Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I've been watching Hardbound since it was a rough prototype on @nbashaw's phone. It now feels like something he would make -- polished and elegantly simple.
@nbashaw, how do you decide what stories to create and how important is it to get people on your platform creating stories?
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Nathan Bashaw
@nbashaw · Co-founder and CEO of Hardbound
@rrhoover thanks so much!! I learned a lot of it from you! hahaha
I'd definitely say the hardest part so far has been deciding what stories to make. It's been a huge learning process and honestly I could write a whole blog post on it. The short version is that I think the stories work best when it's about something I'm genuinely curious about. If I get too caught up in targeting something for an imaginary audience (e.g. "let's make a story that startup people will be into") it hasn't worked nearly as well as when we've just followed our curiosity.
In the long run, it's super important that we get other people on our platform creating stories. But for now we're mostly focused on just creating awesome stories and earning a reputation for quality. If we can do that, I think we'll be alright.
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