... Great visuals, right keywords, and a consistent onstream of reviews. Every time your user reaches a point where they like your product, prompt them to drop a review. Either manually or within the product or through emails. But ASK SHAMELESSLY FOR REVIEWS. This is the only way to get more impressions on chrome store and other app stores. 7/ Fix your onboarding - manufacture AHA within 60 seconds We drank our own kool-aid for quiet some months. Product Hunt ...

... anonymization. Comment from Wei(@zwaydot): We have encountered the same problem as you before it's difficult to obtain proactive feedback from users. I have two suggestions: 1. Encourage your friends, colleagues, and acquaintances to use the product, and shamelessly ask for their feedback. This is the best way to get your first wave of product feedback. 2. If you can use large models to identify and flag negative feedback signals from users during product usage, that is the most ...

... notes, others would rather do anything than talk to their phone in public So, honestly: are you a voice capture person or does it feel awkward to you? And if you do it, where, alone in the car, or shamelessly on a crowded train? Comment from Maxence Legu ry(@maxence_leguery): @divvsaxena   Honestly that's the main thing, getting it out of your head and down somewhere. Typed or spoken, whatever makes you actually do it wins. Thanks for chiming ...

... were often more interested in protecting their turf than in collaborating. I also had a leadership role at another large company where the culture was even more dysfunctional - fear-based leadership, siloed teams and leaders who actively, shamelessly withheld information from each other. I spent most of my time just trying to get people aligned around shared goals. I ve also done the startup thing where you re moving fast, but the same issues show up: unclear direction, misaligned incentives ...

... during launch day Lots of great feedback and visibility What worked: A live interactive demo made with @Arcade A clean waitlist and onboarding flow Supporting other makers before my launch Showing up and engaging with every single comment Shamelessly posting everywhere I could (and yes, I got a 7-day Reddit ban) What s next: I m building fast based on your feedback. Expect a better content calendar, deeper launch plans, and more tools to help indie makers ...

... recommend documenting everything just yet. Posting daily shouldn't be the goal, at least in the beginning. Instead, focus on having real conversations with people (bonus points if you're interacting with your peers, community, or target audience). Shamelessly plug your product if it adds value to the user. Comment from Siddharth Pereira(@siddharthpereira): No doubt, its tough when you're going in solo. My guys didn't document anything. In retrospect, I should have. We focussed on all social ...