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24 alternatives to Work in Progress - #17: Beating the competition
Making a product that's different from everyone else
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Work in Progress - #17: Beating the competition launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I’m an indie maker, just like many of you. A few months back, I launched a product on one of the big platforms, and... nothing. It got buried under dozens of other launches within hours. All that work, all that excitement is gone in the blink of an eye. No one even saw it. It stung. I wasn’t mad, well, maybe a little but mostly, I just felt invisible. The truth is, indie makers like me don’t have big teams or budgets to fight for visibility. We rely on genuine support and connections. I couldn’t stop thinking about how many great ideas never get the attention they deserve because they’re…
2025 · its alternatives →
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A collection of stories from people who build product.
2014 · sweattheproduct.com · its alternatives →
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Find your idea, market your idea
2016 · productpeople.tv · its alternatives →
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Product validation, battling burnout, and customer support!
2016 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
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The systematic method for quickly vetting product ideas
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Product People ▲239Podcast focused on great products and their makers
2014 · productpeople.tv · its alternatives →
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Three ways to validate your product idea
2015 · buildandlaunch.net · its alternatives →
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A killer blow or a blessing in disguise?
2016 · hitreply.co · its alternatives →
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Stories and ideas about personal and professional growth.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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What's the first thing you built?
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Founder of Stack Overflow on building communities
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Running Lean▲144An exacting strategy for achieving a product/market fit
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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An Interview with Louis Foreman of Enventys
2016 · rakhoitvttbdg.tv · its alternatives →
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been developing Simple Lister, a platform built to support indie product creators and give them a fair shot. If you’ve launched on Product Hunt recently, you might have noticed that only featured products get the spotlight, while others struggle for visibility. Why Simple Lister? Simple Lister aims to fix this by offering a more transparent and fair approach for product launches. Here’s how we do it: • No favoritism: Every product gets an equal chance, and we don’t play favorites. • Daily Underdog Feature: Each day, we highlight one underdog product to give them…
2024 · simplelister.com · its alternatives →
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Ian Lawson from Awmous talks product-validation-by-accident
2015 · chasingproduct.com · its alternatives →
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The seminal 201 book on product management
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A system for discovering what people want.
2016 · megamaker-f57f087d.simplecast.com · its alternatives →
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Ruben on breaking into tech, diversity in tech & more
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The future of product design
2016 · getting2alpha.com · its alternatives →
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