There s still a lot of attention on flashy categories: AI agents, creator tools, social apps. At the same time, you keep hearing quiet stories about people building solid, calm businesses around very unsexy problems: invoicing for a niche industry, compliance workflows, scheduling in weird contexts, back-office tools nobody outside the niche has heard of.
I m curious whether your view of what s worth building has changed over the last few years. Would you be excited to build something deeply boring if the demand and willingness to pay were obvious? Or do you still feel pulled towards more visible, consumer-facing or hyped spaces? And for those already in boring niches, how has that choice played out in terms of users, stress and revenue?
Focusing on signup momentum is fun but customer cancellations quickly shift your focus once revenue is involved.
A lot of cancellation reasons boil down to routine integration rather than minor feature requests. Fixing how a product fits into someone's workday is a much tougher challenge than just shipping another update.
Do experienced founders eventually get used to churn or do you just build faster ways to analyze and act on user cancellation reasons?
I m trying to figure out the best ways to gain visibility and drive potential buyers to my website. It feels like certain social platforms are much better suited for this type of business than others.
A bit about my experience: Apart from a few pivots, I have worked with food for around 7 years, I have left the food industry to work at Product Hunt but it still has a massive place in my heart. Within my experience, I trained as a cook (Italian), a bread baker and during my Italian training I also was a pizzaiolo Currently I'm teaching myself Indian cuisine, which is probably the most exciting thing for me right now. I also cook at the Product Hunt off sites for the team Ask me anything you want about cooking, the industry, technique, the culture within a kitchen, anything really!
I am Tara Reed: CEO of Apps Without Code // Forbes 30 Under 30 // TEDx Speaker // NoCode Queen Being a pioneer in No Code app development inspired me to launch Apps Without Code; the very first No Code University where I teach others how to use technology to bring their app ideas to life without the need of expensive developers or coding knowledge. To date, Apps Without Code has helped over 85,000 entrepreneurs, in 14 different countries, make money from apps that they built without code. I'll be answering questions this Wednesday
Okay, small confession. For the last few months I've been "busy" all day but somehow shipping almost nothing. Tabs open everywhere, jumping between Slack, notes, half-written docs and by 6pm I couldn't tell you what I actually finished.
Last week I stripped everything back to three things: one notes app, a timer, and physically closing Slack for 90 min blocks. First time in ages I actually felt like I made progress instead of just looking productive.
But I know I'm probably still doing this wrong. :)
So I'm curious what's the one habit or tool that genuinely keeps YOU focused?
