There is a weird kind of numbness that sets in after you ship a few projects. You get your deployment pipeline dialed in you avoid the major bugs, you get a predictable handful of users and... you just feel completely blank. You stop taking creative risks because playing it safe becomes a comfortable habit. The emotional highs and lows fade away, and suddenly work feels more like ticking boxes on a spreadsheet than creating something cool.
Did you notice your own enthusiasm flatlining as your processes got more organized?
We spend so much energy trying to remove all the stress and uncertainty from launching that we end up killing the fun along with the bugs.
I realized recently that I planned every single detail of our last release so carefully that there was zero room left for surprise or joy. Everything went right, but it felt hollow because there was no skin in the game.
Claude's paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year. New users hit record numbers between January and February. Previous users came back in record numbers too.
Not asking whether founder-led marketing works everyone seems to agree it does (in most cases). I'm asking about the resourcing side: how do you physically find the hours for it. We're currently working on a project where the brand positioning is built entirely around the founder: his experience, his story, his voice need to be at the center of the content. That means running his Instagram and LinkedIn, doing podcasts, filming reels. But his time is mostly eaten up by core business operations across other areas, so there's barely any bandwidth left for personal content Curious how others handle this: Do you (as the founder) create the content yourself, or does a team package it based on your input/briefs? Realistically, how many hours a week does founder-led marketing take if you're doing it properly, not just checking a box? What have you fully delegated (writing, editing) vs. what stays strictly yours (voice, on-camera)? Trying to figure out if this is sustainable long-term without burning the founder out, or if it's always going to be a trade-off with everything else on their plate.
Gaze into your crystal ball and share what you think is going to happen with AI in 2025! Will this be the year of the vibecoder? Is there an industry that you think will be transformed by AI? Whether you're predicting revolutionary breakthroughs or subtle shifts, drop your predictions in the comments!
We are launching Predictor Games by Guul! Predictor Games by Guul is live now: https://www.producthunt.com/post... You can play Football, Formula 1, Oscars and Eurovision Prediction Games with your team on Slack and Microsoft Teams (coming in April) Let me know what you think! Your feedbacks are appreciated!
Hey everyone, I ve been playing around with different ways to keep my ideas, research, and drafts in check, but it still feels like I m drowning in research. :P
I ve tried traditional note-taking apps, but they re not flexible. And mind maps? They start out fine but turn into a mess as it gets complex with more data.
