One of my young and enthusiastic maker followers recently asked me for advice on finding alpha testers.

And honestly I realized I m not the best person to answer this one =D

We built RunEvr inside an animation studio, so our team of artists naturally became our first alpha testers.
We had a real product, a real team, and a real workflow to test it on from day one.

So I couldn t really give advice based on my own experience.

The digital nomad dream...
Beautiful views, new countries, and the freedom to work from anywhere! Sound amazing.

But deep work often needs the opposite: routines, consistency, and fewer distractions...

For me the biggest productivity hack isn t changing my location - it s creating the right environment to focus.

Travel can bring inspiration and fresh ideas, but building something meaningful often requires a place where you can truly concentrate.
Would love to hear your experience:
Do you build better while traveling, or do you need a stable environment to do your best work?

At what point does a product become ready to talk to investors?

When you have users?
Revenue?
A clear business model?
A certain number of people using it?

Especially for solo or small-team makers, it feels twice as hard to reach all of these points alone - while continuing to build the product without income and bootstrapping everything.

At some point, it starts to feel like an infinite loop:

Today I have an interview at our national radio station, where I ll be answering questions about myself, RunEvr, and our animation studio.

So let s warm up here first =D

I m a co-founder of RunEvr - an agentic environment for creative teams.

I have 12+ years in animation production, working across almost every stage - from creative work and art direction to a production manager.

I came across this question in the YC application:

Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage.

Me and Raf have been working together for more than 12 years !

He was the founder of the animation studio where I joined as an intern.

We often hear that users want fewer tools, fewer tabs, and everything in one place.
But does that really mean they want an all-in-one product?

There s an interesting trade-off between all-in-one and best-in-class.

There s probably a line where an all-in-one product becomes too complicated.

Adding more features can mean fewer tools, less context switching, and a more connected workflow.

I m curious how other makers approach this.

The more features a product has, the harder it becomes to explain it without overwhelming a new user.

Do you:

guide users step by step
give them a simple starting task
let them explore everything themselves
use videos/tutorials
hide most features until they need them
or something completely different?

After creating an account on Product Hunt, opening it slowly became a daily habit for me.
Checking new products, reading discussions, discovering what others are building...
One day I noticed there s a day streak feature I didn t even know about and honestly was surprised =D
After launching RunEvr, opening Product Hunt became even more exciting - now we're not only discovering products, but also watching our own journey and growth here.
Curious: what makes you the most come back to Product Hunt every day?
Is it:
discovering new products?
joining discussions?
supporting makers?
following trends?
Something else?

I d love to share a few things I figured out while preparing our Product Hunt launch - and I'd love for experienced makers and hunters to add their own advice.

Here s what I learned:

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If possible, include real people even briefly. Seeing the makers behind a product can create more trust and connection.