The more visible I become on platforms, the more opportunities I receive (not just sponsored ones).
Quite often, people reach out saying they re looking for a marketing co-founder.
And practically every month, there s someone with another revolutionary idea, the next big thing, a multimillion or multibillion-dollar business but then you never hear about them again.
In a discussion forum with @monatruong_murror , we talked about how AI can help us learn things that aren t naturally familiar to us, like programming.
The biggest challenge was/is: Getting AI to guide you toward a solution, instead of just giving you the answer.
When did you know it was the right time to hire your first team member? Was there a sign you were ready to invest, or a specific financial benchmark that made you think, I m ready ? Many new founders rush the first hire because they believe they need to scale quickly to grow. In some cases, this is true. But there are a lot of hidden costs in that decision that could make or break your business.
Having previously owned a business, I know the hidden costs are payroll, taxes, benefits, bonuses, equipment, and software. These are necessary costs. And when you bring on your first person, you want to do right by them. Hiring to fire isn t the vision for any founder, so ensuring that you can shoulder the cost is a must.
I decided this go-round to create hiring tiers based on revenue goals: $1K/month MRR, $5K/month MRR, $10K/month MRR, and beyond. I may not hire a full-time staff member for a while, but might do a one-off 1099 hire for short-term projects depending on the need. But was there a moment in your founder career where you knew it was time for full-time help? And what hire did you make? Was it a good one? #buildinginpublic
With all the recent data leaks and surveillance laws, it feels like the vibe is shifting toward 100% local, on-device compute, even if it means settling for smaller models. Running things locally used to feel like a niche hobby, but with the massive leaps in open-source efficiency, it is becoming a viable daily setup for privacy-first projects.
Granted, dialing in the right hardware and dealing with speed tradeoffs is still a massive pain compared to a ready-to-go API.
Are you guys actually moving your daily workflows and tech stacks to local alternatives, or is cloud still your go-to for convenience? Where do you stand on this?
Hey all, we just released a few updates to product hubs with a focus on converting visitors to your website/apps/social, and providing the right information to community members who are researching new products. As an example, here's Notion's product hub: https://www.producthunt.com/prod... (you can access your product hubs in the new sidebar on the homepage) The header was re-focused on driving conversions, followers, and saves. We ve removed upvote counts and focused on reviews + followers on the hub pages; while upvotes are important for launch day, we ve found that they re not necessarily a highly correlated signal for overall product quality, especially for community members researching products months (or years) after a launch. The updated sidebar displays links, product info, and makers more prominently, and the rest of the page has been simplified with an additional focus on reviews (currently sorted by recent, so make sure you re encouraging your community to leave reviews). As always, Product Hunt is in a constant state of change, so let us know what you think about these changes and if you have any suggestions or recommendations moving forward!
We still hire mostly off r sum s a one-page document someone wrote about themselves. But a resume can't really show if a person can do the actual work, solve real problems, or handle pressure. Yet it's usually the first and biggest filter.
