I've been curating a weekly newsletter called Workspaces (https://www.workspaces.xyz/) that brings you inside the workspace of a creative, founder, artist, etc each week! The main lesson I've learned is that consistency is key! Growth has been steady and open rates have remained >50% per newsletter and I think a key reason for this is that subscribers know to expect the newsletter every Sunday morning.

Hey we're building Poppins, a Slack app for founders, leaders & managers to make Slack actionable. (Https://poppins.me ) It was an internal tool for us until we saw a huge demand from our founder friends. We decided to launch it on Slack app directory. Within 2 weeks of our launch, We have 70+ teams using it Poppins app featured as number #1 productivity app on Slack app directory Our users are loving it, they're able to save ~ an hour of their time. We're planning to launch on PH soon.. Check it out at Poppins.me

Working on tl;dv (https://tldv.io/) since 2020 to empower people to feel emotionally safe when declining meetings and to quickly catch up with the most important bits async. The biggest learning: don't confuse (even overwhelmingly) positive reactions with product validation. As founders we are naturally excited about our products and can quickly spark excitement while talking to people in customer calls. My takeaway: in product discovery, I always ask for a form of "currency" Tier 1: Time - are they willing to test my product? Tier 2: Reputation - are they willing to recommend it to colleagues? Tier 3: Money - are they willing to pay for it? As hard as it is: always be brutally honest with yourself - false validation is a real threat & time killer.

I am working on pre-launch InAppStory on Product Hunt (Ship) Lesson: Ship is not for community building, you have to be visible on other channels to gain followers on your project. It was a push for us to start building.

Hey @5harath , I am working on Wylo. It is an interest-based social networking platform that is all about like-minded networking and content curation based on topics you love. This app eradicates irrelevant junk and provides you with some amazing AMA sessions, free resources and verified news/blogs related to your interests. (https://wyloapp.com/) What I learned? Well, the process of marketing and branding is useless if you don't have faith in your product. That faith adds more conviction to your pitch, your emails and also your social media deliverables. Your passion needs to be fueled in order to learn new tools, growth hacks and marketing tactics, and this can only be done if you feel positive about the ecosystem and purpose of what you are selling.

Working on an app that will give you the actual numbers and scientific facts behind getting in shape. https://thisappwillgiveyouabs.co... Learned a lot. Biggest thing is using objects. Putting the details a user enters into an object makes it easier to refactor and improve.

Hey @5harath 👋 I'm working on HIGHSCORE.domains and the biggest thing I learned after the PH launch is - we never really know what user wants unless we launch or start accepting beta users. I thought my customers would be interested in tools like website monitor (get alert when website down), Coming soon landing pages for the unused domains. Looks like most PRO customers are interested ins selling their unused domains So yes - launch early get feedback. Btw, listening to your racket audio where you mentioned about not worrying too much about PH motivated me to launch early (just launched without any plan) and it turned out well :) thanks 😇

I am building a basic CRUD app with No-code in my current project The Lean Side Project. I am building in the open and sharing on my twitter how exactly I am doing that and what I am learning. you can follow along here: https://twitter.com/MichaelJNovo... Please ask me any questions and I will help you build your app in no-code. Thank you!

I'm working on a Twitter thread scheduling application (threadstart.io) and the single biggest learning was to quickly release new things and iterate. I've previously tried to launch a SaaS but spent a year overengineering a solution that never made it to production. This time I'm shipping quickly, trying to get feedback as soon as possible and then improve the product based on the feedback. 5 months in and I'm way further than I would have imagined back when I first started.

Im working on a mental health/community mobile app right now called Good Word Club where you can send out a short voice snippet and get randomly paired with someone else who is supporting you on your goals & affirmations. Think Snapchat + Clubhouse. I am building the app in React Native for cross platform and have always thought mobile apps from scratch could be daunting but wow was I wrong when i started using Firebase. I usually roll my own stuff but Firebase really is "backend as a service". It is so much easier to use I can imagine ill be using it for most my projects going forward as opposed to custom build backend on AWS. Also fastlane to manage the absolute kafka-esque workflow of AppStore certificate management has been a blessing. I worked on a client mobile app once the didnt use fastlane and it was an honest nightmare. If you want to build a mobile app quick: React Native, Firebase, Fastlane 🔥

Hey @5harath 👋 We're building Sideby, an 1-click way to guide your users through any issue on your app. Made for startups focused on SaaS. Biggest lesson so far: planning is important, but understanding your users is a matter of hard work. You can't plan being nice and gathering feedback 😉 We'll be launching on PH soon after closed beta is over :) Would love to have your feedback! https://www.sideby.io/

I am working on https://letterflix.com (send letters online anywhere in the world). And I've learned SEO and first-hand saw the organic traffic lead growth on my product. I've learned how to use free SEO tools, how to effectively track growth, and how to slowly gain quality backlinks.

Hey @5harath, I built Typedream (https://typedream.com/), a Notion-like website builder, and learned how to solve a problem with the least amount of technology and features. After numerous other projects, my team and I spent the least amount of engineering time on Typedream. Instead, we spent most of our time with our users and they not only love that we're listening to them but they're also simping for us.

been working on automl product for last 11 months, trying to get the perfect product out. Its going to launch in 1 week, but i could have been faster 3-4 months alteast by accepting little imperfection.

I'm building https://dataled.academy as a place to learn how to work with data via a thorough understanding of data tools and technologies, as well as expert, unbiased answers to related questions. The biggest lesson so far is to not be afraid to do something different and take the road less-taken!

I'm working on 🌱 GreenHabit (upcoming) for Makers Festival. A conversational 🤖 that acts as your personal accountability coach to make your new green habits stick. 🍎Lesson learned: Read the docs! 😩 The API for FB messenger was acting pretty odd for a while, I thought I knew the issue and then kept trying different experiments... but turned out the bot was working perfectly, I just needed a permission approved by FB. Wasted a LOT of time.

I'm working on www.logology.co and the number one thing I've learned is to stop over-engineering everything, and focus on getting sales instead. I'm a software engineer initially so it took a while for me to understand. But now I basically stopped doing tests or building features to the maximum, and instead just try to make progress on what can increase sales.

Working on app.ginger.win with friends to make eco-friendly habit building into a fun, collaborative game. I am in the growth stage where we have an MVP, it's up, but people are not joining challenges. The only people doing challenges are the ones who built it, which we enjoy, but it would be great to loop in others. https://app.ginger.win Getting people to give you a shot is harder than I thought it would be. Today's challenge is BYOB - bring your own bottle. I am starting to think that maybe our challenges aren't fun enough? we aren't getting feedback either.

We are working on Zipcan. Beta customers that signed up through Product Hunt have now gotten access to the full product 💥 I agree with @5harath and @fscholz that shipping early and often is the right approach. Going deeper on that, we have built in stages ALPHA (people we already knew) > BETA (Public release on Product Hunt) > FULL RELEASE INVITE (All beta customers + targeted marketing for invite only) > PUBLIC RELEASE (This is where we are now). The whole process has taken about 7 months.

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