Hi fellow founders,
For most of us, the holiday period is coming up. So we're sharing a special Product Hunt article: the ultimate gift list for tech enthusiasts.
Alongside the gift list, in this week's issue we focus on the aha moment with your startup, customer acquisition channel problem, insights into the behaviour of app users, the design process, maintaining your startup culture and sharpening your pitch deck.
Have a nice weekend ladies and gents!
Must read
The ultimate holiday gift list for tech enthusiasts
From the people from Product Hunt: "Hey, if you’re going to shop, you might as well be the one who buys the coolest presents, right?" :-)
Culture
8 Entrepreneurs on the magic moment when they knew their startup had made it
Feeling goosebumps too? Wait until you've read all 8 stories as they kickstart your motivation to reach that magical moment with your startup too!
Lessons learned after shutting my startup, following a six-year struggle
"In this article, I’m happy to share a few insights, mistakes and lessons learned, so you know what to watch out for in your projects."
Why should I care?
"As makers we’re asking for the most precious thing each time someone uses our product, their time & attention. It’s only fair then that we invest in creating a great user experience and show our users that we really do care."
Growth
Why most startups have a customer acquisition channel problem
Get your user retention rate up with this article, written by a freelance growth hacker.
Product
Concept design, ping-pong style
This article answers the important question of how you integrate and enable business thinking early on in the design process.
Design
What we’ve discovered by tracking over 10 million app users
For app developers, this interview with the founder of SplitMetrics has got some interesting insights.
Team
How Facebook keeps scaling its culture
If you grow, you loose the precious startup culture that got you there. The example of Facebook is interesting to show how they kept their culture alive, while scaling up.
Tools
This is how 500 Startups, Sequoia and others want you to pitch
Sharpen your pitch deck with the advice from 5 top VCs to make other venture capitalists sit up straight and engaged.
Sales
How Indiegogo’s trying to make retail easier for hardware startups
Fellow hardware founders, get your crowdfunded products in physical stores even faster!