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Wave13 products

The first ten users

Founders need an audience and useful feedback before they have an established acquisition channel.

Different approaches

These projects address the period between choosing a product problem and reaching initial users. Some organize reciprocal testing or contextual research; others package launch exposure or public building accountability. Research, distribution and accountability provide different inputs; a listing or idea score does not establish traction.

What brings them together
Explicit tools, services or communities for early product validation, first users, launch exposure or building in public.
Outside this wave
General-purpose development agencies, broad social networks and mature-enterprise sales tools.
How the waves were researched
Where it sits on the board
Sales and marketingCommunityB2B softwareServices and studios
Builders in North America 4 · Asia 2 · Europe 2 · Oceania 1 · 4 not placed
In the wave13
Alonglyalongly.app · Community · by Alongly - Build in public

Build-in-public app for sharing ongoing project progress.

“Alongly is the build-in-public app for indie founders, indie hackers, makers, and creators to document their work from day one.”Bootarenabootarena.com · Sales and marketing · by Aman Agarwal

Product launch directory with structured three-day campaigns.

“The Launch Arena is our structured 3-day launch cycle. Every product receives a full 72 hours of front-page spotlight, community voting, and equal visibility.”IdeaPandawww.getideapanda.com · B2B software · by Maya

Business idea discovery from public complaints.

“What I’m building IdeaPanda Helps founders find ideas worth building, backed by real market signals.”LaunchBertlaunchbert.com · Sales and marketing · by Flobert

Self-service launch-directory roadmap and form autofill.

LaunchStreaklaunchstreak.dev · Sales and marketing · by Jeroen van Welsenes

Product launch promotion earned through daily participation.

“Launch it Free dofollow backlink Show up Daily activity keeps your streak alive Get promoted Spend rewards on relaunches and slots”MarketFastwww.marketfast.online · Sales and marketing · by Khalil Ghalem

SaaS opportunity research using market and competitor signals.

“real competitors, real revenue signals, and real demand”Pep Reviewspep.reviews · Services and studios · by Jesse Peplinski

Personal recorded reviews of websites and apps.

Ships in Publicshipsinpublic.com · Community · by Abhinav Singh

Community for sharing daily building progress and receiving feedback.

“Skip to main content Ships in Public Manifesto Claim Your Ticket Your audience starts before you launch. Ship in public. Stop waiting for perfect. Ship daily, get real feedback, grow in public.”UserToldusertold.ai · B2B software · by Aleksei Krasnoperov

In-product voice interviews that retain screen and navigation evidence alongside user statements.

VerifiFloverififlo.com · B2B software · by Sanjay

Product-feedback tool collecting structured reviews through a shared link.

“Validate your PRODUCT”VibeCodingListvibecodinglist.com · Community · by Josef Andre

Targeted product-feedback requests and reviewer reputation.

“Paste your URL to prefill your project and start your first feedback request.”MicrolaunchSales and marketing · by Saïd Aitmbarek

Product-launch platform helping founders get reviews, users and initial sales.

“bootstrapped founder building internet companies - https://t.co/7uMrMk7NTD - launch, get reviews & first sales”Peer group for testing early products and finding initial users.Community · by Tea.x

Peer group for testing early products and finding initial users.

“I’m putting together a small global group of founders, indie hackers and early users to test each other’s products and help each other get the first users.”
Related waves
Half the room sells to the other halfAlongly, Bootarena, IdeaPanda, LaunchStreak, Microlaunch, Peer group for testing early products and finding initial users., VerifiFlo7Turn feedback into product decisionsPeer group for testing early products and finding initial users., Pep Reviews, UserTold, VerifiFlo, VibeCodingList5Win a place in project discoveryBootarena, LaunchBert, LaunchStreak, Microlaunch4Research an idea before committingIdeaPanda, MarketFast2Answers and findings with sources you can inspectUserTold1Keep social publishing movingAlongly1