... explain what they do. When you have a one-liner that people understand, every channel should reflect it: your website and blog, social media bios, community platforms like Reddit or Discord, and in media interviews. Be consistent with messaging. Mixed or inconsistent messages confuse people and confuse AI. Potential customers need to hear the same message over and over before taking action. And the same goes for LLMs like ChatGPT. As search interfaces, LLMs prioritize clarity, consistency, and comprehensiveness when ... ... Very tactically, should you include "AI" in your tagline or not? How do you stand out when you have a product in a really crowded space? Or worse, a product in a crowded space where all of the other competitors

... summer. I know it ll be in September and I want it to be by the sea, but that s about it. I ll figure it out later. Curious where you land on the spectrum: planner, improviser, or a mix of both? Comment from Ajay Sahoo(@ajay27324): Planning is very much required to do what's right for us so s to avoid the things that not to be done, for out of the box situations, those will be figured ... ... finish my entire to-do list, but the truth is . It s impossible to get it all done, especially considering I put 1,000 tasks on it. Comment from Borja DR(@borja_diazroig): I m a mix

... Claude Code can be faster for generating commands or scripts on the fly without the noise. It s more direct. And most importantly, it depends on what you re building. I d say use whatever keeps you productive, but mixing both could work well. Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): @dmytrotomniuk  Can you flesh this out? I don't really understand why it would make a difference whether it's in the IDE or terminal. Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar ... ... Claude Code handles the "thinking" work - architectural decisions, complex implementations. Cursor handles the "typing" work - completing patterns, fixing syntax. Comment from Daniel Bernasconi(@daniel_bernasconi): @chrismessina  have you tried Claude Code? Do you think Warp is a valid alternative

... often work weekends . But once a startup hits 4/5+ people, weekends start looking a lot more like weekends. Of course, there are exceptions but it made me wonder how you all spend yours. As for me. I m a mix. Some weekends are fully family time. Others? Deep work mode. It mostly depends on the weather: If it s really hot, I prefer to stay in and work. If it s really cold, same. But anything in between? That ... ... flung travels for this vampire - my coffin (read: air-conditioned apartment) is my happy place. Why chase sunsets when you can haunt your own couch? Comment from Maksym Skrypka(@maksym_skrypka): I'm trying very hard to mix

... will save me time. I don't have many subscriptions, to be honest, only: Twitter Premium annual (~ 80) CapCut Pro annual (~ 120) (and that's all) ... the other subscriptions are paid for by the company... like Visual Eletric, MixPanel, ChatGPT etc. How are your subscription plans? E.g. what products you subscribed to; (budgeting  optional); what do you consider when purchasing (your why). Comment from Rohan Gayen(@admiralrohan): @busmark_w_nika  Money money money! Comment from Tom Ideaxton(@ideaxton ... ... Gowtham Shankar(@gowthamshankar): I m a developer, so I try to keep my subscriptions focused only tools that help me ship faster or stay mentally organized. My current paid stack: ChatGPT (daily dev + writing help) Cursor AI (love the VS

... have NO background in tech of any sort and my current career (day job) is in a marginalized sector (that's all I am gonna say but smart ones will figure it out lol). I started Mixxsy Labs to build software, games and (the dreaded) social style webapps. I am so excited about what I am doing-some of these ideas have been in my head for a very long time. All of this ...

... nobody can surprise you later) Breathing techniques and non-verbal communication once I interviewed a voice coach for Slovak Forbes and she advised the following techniques/practices: practice non-verbal communication (upright posture) adequate eye contact making grimaces (e.g., alternately pursing your lips and smiling broadly) to activate the jaw muscles imitating different sounds yawning is a great help because it stretches the muscles in the throat the larynx is lower than in the starting position and relaxes. Comment from Adam ... ... practice talking about the value how it solves a real problem. I even rehearse in front of a mirror or record myself. That s brutal honesty, but it works. Shift the mindset I stopped thinking of it as me vs

... current work place, the tool chain from discovery to delivery is kind of a little wild... a mix of gsheets/gdocs/miro/figma/notion/jira and slack.. In previous places we stuck to teams + conlfuence + jira Which do you use? Comment from Johny(@johny_d): We're still a small team, so we're keeping it streamlined; we got: google workspace, notion, slack, creately & canva Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): Same as you, but Trello + Jira + Confluence Communication: Slack, Crisp, Gmail Metrics ... ... Firebase, Mixpanel

... Joseph, a cofounder at Crowd. We started Crowd as a user research and customer feedback tool. But every founder I talked to had the same frustrating setup: Google Analytics for traffic, Hotjar for recordings, Typeform for surveys, Mixpanel for events, Intercom for support. Sound familiar? One product manager I spoke to at WebSummit told me she spent a full week investigating a 15% drop in trial conversions. A week. Jumping between 7 different tools, trying to connect the dots ... ... that customer intelligence is scattered everywhere, and nobody has time to be a data detective. What we built instead We scrapped our original roadmap and rebuilt Crowd from scratch as a complete customer intelligence platform: User behavior tracking (replaces Mixpanel/GA

... Hello everyone! We just released a fresh update with a mix of improvements and bug fixes. Here s what s new: Reader and Browser Extension (Chrome extension is still pending review) Fixed the issue some users were having where they got an infinite loading wheel on Youtube videos when using the browser extension Reader now includes all medium to large images from source content making things much more visual. Fixed an issue where the Reader didn t work properly ...

... autonomous car crashes? (The software developers? The car manufacturer? The company operating the fleet? The AI? Or?) My take: I am still hesitant. Personally, I would use autonomous vehicles only for goods transport in separate infrastructure and wouldn t mix up too many human-driven vehicles with those autonomous. Love to hear your Point of view. Comment from Parth Ahir(@parth_ahir): I ve been following AVs for a while, and I m still on the fence ... ... think that the biggest obstacle would be a physical space. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @alaor_sembiring  This opens many questions. E.g. how the investigation process will proceed, and how an ordinary person can defend themselves vs

... help draft those faster still tuning it to sound natural and thoughtful. For the PH launch, no agency, no spend. Just a clean landing, real user examples, a story behind the product, and a bit of manual outreach. That mix made the difference. Comment from Rafael Caveda(@rafalee): @busmark_w_nika  Thanks so much, Nika! I love hearing how others do it too and yeah, I totally get the agency/testing process. What worked for me was going personal ...

... finishing touches on our upcoming launch, and we d love your early feedback especially on a few things we re still dialing in: What we re curious about: 1. Biggest Pain Point: What s most frustrating about your current mix of project management / chat / doc tools? 2. Must-Haves vs

... personally look at packages and am okay downloading things from internet devs but I'm curious what folks here think? Would distribution hurt download chances? Awareness: This is pretty much the same imo other than App Store search vs SEO but curious if anyone has had negative/positive experience regarding discoverability either through App Store or self-distribution Payments : I would probably use something like @Superwall but am curious what the best way to introduce a " free for 7 days then ... ... what performs better. I wonder if they penalize you for this like Amazon does if you make the same item cheaper off their site. Comment from Tania Bell(@taniabell): one more thing to throw into the mix

... make their own storybooks! Comment from Rohan Chaubey(@rohanrecommends): @steveb  Sounds fun! :D Comment from Rohan Chaubey(@rohanrecommends): @mina_cheragh @amir_bornaee gave me a demo of Nily.AI today and I was impressed by their Email Assistant and Mixture AI features. Mixture

... years ago! the browser is awesome and was probably the first newsletter i intentionally subbed :) Comment from Matt Carroll(@catt_marroll): great feedback from both of you, thanks! i think putting the actual landing page as the landing page (vs the demo) makes sense! steve, lots of great feedback there. appreciate. Comment from Matt Carroll(@catt_marroll): @taniabell  Dang, well i'll tear up this 10k a month influencer check in that case! just kidding, I really appreciate your ... ... feedback! I do think excel will always be the strongest competitor

... silver bullet for SaaS growth. If you're planning a PH launch, my advice is: Keep expectations realistic Don't overinvest in preparation Focus on your core audience elsewhere See it as just one channel in your marketing mix For context: IndieMerger helps founders find compatible co-founders using AI matching. We focus on complementary skills and values alignment. Happy to answer specific questions about the launch experience! Comment from Hussein(@hussein_r): Thanks for the insights and congrats ... ... mismatch.. Question - did you compare the audience coming from PH and organic traffic? Was it different? Comment from Stephen Chow(@growth_journal): Thanks for your practical advice. Congrats on the solid results. Agree PH is part of a mix

... More use of css animations, to make elements pop and feel more interactive Social proof. (We're prioritizing this & will add soon!) Less color, more white (this makes me sad, but if its the right thing to do...) Mixed reactions the use of slideshow, versus

... guys avoid that trap with posthog? Comment from Will Daubney(@will_daubney): Hey James love PostHog! how did you position yourself to convince early customers to take a chance on you when there's established competition like GA/ Mixpanel etc. We are also building a new modern take on an established product and the hard part is finding customers before they commit to one of these, or are willing to change to one of these. Comment from Uri Bram ... ... transparency and focus on building for developers first. Your approach to multi-product strategy is inspiring doubling down on what works rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. Curious, as you scale, how do you balance shipping new products vs

... Driven CRM Attio is a newer player in the CRM space but has gained traction as a more flexible, customizable solution, particularly for startups and data-centric teams. Some standout features: Real-time, collaborative database Feels more like a mix of Airtable and Notion but for CRM. Custom views and workflows Great for teams that need to manage contacts and deals in unique ways. Powerful data syncing Automatically pulls in data from emails and interactions. Designed for modern startups Less ...

... powerful as Rippling.  @Gusto (2012 started as payroll, with EOR launching in 2023). I built a startup s HR from the ground up using Gusto back in the day so am really happy to add them to my mix of partners to consider. I had completely dismissed them for this list, but saw that they recently launched EOR in 2023. I loved Gusto s UI as it s clean and pretty self-serve (and hey, their piggy mascot ... ... reducing friction in admin work contracts, invoices, approvals. We automated a lot of it, which freed up the team to focus on work instead of chasing docs. Do you prefer all-in-one HR platforms or a mix

... logo or icon design? With AI tools getting smarter and design software more powerful than ever, I m curious are you team AI-generated concepts, or do you stick to traditional tools like Illustrator and Figma? Maybe a mix of both? Would love to hear what s worked best for you. Bonus points if you ve got something cool to show off. Let s talk shop. Comment from Williams Martins(@yeminimal): I started learning design in 2017 with Coreldraw, worked ... ... M4JOR(@m4jor): I'm planning to build one at bilgu.com and offer it with SVG/vector downloadable version as well. What features do you think are needed for such a tool? Comment from Kay Kwak(@kay_arkain): I use a mix

... While visiting SF recently, I saw @PostHog ads everywhere. Most analytics platforms (like Posthog, @Amplitude , @Mixpanel ) seem to have pretty much the same feature sets. So let's get real. What is are the real advantages of Posthog versus

... always been fascinated by the intersection of technology and human emotions. Now, I m channeling that passion into SpongeHome, a companion-based productivity tool designed to help those struggling with focus and emotional stress. It s a mix of AI, gamified relaxation, and smart task management built for people like me, who crave both efficiency and emotional connection in daily life. The journey from zero coding skills to launching a full-fledged app has been exhilarating. With the power ... ... managed to do what once seemed impossible creating a product that feels like a 10-person startup, but as a solo founder. If you ve ever taken the plunge into entrepreneurship, you know the mix

... After launching our automated SEO flow, we re now bringing AI-driven Social Intelligence to the mix. Instead of just tracking metrics, our agents analyze competitor