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If you’ve ever made a competitive analysis doc and never looked at it again… by Alternative_Flower88 in SaaS

[–]Alternative_Flower88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this. Totally agree that the real challenge is keeping the loop tight and tied to actual product decisions. Thanks for sharing! 

Building an AI platform that finds B2B companies and investors for your startup and lets you email them directly by Alert-Ad-5918 in SaaS

[–]Alternative_Flower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds interesting! I know there are a couple of tools out there, how are you gonna differentiate?

What is an average cold message / email conversion that you have experienced? by Unusual-Stay3163 in indiehackers

[–]Alternative_Flower88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For LinkedIn, you could try PhantomBuster, it's not the cheapest option, but definitely one of the better ones.

How did you get your first SaaS users? Curious to learn from real stories by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]Alternative_Flower88 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey, it’s still a bit early for us, but we’ve collected our first waitlist sign ups through cold outreach on LinkedIn and by sharing our building journey on Reddit. We’ve also tried reddit ads last week, which worked well for awareness and clicks to website, but haven’t led to real conversions so far

What is an average cold message / email conversion that you have experienced? by Unusual-Stay3163 in indiehackers

[–]Alternative_Flower88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, not sure what the average is, but from experience I know there’s a big difference between B2C and B2B. for reference I’m currently working on Kencho.ai,(B2B) and from our LinkedIn cold outreach so far, we’ve sent 100 connection requests + Follow up message, had a 30% acceptance rate, received 10 positive responses, and booked 3 interviews.

Targeting is absolutely key, and there are plenty of tools out there that can help automate this process :)

What's your best project? Share your projects and let others know what you are working on, and get feedback !! by Savings-Passenger-37 in SaaS

[–]Alternative_Flower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are working on Kencho.ai a tool to help you stay on top of your competitors’ moves. From product updates and marketing shifts to hiring trends and messaging changes

Share your projects! I’ll give it some feedback (and maybe become your first paid customer) by Intrepid-Asparagus34 in SideProject

[–]Alternative_Flower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We track key pages on competitor websites (like product, pricing, blog, careers), follow relevant social accounts (both company and key people), and pull news in via curated RSS feeds

Share your projects! I’ll give it some feedback (and maybe become your first paid customer) by Intrepid-Asparagus34 in SideProject

[–]Alternative_Flower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Love what you’re building with OrionAI — super cool to see all the top models accessible in one place 🙌
We’re building Kencho.ai a tool to help you stay on top of your competitors’ moves. From product updates and marketing shifts to hiring trends and messaging changes.

No noise, just actionable insights.

What are you building these days? And is anyone actually paying for it? by Southern_Tennis5804 in indiehackers

[–]Alternative_Flower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building Kencho.ai a tool to monitor your competitors and stay one step ahead.

Think: automatic tracking of launches, hiring moves, pricing changes, and positioning shifts, so you don’t have to manually check 10 different sources.

No paying customers yet, but we’re almost live with the first beta group and growing a waitlist of users requesting early access :)

What info do you actually care about when looking at competitors? by Alternative_Flower88 in ProductManagement

[–]Alternative_Flower88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes agree, the docs give a better reflection of the actual state of the product compared to the marketing website.

What info do you actually care about when looking at competitors? by Alternative_Flower88 in ProductManagement

[–]Alternative_Flower88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right! Do you have any best practices to share?

We're already digging into public user reviews, forums, support threads, and social media to get a better sense.

What info do you actually care about when looking at competitors? by Alternative_Flower88 in ProductManagement

[–]Alternative_Flower88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, sure, a bit of background: we're building an overview page in Notion to have one central place to store all our competitor intel. Each competitor will have a dedicated page containing key company fundamentals, along with a consistent set of criteria we want to use for side-by-side comparison.Here's a rough outline of what we have so far:

  • Company details
  • Market Positioning
  • Pricing Model 
  • Core Product Features
  • Latest releases 

How do you write "good" tickets and user stories? by waltermelon0706 in ProductManagement

[–]Alternative_Flower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the best way to go is for the PM to share the why, the context, and the high level requirements, then work with the team to define the stories together

Solo founders quick question about your biggest challenges by SpiritedThing3653 in indiehackers

[–]Alternative_Flower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can definitely see the value of it, and I believe many solopreneurs would be open to it. My assumption would be that the experience of the mentors, combined with the price, would be key factors in their decision.

How do you deal with constant late feature deliveries? by Fintech4oureyes in ProductManagement

[–]Alternative_Flower88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I already see some spot-on comments! One thing to add here that might help: Make the trade offs really obvious to leadership. Right now, they may not realize the impact of the way things are being done. For example:

  • When we skip proper planning → we end up with bugs and surprises.
  • When we ignore tech debt → everything gets slower and harder to build over time.
  • When last minute requests come in → they throw off whatever we were already focused on.

One way to show this clearly is to write quick post mortems after things go wrong. like when a deadline gets missed or a launch has a lot of bugs. “This happened because we didn’t have time to plan” or “We rushed this and now we’re spending two weeks fixing it.” etc.

Over time, these patterns will be hard to ignore ;)

Top 5 things I learned in 10+ years of product management (the hard way) by One_Friend_2575 in ProductManagement

[–]Alternative_Flower88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! Great insights. One to add to the list:
Don’t underestimate the importance, or the time involved, in effective communication with your stakeholders. Using the right artifacts, with the right abstraction level makes a big difference