Product Hunt's Decline: A Founder's Perspective on Launching FinFam
By
mhashemi
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The author reflects on the successful beta launch of FinFam (a collaborative financial planning platform) but expresses regret about not launching on Product Hunt, which they argue is now a "dead" platform. The article serves as a PSA about Product Hunt's decline, layered with thoughts on FOSS and fintech entrepreneurship.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledProduct Hunt is dead.
It's been one week since FinFam's beta launch!
The Show HN post trended nicely, netting enough eyeballs to make me confident that FinFam is the world's first and only collaborative financial planner with a marketplace of interactive, open-source expert opinions.
I'm especially gratified by the users I'm meeting through the product.
PH wasn't even much of a launch priority for FinFam.
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