Hey! I'm Yas, solo founder of Semita an AI travel planner that generates a full day-by-day itinerary in under 60 seconds.
A few things I learned building and launching solo:
Distribution is harder than building the product took months, getting people to see it is a whole different challenge
User feedback surprises you I assumed collaboration would be the most popular feature but Hidden Gems mode got way more attention than I expected. Goes to show that what you think users want and what they actually care about can be completely different
Plan your launch day better than I did it is chaotic trying to make sure everything works while also getting posts out everywhere. I got so caught up checking the product that I missed the time and lost the first few hours of momentum. Lesson learned schedule your posts in advance
Getting people to respond is hard I personally emailed early signups hoping for feedback and heard nothing back. Apparently that is normal but it is still a humbling reminder that getting people to engage takes way more effort than you expect
Would love to connect with other founders what was your biggest lesson from your own launch?
Here s mine with some notes from reading it (with my note taking style ofc ): Zero to One by Peter Thiel: Start small, but dream big. Aim for the mind-blowing, not just tiny steps. Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore: Nail it with a specific group first. Go big later once you re a hit! The Lean Startup by Eric Ries: Get out of the building. Talk to customers and validate your ideas in the real world. Give me yours!!! Also, if your book is the same as mine, let s talk
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Hey Product Hunt!
I've joined the Amy team recently, and we're launching soon (check us out - https://www.producthunt.com/upco...). As part of this launch, I'm trying to figure out which data analytics tools to use to improve our website, messaging and most importantly, our product. I was thinking of the following analytics stack:
1. Google Analytics for traffic data
2. HotJar / Fullstory for UX/UI and visitor recordings
3. Segment for event tracking and quantitive data Are there any other tools that you've been using and can recommend? Do you think we're missing something? Thanks!
Anyone building voice AI agents knows how hard it is to stay up-to-date with the latest text-to-speech voice models.
We spend time testing and experimenting with all of the available paid and open-source text-to-speech voice AI models and consolidated our own notes and experience testing different models into a single guide for developers evaluating multiple models.
Checklists always look the same: tested, works, has a landing page. The part that actually slowed me down building in personal finance wasn't any of that, it was "would I trust this with my own bank statement," which isn't really a checklist item, it's more of a gut check that doesn't show up until you're already deep in it.
Curious what that bar looks like for people in adjacent spaces, health data, identity, anything where "it works" and "it's safe to trust" aren't the same question.
