I know that many of us are working on side projects but I also see a lot of folks building full fledged companies. And a number of those companies are likely going after venture capital. If you're considering or actively pursuing Angel funding, I'm really curious as to how much capital a single Angel needs to provide in order to have a definitive and beneficial impact on the trajectory of your company. Thanks in advance for your insight and thoughts!
Hey PH community! In two weeks, I m launching my app, SUN, here on Product Hunt. It s been a journey, and I m now focused on how to get meaningful visibility and upvotes. I ve been digging into what others have done and came across these 5 common strategies:
DM outreach on LinkedIn
Joining Product Hunt-focused WhatsApp groups
Engaging in Facebook groups for PH launches
Running social media ads that link directly to the PH page
Buying Product Hunt ads (starting at $5,000 )
Has anyone here tried any of these?
What worked? What felt like a waste of time or money?
It 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 is learning.
I ve seen so much advice about partnering with well-known Hunters for your PH launch. But does it really move the needle? Anyone have real numbers or war stories? Also, how to find and approach them?
Curious what the community is running for authentication/authorization in their apps (e.g. Auth0, Supabase Auth, Clerk, Firebase Auth, Cognito, etc.)
A few things I'd love to hear your take on:
What provider are you using and what's your primary stack? (e.g. Next.js + Clerk, Go + Auth0, etc.)
What's the one thing that surprised you , good or bad ?
Would you make the same call today? Especially curious if you've hit scaling pain.
For context: I'm building a B2C application with my own database layer, and currently in the process of evaluating which authentication provider best fits the architecture. Trying to understand how others are handling the auth <> database relationship and what influenced your final decision.
We keep seeing things like AI and LLM. But I'm happy about technology products that go beyond the occasional. For example, today I read that Aura is introducing a $499 e-ink digital photo frame that allows you to work without a cable.
I was also happy with the @Flowtica Scribepen from @zaczuo .
Chipmaker Nvidia announced this week it will be investing up to $100 billion (with a B) in OpenAI to help it build out its computing power. This follows OpenAI s move earlier this month to buy $300B in computer power from Oracle.
