How not to launch

Learn lessons on failed products and startups

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Learn lessons on failed products and startups

23 followers

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How not to launch is a guide for makers on what NOT to do when launching a new startup or product

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Anima Playground — AI with an Eye for Design

AI with an Eye for Design

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Hey there, Wendy here! It's been so great since joining PH! The community here is super legit! The feedback is amazing. Last week I launched How much does it cost to build an app (https://www.producthunt.com/post...) and received a lot of love. THANK YOU GUYS!! There was so much I learned--so many knew things that "the books" don't teach you. Over the weekend I decided to capture the things that were hard to find and put them in this web app. I'd love for you to share your war stories so we can make the most epic resource for other markers. Right now it's super lean to prove the idea. I did make a roadmap of some cool things I'd like to add. It would be amazing to hear ideas that you guys have! If you have any questions or would like to report any issues, just comment below and I'll get right on it. Thanks!!

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7yr ago

One great place to start when you don't know what to do is educate yourself on what NOT to do! I've got another one to add that's a doozie. I won't out them here, but the lesson to learn is to really make sure your brand name is solid. Millions of dollars went out the window as I spent a better part of a year explaining that the brand name would be the eventual demise of what was actually a really good product. My mistake? Not realizing soon enough that there was nothing I could say short of providing a video from the future that would have changed the VCs minds. I really like the tone of this site, it's much more helpful and educational as well as being very clean and intuitive. Nice work!

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7yr ago

beforeShutdown

Nice product. Gone through almost all the stories. One thing, It would have been great if there was a short intro to, what the product was about?

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7yr ago

Looking at this I was wondering, although the content is good, how you can maintain the quality of content and stories going forward?

Pros:

Easy to use, good content, brilliant idea to digitally collect stories about failed businesses and learn from it.

Cons:

none so far

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7yr ago

Epic Ai

wrote many blogs about it - and brilliant to do it in an easy to use webapp

Pros:

Love the idea - lets not make the same mistakes other did

Cons:

not yet

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7yr ago

Seems pretty interesting, I've been reading a few of the stories and feel smarter already. Failure is important, but it's just as important to learn from it.

Pros:

Cool website, interesting read

Cons:

None so far

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7yr ago