Been creating a mashup of Notion + DocSend. My thoughts mid-Product Hunt launch 🤔

I was a long time listener but first time caller on Product Hunt. We just launched today and it's been interesting so far. I'm in the middle of it now.

Some learnings/thoughts...

1. Being nice and giving of your time can can pay off when you need to ask a favour but it still feels weird.

2. You still need to have a good sense of your target customer and the problem you solve. Just because your Mom/Best Friend/Partner create an account and gives you an upvote doesn't mean you learn anything and get closer to your goal...

3. But some of those people might surprisingly see value in what you create in ways you might not expect. But they need to use the product not just give you a vote.

4. The feedback is the most critical so get someone to leave a comment to get that ball rolling. I had people DM'ing me feedback in Slack channels but after I finally ask one of them to post the feedback in the PH posting it got the ball rolling with others.

5. People will hit you up almost immediately to get you to the top of PH and you will consider it. I don't think I will go this route as with the points above is just feels like gaming votes and not real feedback (still not sure if this is being too idealistic?).

Check us out on Product Hunt 👇
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bobson/