Most founders launch once. Mehdi Rifai has launched 10 times. The consistency of their engagement ratio (0.51 average) across those launches is the metric worth watching.
10 product launches tracked since 2023
Most founders launch once. Mehdi Rifai has launched 10 times. The consistency of their engagement ratio (0.51 average) across those launches is the metric worth watching.
All 10 products, sorted by community engagement.
| Year | Products | Avg Interest | Top Launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | 273 | Giskard |
| 2024 | 1 | 609 | Dreamwriter |
10 products over 2 years works out to roughly 5.0 launches per year. High launch velocity.
Sum of each product's engagement ratio divided by number of products. It weights every launch equally regardless of interest score. A founder with consistently high engagement across small launches will rank higher than one with one viral hit and many duds.
Yes. The maker list includes anyone credited on the launch page. Team members, co-founders, and contributors all appear. We don't distinguish between roles.
They either have fewer than 3 tracked products, or their products launched below our engagement threshold. We set the bar at 3 products to ensure founder pages have enough data to be useful.
Founder pages are rebuilt with every index update. A founder's stats change when we add new products to the index.
Yes. If the same person is listed as a maker on products from different companies, all of those products appear on their founder page. That's one of the advantages of tracking by person rather than by company.