I love building products that solve tangible problems.
Over the past few years, I have shipped over a dozen web-apps in front of the Product Hunt community. While not every side-project has been a brilliant success, this exercise has taught me a ton about collaborating with friends, identifying market opportunities, talking to customers, and generating momentum around ideas.
The latter — building momentum — I believe to be one of the most important parts of business (the most important being the actual product itself).
Navigating the rollercoaster and balancing emotions is always a challenge, but in practicing, over and over, I have become better at managing expectations and creating hype (both internally and externally).
A few months back, Product Hunt launched Upcoming.
Our mission has always been to surface awesome products and help makers connect with users. Recently we (semi-quietly) introduced a new feature called Upcoming to give the community a preview of tomorrow’s next 🔥 products, and makers an opportunity to build an audience and collect feedback before their public debut. 🚀
I have found this feature to be a great peek into the technology of tomorrow.
There are tons of projects I am excited about on Upcoming. Here are some of my favorite:
Holloway — Product Hunt_Holloway — The most helpful living guides on Earth. on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
Holloway is a home for reliable practical knowledge that stays up-to-date.
Atoms - Product Hunt_Atoms - The one and only shoe meticulously designed for everyday on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
Atoms is the one and only shoe meticulously designed for the everyday.
Its simple styling works for working, walking, doing nothing, the weekend, traveling, whatever.
Affinity - Product Hunt_Affinity - Relationship Intelligence, Reimagined on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
Affinity is a relationship intelligence platform built to manage your most powerful asset in business, your network. As a lightweight people-based CRM, Affinity makes your job easier.
Product Hunt Teams - Product Hunt_Product Hunt Teams - A way for teams to showcase their work on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
We’re working on a new way for makers to showcase their team (and so much more) ✨
Superhuman VIP - Product Hunt_Superhuman VIP - The fastest email experience in the world on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
Superhuman is the fastest email experience in the world.
Launchbids - Product Hunt_Launchbids - Post your idea and have developers bid equity to build it 🚀 on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
After founders post their idea to Launchbids, developers place equity bids to build it. After some quick due diligence, the founders award a winner and they get to work 🚀
Fable - Product Hunt_Fable - Awesome videos with your own 3D avatar in AR on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
That’s why I am building Fable. Make a scan, get a personal 3D avatar, and create awesome videos in AR. 📸
History Search - Product Hunt_History Search - Your personal search engine on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
Meet History Search, a search engine for your bookmarks and webpages that you’ve visited.
Make SENSE ⚡️ - Product Hunt_Make SENSE ⚡️ - Earn crypto rewards from websites you use every day on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
The Make SENSE Web App ⚡️ allows you to mine crypto rewards by committing your consumer app data (like GitHub and Reddit usage data) to the Ethereum blockchain.
Lastform - Product Hunt_Lastform - Stunning forms & surveys with advanced marketing features. on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
Lastform, a stunning form & survey builder with advanced marketing features.
Mailroom - Product Hunt_Mailroom - Email thousands of journalists and get press using AI. on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
We are building on an app to help people manage their own outreach without hiring a PR company — using the power of AI to contact thousands of relevant journalists interested in your startup.
SeekWell - Product Hunt_SeekWell - Write code faster and automate the menial on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
SeekWell eliminates menial, repetitive workflows so you can spend less time updating reports and spend more time adding value. Check us out at https://www.seekwell.io/
Dreamlight - Product Hunt_Dreamlight - The World's Smartest Sleep Mask on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
We are building a sleep mask that uses light, sound and genetic testing to help you fall asleep faster and wake up with more energy.
Bounty Hunt 💸 - Product Hunt_Bounty Hunt 💸 - Collecting money from friends just got fun 🤑🙌 on Product Hunt_www.producthunt.com
Be it your sports league, student club, or weekend AirBnb, collecting money / dues from groups can be a pain. That’s why we built BountyHunt.io, a smart bot that does the dirty work for you 🤑
Thanks for reading!