Michael La Barbera

Math Professor turned Fintech Maker 📊 — Hi Product Hunt! 👋

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Hey Product Hunt!

My name is Michael. I'm a maker, quantitative finance enthusiast, and math educator.

I’ve been a long-time lurker but am officially stepping into the arena with my startup, Stokestox (stokestox.ai). The platform is technically live as I gather early user feedback and iron out the final details, but I am currently gearing up for my official Product Hunt launch!

My goal is to leverage artificial intelligence to democratize smarter, data-informed stock insights, bringing institutional power to the masses.

It’s been an incredible journey translating complex math and quantitative libraries into a user-friendly web app. I've been deep in the trenches of React and Firebase lately, making sure the UI matches the power of the Python models running under the hood.

Since the site is up and running, I’m here to absorb as much advice as possible from this amazing community before the big launch day. I'd love to connect with other founders in the fintech or AI space.

Question: What is one piece of advice you wish you had known before you launched your very first product here?

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Rian Robertson

Love the math-to-fintech journey...sounds powerful, Michael!

Advice from my launches: outreach...outreach...outreach. That's what earned me Product of the Day once.

If you're up for it, I'm launching The Sponge on PH soon...an AI-powered flashcard app that turns webpages into spaced repetition study material. Would appreciate a follow (see "PRODUCT HUNT LAUNCH" link in my profile).