Hello Product Hunters I plan to write an e-book about launching digital products Scope: from generating ideas and finding the niche to launching and growing the product. You can help me make it better by answering a simple question What are your key struggles with launching products?
I was rereading parts of The Mom Test, and it reminded me how easy it is to mistake politeness for validation.
Someone says the idea sounds useful, they like the direction, they would definitely try it, and maybe they even suggest a few features. It feels like progress, but sometimes they are just being nice.
The dangerous part is that polite feedback does not feel negative. It gives you just enough confidence to keep building without proving whether the problem is actually painful.
I think the harder skill is learning to ignore compliments and look for behavior instead.
The state has become the first U.S. state to regulate AI companion chatbots. Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 243, a new law requiring companies like OpenAI, Meta, Character AI, and Replika to implement safety protocols protecting children and vulnerable users.
All of you who are building a personal brand, I guess, keeping up with the onslaught of notifications is not the easiest thing to do. I personally open some notifications after a month (like today on Bluesky, Substack and Twitter), not to mention that I reply to some messages after months. It helps me keep my sanity. But it took me almost 4 hours to handle these today.
On the other hand, I manage ProductHunt and LinkedIn quite regularly.
I'll say it bluntly that running a business is not as easy as it is presented on the Internet. You have to come up with a good and useful idea, and even then, you don't win.
You can only see the results after a long time. Not everyone can do it for a long time. To do it, you need to have a strong motive. For some people, it may be a family tradition, for some, money.
I've been trying to fix my "staying informed" workflow, and honestly I'm not sure I've cracked it.
I set up AI to send me a daily digest of what's been happening which helps. But I still end up spending a lot of time wandering around different sites, checking whether there's some big news I missed. The digest gives me a baseline, but it doesn't kill the FOMO, so I keep manually poking around anyway.
