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Jakub Wisniewski
Jakub Wisniewski

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ProductHunt - Well… that didn’t go as planned. 😅

Probably watched way too many YouTube videos hyping up Product Hunt launches and thought I was about to ride the algorithm to glory. Instead…

📉 Position: #82
🫠 Points: 7
🦗 Comments: 3 (and one of them was mine…)

Tried engaging on other threads to get some extra eyeballs, but Product Hunt hit me with a big fat ‘access_denied’—which feels poetic at this point. 😂

If nothing else, at least I learned that launching is hard, expectations are dangerous, and YouTube makes it all look way too easy. Time to pivot, adapt, and keep grinding. 🚀

If you want to check "what not to do" here is my launch:
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/briefnewsdaily

If you’ve ever had a launch flop, I’d love to hear your war stories. Misery loves company. 😅

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fmerian

Keep it up, Jakub!

I've contributed to launching 42+ developer tools on Product Hunt in the last 2 years. Key takeaway? It pays off in the long term.

Take Stripe. The company launched 69 times on Product Hunt in the last 10 years. Supabase launched 15 times in the last 4 years. Raycast has launched 15 products since 2020.

Launching multiple times creates a tailwind. Keep launching.