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Mind the Product

Non-promotional articles only

Product management community and publisher that takes guest articles of 1,000 to 1,500 words from practitioners and founders; articles written to advertise a product or service are rejected. Sponsorship of events, newsletters, webinars and blog content is quoted on request.

Mind the Product is a tech publication at mindtheproduct.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: non-promotional articles only. Listing is free, with paid spots on offer. The link you get is dofollow: outside links in a live article body have no nofollow; the author's LinkedIn link does. Review: every submission is reviewed; review takes about 4 weeks and the first publication slot for confirmed guest posts is January 2027. Terms read on mindtheproduct.com on 2 October 2026.

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Price: Guest articles are free; sponsorship packages, including ones for startups, are quoted on request
Link you get: Dofollow: outside links in a live article body have no nofollow; the author's LinkedIn link does
Review: Every submission is reviewed; review takes about 4 weeks and the first publication slot for confirmed guest posts is January 2027
Run by: Pendo.io, Inc.
Their rule: Non-promotional articles only
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Where they say so: mindtheproduct.com/contribute ↗
Reach: BigBig reach: #69,966 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #422,549 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Does Mind the Product cover AI startups?: Only some. It covers AI startups, with a rule: non-promotional articles only.
How much does a listing on Mind the Product cost?: Listing is free, with paid spots on offer.
What link does Mind the Product give?: The link you get is dofollow: outside links in a live article body have no nofollow; the author's LinkedIn link does.

Who is listed on Mind the Product

Our nightly read of mindtheproduct.com found 154 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, google.dev, favicon.im, favicon.io, favicon.love, customer.io, research.google, chatgpt.site. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to Mind the Product

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: non-promotional articles only. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
3. Wait for the review. Every submission is reviewed; review takes about 4 weeks and the first publication slot for confirmed guest posts is January 2027. Pay only for a spot you asked for; the listing itself is what the price above says. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.

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Add your app once; we read mindtheproduct.com every week and mark the listing when it appears, every night on Pro. Last read 8 Oct 2026.

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