... Comment from Moss Ab Mirande-Ney(@moss_ab_mirande_ney): @guillermoescobar  I think it's a very long journey, of course human interaction is always the best, but posting constantly is very important and it's like a snowball effect, it can feel complicated at first but it's very important ! Comment from Christian C(@chriscarex): getting first 100 users for sure. Trying social media and paid ads on several platforms, waiting for the results. What ... ... signal part is the hardest... keep going man, 3 weeks is nothing :) What are you building by the way? Comment from Guillermo Escobar(@guillermoescobar): @moss_ab_mirande_ney  yeah, that's true, three weeks in the snowball

... community, solo dev here. 115 days ago I built my first tool a PDF compressor. One rule: the user's file never leaves their device. No uploads, ever. That obsession snowballed. 115 days later, 90 tools across 10 categories: PDF: compress, merge, convert, extract Image: 19 tools, AI background remover, crop, resize Video: compress, GIF maker, screenshot, audio extract Audio: format conversion, metronome, BPM detector Text: fancy fonts, Morse code, JSON formatter, diff Creative: whiteboard, QR codes, pixel art, signature ...

... much hate yet, still early with FounderFlow, but the review-outnumbering point matches what I've seen elsewhere. The quiet version of this problem is founders not noticing a bad review or a churn signal until it's already snowballed, which is closer to what I'm building for. Comment from marius stoicescu(@marius_stoicescu): @busmark_w_nika  Let me tell you my experience from the last 3 days: I posted my application on Reddit in various subreddits, everything ... ... This is garbage, it hung up on my mother" is rude and actionable. "Love the vision, excited to see where this goes!" is lovely and worth nothing. Second, the distinction that changed how we respond: hate at your product versus

... able to make better decisions. The hardest part is usually overcoming the feeling that we re already behind. Comment from Richard Smith(@richard_smith_sv): This is so true. I always overestimate how much I've actually missed vs. how much I just scrolled past. Comment from Joshua VanAllen (JVA)(@joshvanallen): If it's just a single day, it's usually easy peasy for me to jump back into the flow. If it's a week...that's a whole ... ... different context! The entire world could of changed by then! I love following the snowball

... gateway, while anyone else trying to access the login page just gets a standard 404 error. Using AI, I was able to validate this concept and build a working prototype in just a couple of hours. From there, it snowballed. I used AI to help write a custom Go gateway and a user-friendly control panel so non-technical folks (editors, SEOs, contractors) could set it up in a few clicks without touching any config files. I ve been ... ... adds up to about twenty percent of someone's week back which is the productivity gain that actually shows up in deliverables. Where it still falls down: the judgment calls. DSCR target for a merchant wind project versus

... launches, one even hit Product of the Day). For you? Double down on one app that solves a painful problem people already pay for...validate fast via Reddit/Twitter/HN, then laser-focus outreach to get those first 100 users. Momentum snowballs from there. If you're up for it, I'm launching The Sponge (AI flashcard app that turns webpages into spaced-rep study gold) on PH soon...would appreciate a follow for the launch (link in profile)! Comment from Vladimir ... ... comes from user (often mine) pain. The recent app - HeartBLE was build for a very niche audience: indoor runners/cyclists/rowers who have Apple Watch and want to get their heart rate in Zwift/MyWhoosh/Rouvy training app. And this app outperforms all competitors

... changer for group chaos. I've launched a few times on PH (one was POTD), and the one thing I wish I'd known sooner: outreach...outreach...outreach. DM friends/founders, post in communities, hit up beta lists early...it snowballs. If you're up for it, I'm launching The Sponge (AI-powered flashcard app that turns webpages into spaced repetition decks) on PH soon...would appreciate a follow for the launch (link in profile). Good luck! Comment from ...

... feel smarter, but it turns every request into a bigger prompt. The tricky part is it still feels like the same task, so you don t notice the cost drift until the number is already big. Tool output bloat snowballed I let tool outputs flow straight into the next step: long logs giant diffs full API responses for debugging screenshots Even if one run is tolerable, the next run inherits the baggage. This is how testing quietly becomes a token ...

... signing up to your waitlist. 3. Your job on launch day is to be present and human: respond to every single comment, answer questions, show gratitude. Treat it like a conversation not a campaign. On your question about strategy vs. network effect: it's both, but the network effect is compounding and the strategy is just making sure you don't self-sabotage. Good luck with Curatora next week! I'm also pre-launch with Suitegenie and will be rooting ... ... down: your product does not need to be perfect on launch day. It needs to be real. If it solves a genuine problem for real people, the community will see that. PH users are incredibly sharp at spotting authenticity vs

... consistent growth. And we're still not fully profitable yet Building a SaaS means putting in the reps and showing up daily. Talking to customers to refine your positioning and messaging, shipping constantly until you're a viable alternative etc. The people going from $0 to $10K in days are the exception, not the rule. Here's the #1 thing helping us grow: making sure last week's work snowballs

... Morys(@ulf_morys): Good idea ! The problem: you're so good, I endorse you even without incentive ;-) However, what I noted: the utility of recall increases exponentially with the number of additions to the graph (...well, the classical snowball effect!). So the limitation of the free version never lets people experience this feeling. Wouldn't it make sense to implement a 2-stage free version: when you reach a number of graph entries, you trigger a time-limited free trial ...

... visuals, both video and pictures. 3. Ask your friends to share the launch and support you in first couple of hours. The momentum is powerful, if you win in the first hours after launch - it's gonna have a snowball effect. 4. Plan your day well + no distractions. Hope it helps. What's your main goal of launching here? Comment from Sulaiman Ahmed(@sulaiman_ahmed): @ejon_duka  That makes a lot of sense, Ejon; the chaos caused by trying ...

... going down the rabbit hole Comment from Dustin Heaps(@dustinheaps): @manu_goel2  Love that story some of the best products start as experiments. It s wild how solving your own problem just for fun can accidentally snowball into something real. Curious how long it took before you realized, wait I think I actually built a product here ...

... favor of feature X, or Chose tool A over B because of speed-to-ship. I run Equally AI now, so I live in a world where decisions have real regulatory and user impact, and these early decisions snowball later. So start early. Your log doesn't have to be overly 'formal', but it should contain enough information to give future-you (and your team) context down the line, especially when you've likely forgotten the minutiae ...

... What might be your best tips for launching your app? How do you create your launch PR snowball? Aside from the tips in the launch guide on product hunt thought to go talk to journalists, go on podcasts, write influencers on LinkedIn, and create groovy content on social media ...