... past few months. Most never made it into a final video. Not because the AI was bad but because I couldn't control what I was getting. I'm a solo founder building product marketing videos. Every launch needs a demo. Every demo needs

... Creative work rarely happens on a 9 5 schedule. Musicians need late-night sessions. Dancers need

... freelanced for years and tried every invoicing tool out there. Sent invoices faster. Added late fees. Wrote polite follow-ups. Nothing really moved the needle. Then I realized something: the moment I delivered final files, I had nothing. The client had everything they needed

... what world-class SEO looks like. WordPress and SEO are complex subjects, so I learned to simplify them for everyday people and businesses. This was my aha moment. Meanwhile, Kenya woke up. COVID forced everyone online. Suddenly, every business needed SEO. But every business owner I talked to said the same thing: "I know I need

... there! Years ago I have started working on an audiobook player for elderly (85+), visually impaired users. It was born of real need. Over time it gathered a small number of happy users. However, I've always struggled with promotion: It's a niche product, any promotion should try to reach family members and caregivers. The audioplayer is an app that you use with an off-the-shelf tablets to make a sort-of-DIY device. I'm a software ... ... tumbleweed and crickets :D I did create a few YouTube videos and the seem to bring in some people but only those who know what to look for. To expand on points 1 and 2: what we needed

... Fellow Makers, We've launched Foursite , and I need to be honest about why we built it. I m not a designer. I m not an architect. I m a founder who got tired of watching smart, creative interior designers waste half their week on technical rendering work. The problem was simple: interior designers needed

... wrote to me who is going to relaunch a product after a year and a half. (Yes, I do not have anything to work on Friday night, don't blame me, I do not have a social life) :D Needless to say, a lot has changed on this platform in a year. He asked how he could repeat his success, because then he effortlessly gained over 200 upvotes. First of all, you need

... others will see (articles, newsletters, briefs, scripts) Superwhisper Privacy Award TL;DR Fully local Whisper-based dictation on Mac Strong pull from clinicians and other privacy-sensitive professionals Use it dozens of times a day behavior, not just as-needed Founder Story @superwhisper started with one emotion: rage at macOS dictation . The founder built a client-side Whisper wrapper purely to fix his own workflow, then realized it had become the thing he used all day. Worldview: AI dictation should ... ... clean emails no setup it just works Why you'd pick Willow Voice over everything else You spend most of your day in email, Slack, iMessage, support tools You want dictation that formats and tones your message already You need

... with mood, you're always looking too late, so it's difficult to see the connection. But when you go step by step, the picture becomes clearer. It's like watching a true crime movie (which I love): you need evidence, a location, and then a suspect. 3. Reflection gave me answers to "why this is so important to me." While creating Sphera, I realized that simply recording emotions, feelings, and triggers isn't enough; you need

... device that gives you just one button a single input and your cursor. Then you d be fully mobile. You wouldn t be stuck at a desk anymore. Of course, that led to the next question: you still need a screen. And that screen is locked to your laptop. I ve always been super interested in tech and innovation, so I started looking for glasses that could simply mirror my laptop screen. I didn t need

... into online education and create a revolution by building a platform where you could buy or sell individual lessons, not entire online courses. The idea was that a user could assemble their cart only with the lessons they really needed, without buying the entire online course. Reason for failure: Despite interest from users, unfortunately, the market was not ready for such a concept, and everyone wanted to buy entire online courses to be led by the hand to the desired ... ... more familiar for people. State school and institutes formed such an educational experience for most people on the planet. A pivot towards selling any content at all didn't help the startup because there were already many strong competitors

... into online education and create a revolution by building a platform where you could buy or sell individual lessons, not entire online courses. The idea was that a user could assemble their cart only with the lessons they really needed, without buying the entire online course. Reason for failure: Despite interest from users, unfortunately, the market was not ready for such a concept, and everyone wanted to buy entire online courses to be led by the hand to the desired ... ... more familiar for people. State school and institutes formed such an educational experience for most people on the planet. A pivot towards selling any content at all didn't help the startup because there were already many strong competitors

... growth lever win. I really wonder these questions Have you ever stayed with a product just because their support was great? Would you pay more for a tool if you knew you would always get real help when needed? Curious what Product Hunt thinks? Comment from Alex Khoroshchak(@alex_khoroshchak): @yuze_li  I think what makes support special is the personalization. Imagine support that is one step ahead, that predicts, analyzes. Comment from herval(@herval): As an Enterprise customer ... ... user into a loyal advocate. That s why I would absolutely pay more for great support - it s a direct investment in user retention and trust. Comment from St phane Paillard(@stephane_paillard): If the product is great, why we need

... uninvited guest that shows up around month 3 of building your startup. You know the one. You started with fire in your belly, convinced you're building the next big thing. Then slowly, quietly, it creeps in: "Who even needs this?" "Why would anyone pay for this?" "Am I just building a solution looking for a problem?" Been there. Still visit there sometimes. Here's what I've learned about wrestling this demon: 1. Talk to Users, Not Your Mirror ... ... this week. Not surveys. Real conversations. Ask them about their problems, not your solution. Their pain points will either validate your direction or help you pivot before it's too late. 2. Find Your "One Person" You don't need

... that, we weren't even a consumer software company. By January, we were seeing long posts on LinkedIn and X about how the product had changed people s lives. We also saw ~20% of our users convert to paid (vs. the usual 3 4%), and organic growth of ~90% month-over-month in January and February. On average, users were doing around 100 dictations a day and typing only 25 30% of their total input on a keyboard ... ... company. It doesn't sound sexy, doesn't sound world-changing. But when we talk to users, they say this has had a bigger impact on their life than literally anything else. That was the only signal we really needed

... idea) Useful? dumb? Should I keep going? Comment from Harvansh Chaudhary(@harvanshchaudhary): @diegodottac now I am not stopping, I m Building it, wherever it goes...!! Comment from Harvansh Chaudhary(@harvanshchaudhary): @graeme_fulton hell yeah.... that's the motivation I need. Comment from Harvansh Chaudhary(@harvanshchaudhary): @graeme_fulton yeah.... realized it quite late. if it doesn't make others happy... atleast you were vibing building it. Comment from Harvansh Chaudhary(@harvanshchaudhary): @steveb  That sounds pretty cool. Getting emails sung ... ... team spoke next time, prompt quieter members. Great job giving recognition keep it consistent. Overall team energy. How connected and heard people felt. Impact: Managers get continuous micro-coaching to become better leaders no manual evaluations or coaching sessions needed

... past 10 years, whenever I needed to call an international number, I used Skype. It had my back when I had to clear things up with the US university admissions from Austria, arrange a hotel pickup in Bali, or call my EU bank to see why my card was blocked while I was trekking through Argentina. I could call anywhere in the world for cents, and it was delightful. In February 2025, Microsoft announced it was closing Skype down ... ... life disappeared. It felt the same way as if, one day, nobody would be playing on Call of Duty 2 servers anymore (that hasn t happened yet, right?). Anyway, here I ve compiled a list of the top 6 alternatives

... First time poster here, a marketing/demand gen person coming from a mobile app launching this summer. I am curious, what does your go-to-market tech stack look like? I am responsible for identifying and building out the systems needed to shape and guide users from awareness through download, retention and (hopefully) advocacy, as well as analyze and segment based on behavior. The problem is, if you ask software vendors what tools are essential parts of the mobile ... ... much in until you have a following. A lot of good community building can happen just posting from the platform itself. AppsFlyer for Deep Links/attribution. Feels essential, everyone likes it, even the free version was enough to get started. Need

... sitting in Notion. Half-finished Figma files. Codebases with two commits and a README that says coming soon . But one night, I just got tired of it. Tired of waiting for the right time. Tired of convincing myself I needed more resources, a team, a better plan. So I said f*ck it . 3 hours , no excuses. Let s see what happens . I wanted to fix a pain I felt daily one that hit me in the face every time ... ... didn t build it for investors. I built it for people like me: People who want to learn something while walking, cooking, zoning out on the train, or just escaping the noise for a minute. And I didn t need

... blogging on your landing page, I've experimented with solutions like Storyblok and Contentful but found them overly complex and more tailored towards marketers. I've had success converting Markdown directly to blogs, maintaining simplicity and scalability. If you need specific steps on how to achieve this, please reach out directly. I also figured out a hack to auto-generate and post my blog using a cron job that calls an API on a set schedule. It s a pretty ... ... successfully integrated SendGrid to handle user-related emails such as welcome messages and notifications. There's a learning curve, but manageable I learned how to do this one one productive Saturday morning. If you're struggling or need

... Validating a business idea is just the start, it doesn t necessarily mean the business is sustainable and repeatable. The next step is, finding product-market fit which ensures the business creates recurring value for its customers. 2. Customers' needs are diverse and will often lead you to build the wrong overall product. Identify the persona who needs