Hi Makers! This thread is dedicated to you if you are: (1) launching soon or recently launched (2) looking for beta users (3) asking for feedback on a landing page First, start by helping out another maker. You can check out their launch, give their product a review or share a comment on their launch post. Once you've helped someone else out, share your product link here and BE SPECIFIC about who your target audience is and how we can help.

Hi Makers, I've become really interested recently in what makes someone leave a job to pursue a career as a maker. I used to be an Archaeologist (its an unusual change I know). I want to know your stories. What jobs did you give up to pursue your dream? What job are you planning to leave once your Unicorn takes off? Why?

I have limiting beliefs and worries that my product/service is not ready, isn't good enough. I've been too caught up in talking myself into why it won't work. Now I'm ignoring all of those thoughts, to use a challenge I learnt about a few years ago, I'm taking 60 seconds of courage to do the thing I most want to do!

What's the one thing you love about Product Hunt the most out of all the cool stuff you can do on Product Hunt?

Hi, we are developing a platform targeted towards newbie and struggling entrepreneurs. We are trying to simplify the initial stage of customer development (get you from a bunch of assumptions to an actual customer-focused solution). We are creating a platform to tackle to following: The complexities of identifying if the problem you are trying to solve is really a problem, who your target audience is, who your competitors (their pros/cons), if you are tackling a problem that urgently needs to be solved, etc. Is the solution you want to develop, feasible (capital, skillset & time), do your target customers like it, are they willing to pay for it, can you maintain it and still be profitable. If you feel the above are pain points for you, would you consider chatting with us about your prior and current experiences are with coming up with a business idea or attempt with starting a business?

Today I launched #32 on PH and was thinking back to the first software product I made. It was a simple .exe popup I sent to a few friends...they had to type 'Andrew is awesome' before it would go away I was so pleased...

Failure is one of the best educators and whilst it hurts at the start it can really set you up for success. What have you learned from failure?

Here are mine: 1. Reach 1K users for https://softacquire.com/ 2. Get 10 paying customers at Softacquire 3. Reach 1K followers on Twitter 4. Earn $500 from https://phlaunchchecklist.com/ 200+ actionable tips to prepare for the Product Hunt launch What are your goals?

My list: 1. Twitter community (#buildinpublic) 2. Polywork opportunities 3. Product Hunt discussions Do you have anything to add?

Recently I've noticed that almost every product has a discount offer. I stopped buying for the full price at all Example from yesterday: I had a free version of the product and after a week they offered me a 50% discount for the premium plan. I even wanted to buy it for full price, but then I accidentally checked my e-mail I'm curious now whether all these discounts spoil customers. Probably users even don't buy if there's no discount. Do you make discounts for your product? What are the results?