What’s the background story behind your startup?

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Found out that my Property Managers were making more then I did.... So we started to replace them with software :D

Natalie Ermishina · Answer

I wanted to find a new approach in education of my kids, to make it more engaging, understandable ) This is how my publishing business started :)

Horbi · Answer

i founded Hey, Horbi! at the end of 2023 after seeing that i could help improve people's lives & make them more productive & organized through Notion & nocode tools.

after years of working as a freelance Developer & Designer, i saw that people always asked me how i managed to maintain a routine, i was able to do everything i needed to do, i organized all my files/research/notes/studies without overloading myself.

from then on i saw an opportunity & dove headfirst into Hey, Horbi! to be able to transform people's lives as i transformed mine.

Jonathan Bay · Answer

Cool question and even more cool to see people’s stories.

I did RFPs at other startups and it was such a terrible process that I figured it’s the biggest problem to be solved.

When AI came around I knew we had an opportunity to make a big change to the process.

Sankar Isanaka · Answer

Mine is Altnine, a messaging app similar to WhatsApp/telegram but total different to how to works, Altnine connects devices to devices directly, no intermediate databases or storage, where other apps(Whatsapp/Telegram/other) use hub-spoke model with intermediate server/storage, storing/processing every message/file of yours, so Im tired of these platforms and built my own for my personal use initially but then as my friends liked it, I thought of releasing it for all, its all already coded anyway, then started making some corrections for public release, kept adding more and more features and now we have a real product.

Nic Neon · Answer

I got into investing in cryptocurrencies and other web3 assets in 2017 and quickly discovered the immense responsibility of private key and seed phrase management. Basically, if you hold the assets yourself in a 'digital wallet', what you're holding is the keys or seeds. They give you access to the blockchain. I realized that many people were losing access to their investments forever because of poor practices in managing and backin gup these keys and seeds. So for me, it was first about designing a solution that help me manage that process better. Then once I had perfected it and had user feedback, iterated over the solution some more, simplified it... I came up with three products that interlock. FreezeKeys.com was first (that launched on Saturday on ProductHunt). The next one is EncryptFire which launches next Saturday on ProductHunt. The third is called PassMyCrypto which will launch some time in the next 6 weeks - its a deadman switch to pass cryptos on to loved ones if you pass away. So thats the story. I needed it for my own use and realized it would have immense value to most investors. I'm giving away the first two products free.

Nastassia · Answer

@glenfish creating perfect product for yourself is like a go-to story of creating a great product for others :)

Nastassia · Answer

@horbi sounds great, thanks for sharing!

Gurkaran Singh · Answer

Hey there, Product Hunters! My name is Gurkaran Singh, and I'm a 23-year-old tech enthusiast hailing from India. With experience in tackling tech projects across various industries, from edtech to government services, I've had my hands in everything from code to circuits. Currently, my obsession lies in the realms of data science and embedded programming. As for the background story behind my startup, let's just say it involves a mix of startup life hustle and agency flair. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!'

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Our startup journey began with a simple yet profound realization: the world was inundated with information, but the true challenge lay in making sense of it all. As avid problem-solvers and tech enthusiasts, my co-founder and I set out to create a solution that would empower individuals and businesses alike to navigate this sea of data with ease.

Nastassia · Answer

@hhn hah interesting :))

Nastassia · Answer

@glenfish and thanks for sharing!

Nastassia · Answer

@natalie_ermishina amazing story! And great intentions ;)

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I was offered a job in a company that deals with artificial intelligence, I began to immerse myself more and more in this work, and at a certain point I realized that this is what I really want to do in life!

Lucas Bransbury · Answer

Being in the digital marketing industry for 7+ years, and the amount of tools I was using, it was getting more and more expensive and having to integrate them all to work seamlessly when building systems for companies was a real pain.

Hence the development of WeeBlok began, an all-in-one business and marketing hub.

Simply put, if → WP, Shopify, Calendly, Monday (CRM), MailChimp and CF in a single user-friendly platform.

What’s the background story behind your startup?

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