Let's talk about that uninvited guest that shows up around month 3 of building your startup. You know the one. You started with fire in your belly, convinced you're building the next big thing. Then slowly, quietly, it creeps in:
It s so easy to get caught up in the constant grind of squashing bugs and pushing new feature updates.
Recently taking time off from dev work to run user interviews saved us weeks of wasted effort turns out some of our recent additions weren't solving any real pain points.
Knowing when to stop building and start listening is a tough balance to strike.
How do you schedule your week so user conversations don't get pushed aside by dev tasks?
Went through a few companies' software subscriptions recently and found the same pattern every time: multiple tools quietly doing the same job, nobody having noticed. How does your team currently catch that kind of overlap a regular review, a specific tool, or mostly just luck?
I've launched few products on product hunt and I am still confused what if I don't have more of a network how can I grow and rank my product on product hunt?
Hello hunters! i've been working on a devtool saas application and i think i am ready to launch (been working since 8 months), what are some non negotiables before i launch?
We automated a tedious weekly task thinking it would fix our workload. At first it looked great and saved a bunch of manual effort.
Turns out the system couldn't handle small edge cases so now we have to manually review every single output anyway. It didn't really save time, just moved the work to a different step.
How do you decide which tasks are actually safe to automate without adding extra checks?
"build it and they will come" is the most dangerous startup advice for first-timers. sell it before you build it. then build. I posted an idea with zero product behind it. 300+ people said yes in 72 hours. that's when i started building. Did anyone else build first and wish you'd checked demand earlier? or am i just late to this realization...
With Toronto Tech Week still fresh in mind, I am reflecting on the events I attended and what made some stand out more than others.
Here are some of my thoughts:
Careful curation of attendees is super powerful as it helps gather people with similar interests in the same room and spark great discussions. I witnessed events that did this very well and those events were much more valuable for me to attend.
Many events allowed you to work out while networking which is a great habit stacking if you enjoy both things. I found myself joining 2 founders runs throughout the week and had a memorable time. From the other events I saw on offer there was something for everyone from pilates to paddle.
I also enjoyed events that promoted discussion and sharing rather than just passively listening to a lineup of speakers demo their products. For example, one event hosted a science fair where product builders could demo their product in a room between the main presentations, where attendees could approach the tables with the products they want to interact with.
I try really hard to be the kind of founder that listens to users. The whole idea of building something people want is that you're supposed to be paying attention to them, not building in a vacuum.
But every time I've followed the loudest requests, I've ended up building things almost nobody else wanted. One vocal customer asks for a feature, it feels urgent because they're right in front of me, and three weeks later it's sitting there barely used.
