Hey everyone

I'm Aaron and for the last few years I've been writing the Product Hunt newsletters. That includes: our daily, weekly, developer tools, and AI tools ones. Every morning I look through the homepage to try and find the coolest products to write about and I want to share with you all what I look in a launch so you can increase your chances of getting featured!

@mat_sherman and I have been talking about meditation and I was remembering I had tested out @Calm and @Headspace. I searched forums and see references to these in convos 5 years ago. They still seem like the main contenders, but I also just downloaded @Insight Timer App @Breathwrk and https://www.meditatehappier.com/ too.

Anyone have experience with any of these? I'm new to meditation, have tried it a few times but have yet to build a habit and need to! Any recs are greatly appreciated!

I assume I'm not the only one dealing with this problem, so I'll seek advice from those more experienced and perhaps those who have a proven track record.

Whenever a user reaches the payment gateway, they often suddenly leave, either by uninstalling the app or closing the page.

The biggest boom in remote work was during the COVID pandemic, but corporations have started to call employees back into their offices, either because of prepaid office space or better control over employees' work.

Some have stuck with the remote model until now, e.g. Spotify.

We went from status updates stories short-form video.

From friends followers strangers with shared interests.

From flexing performing now what?
Feels like something's about to break, and rebuild.
Here s a take:

The next wave won t be about going viral - it ll be about belonging.

In the second half of the year, I wanted to use some kind of lead magnet that I sent to people in exchange for their email address.

My questions are for observing purposes:

Hey, I m Alex Saint

I m a solo indie hacker based in Paris, and fun fact I only started coding thanks to AI tools. I got inspired watching Marc Lou s videos on YouTube, picked up some tools, started building and tweeting.

Once I started building Lifetoon, I found myself talking to more and more founders and early-stage builders, trying to learn from their experiences, mistakes, and aha moments.

One thing that really stuck with me was how random and unpredictable the early team formation often is. I kept hearing all these great stories - from serendipitous events that sparked the idea, to unexpected ways founders met, to funny coincidences around how their first hires happened.

Most startups that VCs invest in do not survive or succeed as originally planned.

According to statistics, only 1  2 out of 10 VC-backed startups end up as a major success or unicorn.

We sell daily.

Not only in our business life, but also in our personal life.

What we need to do is convince people that our product or our personality is the best possible option they can choose from.