... afford a $500/hr consultant to guide you. Most founders fail not because they can't build, but because they make bad strategic choices in isolation. So, I built my own AI Board of Directors. Meet BUSARA (which means "Wisdom" in Swahili). It s an AI marketplace where you can rent a Virtual C-Suite to debate your business strategy 24/7. What makes it different from ChatGPT? It s not just a chat; it s a Roundtable Simulation . The Conflict Engine ... ... consultants!). I d love your feedback on one thing: Try the "BOARD Mode" and tell me in the comments who won the debate for your startup? The cautious CFO or the aggressive CMO? Let s democratize high-level business wisdom

... having "only" a badge (weekend) I'm curious about how you see Product Hunt scheduling on individual days and what suits you more with your product launch. Comment from AJ(@build_with_aj): I'm eschewing conventional wisdom going forward. It would apply if what I have planned is conventional... I agree with the general sentiment, and the tradeoff. It makes sense that product hunt is seen as a trust building step. But if one ahs a strong enough ... ... Tuesday to Thursday can sometimes be too competitive. So many products launch on those days that traffic gets split across dozens of listings. You re competing with more products for the same attention, which can actually reduce visibility. Weekdays vs

... honestly, they shouldn't have to. They are busy. The 10% Problem I realized that for all the crawling Google and OpenAI do, they have only captured maybe 10% of human intelligence . The other 90% the "Dark Matter" of wisdom is still locked inside people's heads, private journals, or offline experiences. It is "gatekept" by time and physics. Why we read Paul Graham Current AI chats are great at writing you a dry linkedin post (that everyone knows ... ... hasn't scraped their life's work, their gatekept notes, their philosophy, hot-takes, adventures, trivia, successes, failures, lessons as a vault of knowledge, that's not scrape-able but allows anyone to "call" them to extract their specific wisdom

... what their past investments have in common. 2. Start with one great anecdote; if it lands, you ll see it instantly. I now have one that I love to tell and the flashes in their eyes feel rewarding. - US vs EU: US wants vision + return the fund. EU wants GTM, repeatability, CAC/LTV comfort. - Fundraising is random. I met one founder at $2M ARR who can t get funded and another at $3M ARR with a hyper-competitive round. - Rejection ... ... better you get. Pre seed is reported to take 16 weeks, so be early and don't be desperate. - SF energy is real. Meeting with Google, Microsoft and OpenAI opened new doors for Ting. Any other lessons or wisdom

... because I ve seen firsthand how much creative energy gets wasted in admin. If Wrkful can give that time back to designers, I ll call it a win. Wrkful Would love to hear how you all balance product vision vs. building what early users ask for. That s the exact tension I m in right now, and any wisdom

... coding skills. I ll admit it: I was revolted by the very notion of vibe coding at first. I wasn t alone. Plenty of seasoned programmers on Twitter (X) feed were rolling their eyes at the buzzword. The conventional wisdom in software engineering says good code requires careful thought and skill, not just going with the flow. I had spent years honing the craft learning algorithms, writing unit tests, agonizing over naming variables so the suggestion that one could simply ... ... junior dev intern handing you code you must review it. Does the code do what you asked? Does it have bugs or glaring inefficiencies? Don t just trust that it s correct. In fact, the collective wisdom

... Product Hunt fam Would love to hear your take on this, As a SaaS founder, I'm constantly thinking about growth vs. sustainability. There s a lot of advice out there, but I'm curious about your real-world experiences. When did YOU feel it was the right time to raise funding? What metrics, traction, or signals made you feel confident to approach investors? Or did you decide to bootstrap all the way and why? Especially for SaaS, timing feels ... ... everything. Too early = you lose equity before product-market fit. Too late = you might miss the growth window. Would really appreciate any wisdom

... Research & Analysis Workflows - Automatically qualifying leads by checking LinkedIn, funding status, company data, then routing to CRM Cross-team AI Collaboration - Different departments leveraging AI with their specific data while maintaining security controls @sentry_co dropped some serious wisdom: "Seeing is believing" - so we're working on those case study videos showing these workflows in action! But here's where we need YOUR help... We're on a mission to make AI actually work for real teams (not just ... ... Pulze in the first place? Which pre-built agent did you try first? (Marketing, Research, Data Analysis?) How far did you get in the agent builder? Did the model auto-routing feel magical or confusing? What felt intuitive vs

... Zeno fam! I m working on a powerful new update that s going to change the way we discover and contribute to wisdom on Zeno: All users will be able to connect their YouTube channels to Zeno: Here s what this means: Personalized video recommendations on your For You page based on your own channel s style and algorithm. 1-click import of your YouTube recommended videos and own YouTube videos<>data into Zeno. Zeno will instantly generate ... ... learn, grow, and stay inspired. Whether you're a creator, a learner, or both, Zeno will become a shared space where we curate the internet's best knowledge together. We're just getting started: your content, your vibe, your wisdom

... used to be fashionable to be "in stealth," but then our collective wisdom shifted to "launch early and launch often." In my experience, there are two good reasons for this: The first reason is that it's often more important to figure out whether people want what you're building than it is to figure out whether you can build the best possible version of it. Launching early gives you the opportunity to either pivot or iterate quickly. Launching ... ... here. Startups aren't a race. They're a marathon in an idea maze, and you're far more likely to reach a dead end and kill your startup that way than you are to be crushed by a competitor

... previous startup wrestling with old-school email builders so naturally, we turned our frustration into code (and coffee into sleepless nights ). Launching on PH feels both exciting and slightly terrifying so we're here to tap into your collective wisdom. If you've launched on Product Hunt before, we'd love your genuine thoughts: Should we launch directly on PH first, or announce it on LinkedIn/Twitter beforehand? Does paying for promoted visibility on PH help at all, or is organic ...

... answering questions posted on the Forum during the Live. Join the Live X session here: https://x.com/producthunt/status... A while back we launched @Wordware and broke Product Hunt during our launch. We're here to share bits of wisdom from our launch strategy, answer launch questions you may have, and even help point you in the right direction for the launch day! Comment from Dan Schlung(@dan_difr): Hey, Filip! Congrats on your success with Wordware! I'm brand ... ... been done! I am here with a simple question of efficiency to be named the Product of the Day. How many visitors did you get from PH? How many users have registered on your site after launch? Time spent vs

... Share something that has surprised you or a lesson you have learned that goes against conventional wisdom during your work or personal experience ...