative

... months, the narrative has been that AI search is a single channel. You optimize for ChatGPT. You win everywhere. The data says otherwise. A 7-month analysis of citation behavior across ChatGPT, ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, and Claude found that every major AI engine has a persistent source preference . Not just a trend. A consistent editorial identity that holds month after month. The breakdown of editorial identities : ChatGPT Search is encyclopedic. It favors Wikipedia ... ... shows you your visibility, share of voice, and citation rates across each platform individually . This allows you to see exactly where you win and where you are invisible, with the granularity required to understand each platform's editorial identity. Competitor

... Overviews and answer engines." This is not a company that thinks SEO is dead. This is a company that thinks SEO is important enough to pay a single person $320k to run it. Why this matters For years, the narrative has been that AI will make search obsolete. People will ask ChatGPT directly. They will not need Google. They will not need SEO. That narrative

... proven market and compete against players who already have distribution, brand, and loyal users? Both paths have real merit. The case for a new niche: no direct competition on day one you define the category and own the narrative early movers can build strong brand recognition before the market fills up easier to stand out when you're the only option The case for an established niche: the market already exists, so you don't have to educate buyers ... ... demand saved me from having to convince anyone the problem exists. But entering established means your differentiation must be razor sharp. Ours is: other apps track habits, Ritually builds them with AI. One sentence that separates us from every competitor

... time and tooling. What Canvas Actually Needs Understanding what Canvas is unlocks why production was both simple and tricky at the same time. The loop is short sometimes as short as 3 seconds so there's no narrative structure to build. The visual has to work as an ambient loop: something that feels continuous, doesn't distract from the music, and reads well on a small phone screen. Spotify Canvas dimensions are 1080 1920 minimum, 9:16 vertical ... ... seconds. The file cannot contain audio. The visual should be atmospheric rather than narrative

... more than any UI polish did. So yeah, I d say naming the problem is the actual unlock. The demo just has to not get in the way of it. Comment from Viraj Parab(@viraj_parab): StartupHQ to organize competitor research, validate ideas, and keep my roadmap focused. It removed a lot of the "what should I do next?" moments. Now the challenge is exactly what you mentioned: getting distribution right. Comment from Mincheol kim(@mincheol_kim): @anna_ludwinowski ... ... Kozlo(@wvitalik): I look for the problem/need first. However, note that some products are solving the problem of a bad existing UX and user interface (think about the goal "to manage virtual private servers" and solutions via the terminal VS

... last high watermark was back in April, when we hit 1000 products launched in a single day. Before that, it was 600 products four months ago . This is why it's more important to get your narrative, positioning, and ICP straight before launching in the leaderboard! me . Comment from Marie Bjerkevall Lundin(@bjerkis): Thanks for sharing! Do you have any advice on HOW to get your narrative

... agent to correctly know X is risky. Do you trust it to flag the right things, or would you rather define the risky paths yourself up front? Comment from Alexander Bering(@alexanderbering): @aadilghani  The reason "edit vs. tell-it-to-revise vs

... upvotes , and learned one thing most founders discover too late: a launch is not a lucky leaderboard sprint, it is a positioning test in public. I advise founders, teams, and operators on Product Hunt launch strategy across pre-launch narrative, hunter/maker setup, launch copy, comment strategy, audience activation, mid-launch trajectory adjustments, and post-launch analysis. Past client launches include OrimonAI at #1 Product of the Day, CodiumAI at #3, Super Teacher at #5, and Aster Key at #6, plus ... ... positioned, or trying to figure out whether Product Hunt even makes sense for your product, reach out and I ll tell you the truth before I sell you the strategy. Happy to advise serious makers on launch, product, roadmap, narrative

... product first if you don't have an audience. Build the audience first if you do. Either way, separate your personal brand from your company brand early. Comment from Henry Stewart(@henry_stewart): Maybe it s less brand first vs product first and more about separation. Build visibility if it helps, but keep product assets and founder identity separate enough that the business can scale or change hands later. Comment from Rishav Rajak(@rishav_rajak): We built first, launched quietly ... ... tracing code to find out was just hardcoded placeholder nobody measured ) brand-first makes you commit publicly to mechanics system acutally never proven Comment from Piyush Gajrani(@piyush_teq): @busmark_w_nika Most founders don t fail at brand vs

... most important and challenging experiences you ll have as a founder is fundraising. I pitched VCs across London and San Francisco. Some spent 15 seconds on my deck. Some took the call just to diligence a competitor. One told me to ask for more money. Oh, and I found out your pitch is probably being recorded and run through AI. This is the high-impact version of all of those lessons to save you time, energy, and emotional damage. Please ... ... eyes light up. Notice when someone leans in. Pay attention to which anecdotes connect universally, and which ones don t. Sometimes VCs see patterns you don t. They ve seen hundreds or thousands of pitches. They might notice a competitor

... months ago, we ran an experiment with our own data. At Rankfender, we tracked 5 of our own competitors across 8 AI systems. We log their share of voice, citation velocity, content gaps, platform variance. Months of raw numbers sitting in a dashboard. I pulled 6 months of data and fed it into Claude. One question: "Based on this, who is most likely to overtake us in the next 6 months? Show your work. Use the data. Don't summarize ... ... Give me the numbers." The answer changed how I think about competition. The dataset: 5 competitors

... spending more time writing prompts and fixing AI s continuity errors than actually creating. So, we decided to build a solution to scratch our own itch: NovelFlow, an AI scriptwriting engine designed strictly for long-form narrative control and seamless post-production. When it comes to commercial creation, it's not about flashy tech features, it's about stable delivery and seamless workflow integration. We stripped away the bloated, redundant features to focus on what actually matters: human-machine collaboration ... ... global narrative

... Claude's paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year . New users hit record numbers between January and February. Previous users came back in record numbers too. But the product didn't change overnight. The narrative did. Three things happened in quick succession: - Anthropic ran Super Bowl ads mocking ChatGPT for showing ads to users. Funny, sharp, and impossible to ignore. - A very public feud with the DoD erupted . Anthropic refused to let the military use its AI for lethal ... ... stopped being "another AI company" and became the one that said no to the government and no to ads. That's a story people repeat. The lesson for founders: Growth doesn't come from product alone. it comes from narrative

... more universal than Spanish TV. Here's what went wrong, as far as anyone can tell from public reporting: 1. The trigger was visible before they acted. The cancellation appears to have been a reactive move to a competitor (Atresmedia) signing a high-profile presenter. That competitive signal didn't appear out of nowhere it was detectable. But there was no comms plan ready when the decision came. Reaction without preparation is how you hand the narrative

... link pointing to your official website or domain. This reflects not just exposure, but the degree to which AI treats your brand as a credible source . Share of Voice (SOV): Represents your brand s voice share within AI narratives the probability that AI mentions your brand rather than a competitor

... third or beyond Implication: Being in the answer is not enough. Being first in the answer drives 3x more engagement than being second. Related: What Is AI Share of Voice? 3. Structured Content Drove Citations 4.2x More Than Narrative Content Buyers were asked what kind of content most influenced their shortlist. Content Type Influence Rate Comparison table (features, pricing, use cases) 78% FAQ section with direct answers 71% Case study with specific numbers 64% Blog post (narrative

... tracked over 3,000 brands, analyzed 75,000+ AI answers, and helped founders recover millions in lost revenue from AI errors. Total marketing spend so far: 15k. Here's everything we did with free resources you can use. 1. Narrative: From Agency Pain to Product Solution The story that worked for us: "We built this because we had to." We were an agency watching client traffic drop. Rankings were fine. Clicks were down. Turns out AI was answering questions directly ... ... found errors. Average cost: 28k." 120k impressions, 400+ new signups. Free resource: Post as a human. Share what you're learning in real time. People don't follow companies. They follow people. 5. Multi-Language: The Hidden Channel Most competitors

... many found they were invisible. But here's what scared me more: Of those who WERE visible, 43% had incorrect information in AI answers. Not "suboptimal." Not "could be better." Wrong. Outdated pricing. Missing features. Wrong founder bios. Competitors credited for your work. And the average error sticks around for 4 6 months . Today, I'm sharing the full dataset: 1,000+ SaaS products, 75,000+ AI answers, and the hard truth about what's being said about you when ... ... Rate Of the 24% who ARE visible: Metric Value Brands with at least one error 43% Average errors per brand 2.7 Most common error type Outdated pricing (37%) Second most common Missing features (29%) Third most common Wrong company narrative

... answer "Recrawl" ChatGPT like Google Search Console Flag incorrect information (no process exists) Know who's seeing what, when This is the dark side. AI visibility isn't just about winning it's about losing control of your narrative. What You Can Control But you're not helpless. Here's what works: 1. Monitor constantly You can't fix what you can't see. Daily tracking of AI answers across platforms is the only way to catch errors early ... ... responses correctly cited their SOC2 status. Time to full recovery: 3 months Cost of lost deals during recovery: ~ 400k The Opportunity Hidden in the Risk Here's the contrarian take: If you're monitoring AI answers while competitors

... founder of Munch. I built this because I kept watching creators spend hours turning one video into posts. You paste a YouTube or Vimeo URL Munch extracts the transcript using 5 fallback strategies (so it actually works on videos competitors choke on) Claude AI writes 8 complete, platform-ready pieces in ~60 seconds. No file uploads. No per-action credits. One munch = everything. PH exclusive: Your first munch is completely free, no card needed. Just sign up at munch.video ... ... outputs, no subscription Annual plans available on all tiers. ============================================================================ WHAT'S RUNNING UNDER THE HOOD (the stuff that proves it's not just smoke and mirrors) ============================================================================ WHY CLAUDE? =========== Munch runs on Claude Anthropic's flagship model, not a cheaper alternative