Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to 5 Habits to Building Better Products Faster

Learned from 12 years and 5 multimillion dollar products

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 5 Habits to Building Better Products Faster launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

   (and how to build them)

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Build Better Products▲86

   Your guide to building successful, user-centered products

   2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Product Lessons▲206

   Actionable lessons to accelerate your career

   2021 · productlessons.xyz · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Growth Toolkit▲193

   200+ growth hacks and 500+ related resources for your growth

   2020 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Growing a Million Dollar Company▲123

   30+ lessons on startup success & failure

   2015 · baremetrics.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Seeking Wisdom: Why Great Products Don't Always Win▲61

   Stories and ideas about personal and professional growth.

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Seeking Wisdom: How To Price Your Product▲71

   Life, learning, and startups.

   2016 · drift.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Designing Products People Love▲121

   27 successful product designers reveal their secrets

   2016 · scotthurff.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Product Essentials▲80

   Short weekly stories from the greatest entrepreneurs ever

   2021 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Product Buffs▲101

    We help teams avoid building the wrong product

    2021 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Lean Product Playbook▲97

    How to innovate w/ MVPs & rapid customer feedback

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Play Bigger▲70

    Design the category. Dominate the market.

    2016 · playbigger.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Product Roadmaps▲111

    How to develop a product strategy + 9 example roadmaps

    2016 · go.productplan.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Traction.VC▲127

    Weekly growth tactics for product-focused entrepreneurs

    2014 · traction.vc · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Sweat The Product▲153

    A collection of stories from people who build product.

    2014 · sweattheproduct.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Growth Marketer Handbook▲130

    Interviews with 15 awesome growth practitioners

    2015 · thegrowthmarketer.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    a16z - Trigger, action, reward, investment - 4 steps for habit-forming products▲81

    Nir Eyal and Ryan Hoover on product design

    2015 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Year of Hustle▲126

    A free cheatsheet on starting a $10k product business

    2016 · stackingthebricks.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Buddha to Bezos▲114

    Product lessons from the greatest innovators in history

    2020 · kush-apoorva.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hacking Growth▲72

    The modern marketing mindset to create fast growing

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Growth Hack Your Startup From 0 to 10k▲167

    Step-by-step marketing guide for novice entrepreneurs

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Design to Grow▲63

    How Coca-Cola learned to combine scale and agility

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Sid’s Product Newsletter▲76

    Become product smart in just 5 minutes every week

    2022 · sidsaladi.substack.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Summer of Product▲70

    Learn the Product skills you need to accelerate your career.

    2020 · theproductangle.com · its alternatives →

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