Product Potion

Product Potion Podcast

Business EN ↓ 8 episodes

The psychology behind why products win or fail — and what solo founders can steal from it. UX teardowns, conversion science, mindset, and building in public.

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Product Potion

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Dating Apps Made $6 Billion Off Confusion. Your SaaS Product Runs the Same Scam for Free. 07.06.2026 11:27

Dating apps made $6 billion in 2025. Not by helping people find love, but by keeping users stuck in the “what the hell am I doing wrong?” loop. I had Bumble Premium and Hinge+ running at the same time, paid week after week, and got basically nothing. T...

Startup vs Enterprise: The Psychology of a Homepage 23.05.2026 14:13

Your homepage is not the problem. Your reference sites are. Most founders vibe coding their products are copying enterprise homepages without realizing it. Every CTA, every hero section, every testimonial block was built to convert a completely differe...

I Audited 10 Product Hunt Startups. They All Leaked Money Before the Click. 15.05.2026 11:58

Ten products. Different categories, different stages, different founders. Same five revenue leaks every single time. Here is exactly what I found and what to do about it. I audit startup products every week for the Leak Ledger — homepage, pricing page,...

LinkedIn Shows You 27 People Viewed Your Profile (And Won't Tell You Who) 08.05.2026 6:50

LinkedIn Shows You 27 People Viewed Your Profile (And Won't Tell You Who) LinkedIn built a $2B/year business on a blurred list. Here's the exact psychological mechanism behind it and how to build the same itch into your own product. LinkedIn doesn't sh...

McDonald's Loses Money on Every Order of Fries (That's the Point) 01.05.2026 11:05

McDonald's serves 70 million people a day. Every single part of that machine — the fries, the menu, the drive-through — is a conversion system. Here's what it means for your product. McDonald's doesn't sell fast food. They sell a system so optimized th...

I Reverse-Engineered Disney's $70B Retention Playbook (Here's What Your Product Is Missing) 24.04.2026 13:52

Every line, every upsell, every $5 water at Disneyland is engineered. Here's the psychology behind it, and how to use it in your own product. Disney doesn't sell a theme park. They sell manufactured memory. This episode breaks down the exact behavior l...

Founder-Led Marketing Is Beating Paid Ads in 2026 (Here's Why) 17.04.2026 6:51

Most trust signals in 2026 are faked. AI testimonials, inflated social proof, polished brand content — all of it can be manufactured in an afternoon. The one thing that can't be faked is a real founder showing up. In this episode I break down why found...

Vibe-Coded SaaS Isn’t Converting? Turn It Into an RPG (4 Levels) 10.04.2026 8:13

Your signups are coming in. Your revenue isn't. That's not a product problem — it's a game design problem. You built an unwinnable game. In this episode I walk through the RPG Map framework — four levels every user has to clear before they pay, and the...