I recently talked to a friend researching how AI can assist people with visual impairments, like apps such as Be My Eyes. It s incredible to see how AI is transforming accessibility and independence. What s an AI use case that has caught your attention?
ive been thinking about the gap between knowing a tool exists and actually being able to use it, and how differently those two things happen for me.
reading about a tool gives me the pitch. the feature list, the happy path, the demo where everything works on the first try. i can describe the tool after that. i still cant use it.
This is a very classic founder problem which many first time developers make. The classic "I should develope this product with so and so features to make it the best product in the market". It simply doesn't matter. Show your product to your potential customers.
I also had fallen for this mistake when I developed my first saas. I thought of marketing it for a market which did not exist at all. And the worst part, I ran ads for it. It wasn't a big budget but I still consider it as a big blunder on my side. Then I came up with the second idea regarding LinkedIn. Now, the LinkedIn related saas had a completely opposite problem. It had a market, but it was extremely competitive. It was like every one guy on reddit has made exactly that same product. So, I took two attempts to understand the value of marketing, competition analysis and whether the product actually works or I am just building.
I believe the most important thing is for founders to have a deep understanding of their product's core users. A common mistake is that new features sometimes end up diminishing the experience for core users, which should be avoided.
Getting close to launching mine and honestly more nervous about launching than the product. What's something you'd tell a first timer to avoid? And on the flip side, what's something that worked way better than you expected going in?
I m building a small clothing brand from USA and I m trying to grow without paid ads. So far I ve been testing Pinterest boards and SEO for traffic, but it s slow and I can t tell what s actually working.
For those of you who ve launched a physical product store:
What was your first channel that brought real customers, not just visitors?
How long did SEO or Pinterest take before you saw results?
Is there a metric you wish you d tracked from day one?
I d love to hear what worked and what was a waste of time. I ll share what I learn from this thread in a follow-up.
Been here 2 months now and something finally clicked. Half the upvotes and half the comments on any launch are people returning a favour. You upvote mine, i comment on yours, everyone goes home happy.
Nobody says it out loud because we all benefit from it. It s like a group chat where everyone agreed not to talk about the group chat.
Doesn t make PH useless tbh. It just means rank and comment count show who has the bigger circle, not whose product is actually better.
Maybe i m wrong and i m just new here. Would love to hear from people who ve been around longer, does this match what you ve seen or have i been reading it all wrong.
Every quarter, we recap together what we set for ourselves and whether we managed to achieve it.
This is how I set my goals 3 months ago and... well, I'm not the most satisfied with results, but I will honestly and transparently announce my quarterly activities:
