Readit Newsmilanspeaks commented on Ask HN: What if I fail to make it? · Posted by u/nextweeks
I am 41 years old. I failed at almost everything till 35 in my career. I was down at my last $800 in my bank account with a dependent wife and a kid. Somehow I found a good job at 35 and I became financially stable. This stability gave me freedom to pursue few other projects and I got success in all other things. So success will definitely come to you over time if you stick and plan for it. The biggest skills you need to develop are resilience and not taking yourself too seriously. We are a very small blip in this massive Universe and our goal is just to try our best and leave the results to almighty.
milanspeaks commented on Ask HN: How do you name your product? Are there any standardized ways? · Posted by u/milanspeaks
How about Launchpad9?
Launchpad9.com is not available :-(.
.I can take Launchpad8.com but it's now a distant 3rd option and so it's not appealing.
milanspeaks commented on Ask HN: How do you name your product? Are there any standardized ways? · Posted by u/milanspeaks
Start with “A” if possible to ensure top-of-list visibility. Use “AI” as a prefix when relevant to anchor the identity in AI/infra/dev tooling. Keep it short—4 to 5 letters ideal, max 6. It must be memorable: phonetically crisp, simple, and sticky. The name should be brandable—distinct, clean, with no generics or clutter. Prioritize domain availability under .dev, .io, .tech, .host, or .xyz. Don’t obsess early; names evolve and rebranding is easy. Examples like “Aidev” balance AI-focus and clarity well. Currently, devo.host and aidev.host are available.
My Product is not related to AI and more about messaging and voice calling. Something like Twilio.
milanspeaks commented on Ask HN: How do you name your product? Are there any standardized ways? · Posted by u/milanspeaks
"Tell me, Tom, have you given it a name yet?"
Tom smiled ruefully. "No. I have a harder job naming some of these things than I do figuring them out. Have you any ideas?"
"How about calling it the Spacelane Brain?" Arvid Hanson suggested.
-- https://www.tomswift.info/homepage/rocket2.html
I hate to be that guy but you can ask an LLM. I cut 'n pasted your query into Copilot and got a long personalized response addressed to me by name, but it came up with: Devique, APiha, Infirtion, Chisel, Scaffold, Launchpad, CodeSprint, CycleUp, SnapAPI, Syntax, Rapidly, Zeed.
I was in a team that made a game over a weekend at a hackathon, one member got an LLM to make up a name, we won a prize, maybe the name was 5% of that.
You might want to be smarter than Microsoft and run a trademark search before you use it!
Thank you for such a lovely answer. I tried all LLMs - free and paid, used name generator, namelix.com but nothing seems to attract me or is not available.
I liked Launchpad from your suggestions but it's not available.
I've created 2 products in past as a solo founder — Growby.net and Robofy.ai — and I can share some tips from my previous experiences.
When you're running a startup on your own, it's tough to handle both product development and marketing at the same time. What worked for me was to alternate between the two. For instance, I'd spend one week focusing solely on coding and building the product, and the next week would be dedicated to marketing and search engine optimization (SEO). Some solo founders switch tasks every day, but I found that dedicating a full week to each area was more effective for me.
Another key point is to focus on high-impact, low-effort tasks. It's unlikely that you'll be able to master all aspects of digital marketing or build a groundbreaking product all by yourself. Concentrate on the most crucial tasks that will give you the biggest return on your effort. In other words, prioritize.
Lastly, keep direct communication with your customers in-house. Don't delegate this important task. However, it's okay to outsource more technical tasks like server management and coding to others.
milanspeaks commented on Ask HN: Stuck at $500 MRR and Seeking Distribution/Marketing Advice · Posted by u/milanspeaks
I'll take a crack at helping in a very small way by giving some feedback on your landing page.
When visiting your website, I immediately got a pop-up, which felt spammy. It feels like a template website, and "Best AI Chatbot for Your Website" doesn't tell me much.
You need to tell me what your value proposition is in big bold letters. Convince me to keep reading.
Checkout https://www.intercom.com/fin - study it.
Here's another example which isn't nearly as good at marketing language, but they have their product inline, right there, ready to use, which is fantastic https://www.mendable.ai/
Also - something you didn't mention - what part of the funnel are your ads not working? No one is clicking? Churn from your landing page? No conversion from free trial?
I am planning to get the home page redesign.
I would share some data in case if it makes any sense:
So till now I have got around 5200 Visitors on website and 562 sign-up. Roughly 10.8% sign-ups for free trial.
Out of the 562, around 80 installed the chatbot on their website. Most of this 80 website were really ugly looking 1-pager website to be honest.
Out of 80, 14 converted to paying customers. 2 out of the 14 are resellers.
I spoke with all the 14 and they gave me some suggestions and I started including in the product development.