My 30+ favourite product launches in May 2021
I really like product launches and I always get inspired when looking at all sorts of product launches to derive experiences for the products I am currently working on. I actually think competitor research and staying up to date with the newest developments or trends in the product space is an important aspect in the work of a product manager.
Recently, I started to do this in a more structured way and created some lists with the product launches that were particularly inspiring for me for various reasons. I think the ideas and comments about the launches I describe can also be inspiring for everyone else and thus I might just share this list and maybe even create some discussions around it.
Have a look at the April 2021 Edition, too!
The products here are in no particular order. However, if you are interested in the categorised Airtable list that can be sorted and copied, I am happy to share this with you. However, as I am building an audience it would be great if you could also follow me on LinkedIn and Medium in order to support me in exchange ;-).
1. PrinciplesYou
PrinciplesYou was created by Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, and psychologists Dr. Adam Grant, Dr. Brian Little and Dr. John Golden. It brings together their expertise, combining best-in-class assessment frameworks and leading personality science.
Self assessments are always a nice lead magnet and I think the value proposition on the landing page fo PrinciplesYou is very promising for people working in the finance and business world.
2. Buddymove
The Buddymove app constantly analyses how long you’ve been working on your computer and chooses the perfect moment for you to take a break, during which it will show you a set of exercises to help you feel healthier at work.
It is sometimes really bad for your general health to have all meeting from home in front of your computer. Buddymove is a nice way to work against this and get you moving to make sure you can get some exercise no matter how stressful work is.
3. UserHunt
Hunt down accounts by username across social networks.
This is a really scary tool but I think many people use the same name at least for some social profiles. To create a tool that searches all these profiles is a really nice idea but only from a tech perspective.
4. Dashblock
Dashblock allows you to build resilient browser automations without coding, and trigger those automations from an API. Integrate with your favorite apps in one click to build sophisticated workflows from simple blocks.
Dashblock will spark many new ideas and opportunities for makers. Make web automation more approachable is a very nice idea and the positioning to turn every website into an API also makes sense
5. SayHey
On-brand landing pages that convert your followers. Simple, powerful editor for your link in bio built to share your story the way you want to.
Yes. I am really a big fan of bulk link builders. SayHey provides a nice way to show your followers or any other type of group a couple of links in a visually interesting way.
6. Personal Websites
Top Personal Websites contains a list of 100+ handpicked personal sites that have either eye-catching design or great content. The list contains the person’s name, profession, website URL, tech used, and a screenshot of the website.
Nice curation of personal webpages for inspiration.
7. Facebook Cover Maker
Quick, easy, fast and free Facebook cover photo maker. You can add annotation, stickers, and make the Facebook cover seamlessly integrated with your profile picture.
I sometimes see very nice and beautifully looking facebook or linkedin pages where background and profile pic fit perfectly. With this Facebook Cover Maker you can create exactly this.
8. Timezo
Free tool to share events so that everyone can see the time of the event in their correct time zone, without having to calculate it manually.
Its always annoying to look up times when you casually meet with people from different time zones. Timezo provides a nice solution for that.
9. Mailook
Mailook helps you to identify & fix your email deliverability issues in an easy way, for free 👀 Avoid your emails landing in spam thanks to Mailook, the email deliverability checker. Get your deliverability score & follow our guides to improve it!
Email deliverability is such a pain and sometimes it is really hard to find out what is the issue. A tool like Mailook can help to solve this. Also very nice lead gen tool allowing users to check their deliverability score.
10. alawa
The idea born long ago, begins new history. Site for mentors. Create collection with useful links and share with your friends or coworkers. Currently at the MVP stage.
Another bulk link tool and it looks really nice UX wise.
11. saascast
Saascast uses your raw customer & payment data to give you effortless always up-to-date forecasts for critical growth metrics. Focus on growing your business, not keeping your spreadsheets up to date.
SaaS companies are considered to be more straightforward and saascast can provide you with the needed data to get a good understanding not only how your business is currently doing but also how it will perform in the near future
12. Garnet
Stop pushing your community between 10 different apps, with different links and logins to get the functionality you want. Bring these experiences to your community instead! Just create rooms and drag in any audio, video, and text chat features you want. All in one place.
Another community oriented tool similar to mighty networks or circle.so. Certainly interesting to have a look at.
13. StartUp Fundraising Checklist
Raising capital is hard. We collected all the steps you need to follow to get an investment for your startup.
Nice interactive checklist and in general very good content idea to give out to your users. Checklists can be used as a content piece in any industry
14. Notion API beta
Everyone should be able to tailor software to their own needs. This public beta is the first step towards a whole new set of building blocks to make that vision a reality. And this is just the beginning — we’ll continue making changes based on your feedback.
It finally happened! The Notion API beta is live. I am really curious how many new ideas and concepts we will see executed in the next months. Great communication by Notion during the development phase as well.
15. Warmbox
Warm-up your cold email inbox. And never land in spam anymore. Reach the inbox of your leads with Warmbox, the warm-up tool that raise your inbox reputation & increase your email deliverability.
Another email deliverability manager tool. As already mentioned, very much needed and it is a real problem for any CRM manager.
16. YouTube Transcripts
Youtube transcripts for SEO in 3 minutes. Turbocharge your SEO in a few clicks. 1/5th the cost of traditional services and only a 3 minute wait- instead of 24 hours.
Very smart way to advertise this tool. There are many tools offering transcripts for all kinds of media but putting this in the SEO context makes absolute sense.
17. Geneva
A home for groups of all shapes and sizes. Geneva is an all-in-one communication app for groups, clubs, and communities. Chat, post, hangout, livestream, plan, and more — it’s everything your group needs to stay connected, all in one place.
Another group/community tool to have a look at. I think the awareness of these tools is still not there in the startup scene and many companies will start to work more with their users using these type of tools.
18. lemstash
lemstash is a curated directory of 250+ handpicked tools and guides that will help you in building and growing your startup. The guides are filtered by AARRR funnel and tools by categories so you can pick the best content specifically for your need.
I am always happy to see curated lists especially when the categories follow the AARRR funnel. Lemstash provides some nice resource here
19. Camaradly
Camaradly makes annual reviews painless and helps companies structure authentic conversations around feedback, engagement, and growth. Overall, Camaradly is a culture platform that helps companies build a culture of high performance and employee engagement.
Camaradly looks extremely nice and I always thought about tools like this. I think when people management gets more important a tool like this is really worth it and can help a lot to exchange feedback on a regular basis.
20. Good Landing Page
Browse a selectively curated list of the best landing page components across the web to get inspiration for your next project.
Another curated list. This time with landing pages. It is always good to have a lot of resources here and derive some of the best practices for your own company
21. Maker Town
Education is Paid, Learning is FREE. A community-driven curated directory of all the stuff you need to learn any particular skill or tech. Let it be informational articles, newsletters, YT videos, threads, tools, and other resources, we got you all covered!
Very nice way to bundle and share knowledge. I also think there are so many free resources out there that can teach you so much and people are not aware of it.
22. Shortcut
Practice Keyboard Commands and Shortcuts for common software including Linux, Vim, Tmux, Git, Netstat, Grep and many others. Boost your Productivity, Learn through exercises. Don’t waste time clicking through menus.
I love this idea. I am always practicing shortcuts for all kinds of tools having a dedicated tools to practice this is brilliant.
23. ListURLs
With the help of ListURLs.com you can create a list of url links and share as one shortened url link.
And the third bulk link tool and properly the easiest to use. Have a look at ListURLs to send multiple URLs to your friends.
24. Self-School
Learn anything for Free 500+ Free Courses curated for you to start learning.
Self-School is a very nice way to provide value through curation. Educational resources are easily accessible also for free. Self-School structures this and categorises topics relevant for the users.
25. Nototo
Humans, as hunter gatherers, have an incredible memory for visual/spatial cues. Join Nototo to take advantage of that.
YC S20 company that allows to organise all your relevant information in one visual space. There are so many tools out here for organising things but I always find that Notion and the likes get messy if you do not maintain it often enough. This solution can help out here. Excited for the tool finally coming out, the preview looks very promising.
26. Code or No Code
You may be faced with a difficult decision when it comes to product development. Should you use No Code tools or should you rely on traditional software development practices? Take the quiz to find out.
Funny little quiz that addresses the ever-lasting problem of building stuff yourself or using existing third party tools. Of course not to be taken too seriously.
27. Sequencer by Close
Explore a curated collection of email sequences from today’s most successful SaaS companies.This free resource includes 47 email sequences, pre-formatted for your CRM. Download the entire set and customise or remix to create your own killer sales email strategy.
I constantly evangelise the power of strong email outreach especially for SaaS companies. Sequencer curated some good examples that can be used for similar challenges.
28. Sales Emails Library
400+ B2B Sales Emails to Boost your Revenues . The largest collection of Outreach Emails Templates you can use to increase your demos, raise your conversion rate, and hack your sales.
And another one. You can never have enough inspiration and samples for B2B mails.
29. Stripe Payment Links
Create a link. Sell anywhere. Use Payment Links to sell online without a website. Create a full payment page in just a few clicks and share the link with your customers — no code required.
Another great feature by Stripe. Everything was there already to build this and now it gets even more simple for users to provide a payment solution for customers.
30. Café
We help hybrid organisations to meet in and out of the office, and remote folks to stay connected with their team.
Café is a nice solution for remote or rather hybrid companies. The scheduling tool for indicating your time in the office looks very nice and intuitive.
31. Aura Life
Aura is a safe, simple online solution that helps people deal with end-of-life confidently. It allows you to record and share key information on how you’d like to go, leave important practical information to loved ones and celebrate your life story.
DeathTech is still a very interesting field for me and Aura Life builds a platform around this topic. “Celebrate Life — Manage Death” is a slogan that seems fitting.
32. Burner Page
Validate ideas with burner pages in less than 60 seconds. Using burner pages to measure user interest is a proven method used by the world’s most successful companies. But it was always tedious and painful, until now. We package everything you need to build, host and measure your pages and collect user feedback, with a few clicks and no code.
Burner Pages are a concept that should be applied way more often. Burner Page offers this in a scalable way. Before making huge commitments try to squeeze your idea on a small page and see how people react to it then draw your conclusions.
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