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24 alternatives to Hack to Start: Corey Pollock - CPO @ Leet
His process on building and launching side projects
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hack to Start: Corey Pollock - CPO @ Leet launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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1 month in, and launching The Side Project Accelerator
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Tracy talks building product & championing diversity in tech
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I am a non-hacker "idea guy" with zero discernible talent. Like most, the story starts with me doing things the hard way. I dreamt of a tool that would save me countless hours. Like most of my ideas, it was supposed to die in a couple of hours, but this one had some legs.... "If I needed this, surely others did too" kept looping in my head. Could I get this built? Could I build it myself? Nah...too lazy to learn how, but before I did anything, I had to promise myself one thing: No more ideas! If ideas were sit-ups, I would have a six pack instead of this tire. It was a constant mental…
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FoundersWall▲35I used to be just a blogger. Now I build internet products, still without code, using AI, design, and taste. I was building in public on X for last 2 months. And honestly, I got tired of how it became performative and started to feel fake. I shipped 2 products. Both failed to get any real traction. I kept sneaking into popular builders’ profiles, hoping to learn how they do it. One thing I kept seeing everywhere, product launch directories. I thought here is the scope. So I started building one. Same UI like the rest. Nothing special. Suddenly one day when it was half built, I realized…
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I got tired of diving into old code and fixing responsiveness bugs just to keep my portfolio page up to date so I built LeetPost, a tool that lets you build and deploy stunning looking portfolios on unique personal domain names with just a few clicks.
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