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Sure! Happy to exchange notes!

I have a product exactly on these lines and infact it was in HN where I got my first customers as well but the current situation looks like the market is not solution aware and hen…

In the age of AI, a good PM is one who is - clear thinker and great problem solver - strategic ( execution chops is now taken care ) - Good at handling stakeholders ( this is least…

I’ve spent the last 14 years in PM and Engineering roles. One thing I've consistently seen is that the technical skill of fixing a P0 is often undermined by the 'soft skill' of rep…

That sounds very draining. Since I'm selling a low-ticket ($19) self-serve product with zero sales calls, I'm hoping i don't face this. But I hear you loud and clear - if I ever mo…

Oh, was it subscription and high ticket value?

You are right! My costs are negligible and I just shipped the parity pricing feature hoping to do more sales as currently the count is less from these regions.

Thanks for the heads up on the code reselling risk. That was my biggest worry with generic coupon codes too. To solve this, I decided against just using a 'coupon' on the main chec…

Appreciate the honest perspective! As a founder from India myself, I’ve definitely bought tools just to support the maker. I’ve set the PPP price to ₹999 to make it a 'no-brainer' …

I sell a niche educational tool for technical leads($19 one-time access). I get decent traffic from India/Southeast Asia, but 0 sales. I’ve read conflicting advice: The "SaaS" View…

This comment is visionary. Fingers crossed to see how it pans out!

Which one you tried? The level is easy for most of it except for one Product Management scenario. Even otherwise based on your experience and skills, you can find the optimal path …

Great feedback that!will add it to the roadmap!

Thanks for the feedback. Sure, it's not a scenario in a corporation but startups?

Glad you were able to crack it! Thanks for sharing about the Executive Suite DOS game - wasn't aware of this. Truly amazing considering it was conceived and well executed back then…

When the traffic was peak, I did use LLM to polish my responses. Later, I started replying without an LLM. No, AI agents at work. This is an individual at work!

Update ( 6 AM IST ) I couldn't sleep peacefully as this checkout was frustrating. I have now moved to polar.sh for checkout and as a gratitude for the community I have auto-applied…

Founder Update (12:30 AM IST) I am genuinely blown away by the feedback and the debate in this thread. To the community—thank you. Status Update: The HN Traffic came at a tricky ti…

Glad that you chose happiness. But there are other players who likes to trade it for Money! Thanks for sharing the Kobayashi Maru scenario though! Can use it as a fun simulation if…

Interesting! I haven't come across any teams communicating to sales on sprint goals. ofcourse this could be an early stage startup but that's exactly my point as well. I provide he…