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24 alternatives to Hacking Human Nature for Good

How to apply behavioral economics when building products

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacking Human Nature for Good launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Seeking Wisdom: How To Price Your Product▲71

   Life, learning, and startups.

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2. 2
   Product to Profit▲94

   A Masterclass About Launching Profitable Products

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Mental Notes▲127

   Bring a little psychology to Web design

   2014 · getmentalnotes.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

   (and how to build them)

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Sweat The Product▲153

   A collection of stories from people who build product.

   2014 · sweattheproduct.com · its alternatives →

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   Misbehaving▲62

   The making of behavioral economics

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   App Making▲114

   A Step-By-Step Guide To Crafting Successful Apps

   2014 · tapity.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Making things more brilliant, the guide.▲194

   How to hack idea optimization with behavioural algorithms

   2021 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Designing for Behavior Change▲71

   Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics

   2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Freemium Economics▲89

    A nuts and bolts guide to Freemium

    2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    empirical.ly▲74

    Connecting startups and enterprises for open innovation

    2014 · empirical.ly · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Jobs-to-be-Done: Theory to Practice▲100

    Turn innovation into a science.

    2017 · anthonyulwick.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    BarterPlace▲75

    A Marketplace to Trade Skills

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    FemgineerTV: Episode 4 - How to Use Empathy to Build Software Products▲68

    The one common skill of successful product creators

    2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes▲60

    From the life-changing science of behavioral economics

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Collaborative Economy▲66

    Weekly curated research on collaborative economy.

    2015 · collaborativeeconomy.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    This is Product Management - Prototyping▲84

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    2015 · thisisproductmanagement.com · its alternatives →

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    Seeking Wisdom: People Don't Care About Your Product▲61

    Life, learning, and startups.

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Business Model Time▲100

    The startup lifecycle, in a wall clock

    2015 · society6.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Go For Launch: How to Invent New Products▲64

    An Interview with Louis Foreman of Enventys

    2016 · rakhoitvttbdg.tv · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Starting▲68

    Starting & Sustaining: How to build & launch a web app

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Whale Path▲129

    Business Research On-Demand for Corporations

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Modern Monopolies▲77

    How to dominate the 21st century economy with tech platforms

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Smart Passive Income - Step by Step Product Creation▲71

    Learn how to build products that people will buy

    2015 · smartpassiveincome.com · its alternatives →

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