rrhoover

8 ms·

1.
by rrhoover 9mo ago
Sending love, whisky friend :)
2.
All that matters is winning(ryanhoover.me)
1 points by rrhoover 9mo ago|3 comments
3.
by rrhoover 9mo ago
This was written for investors but curious to hear the POV from more founders
4.
by rrhoover 2y ago
Appreciate that. :) We also entered the market at the right time. 2013 was very optimistic as mobile hit mainstream and barriers to build lowered. We’re entering a similar phase with AI today.
5.
by rrhoover 3y ago
It's been a while since I've published an essay. Hopefully this is useful for a few folks.
6.
Second-Time Founder Anxiety(ryanhoover.me)
1 points by rrhoover 3y ago|1 comments
7.
by rrhoover 8y ago
I do implicitly as I've gotten to know talented, motivated people
8.
by rrhoover 8y ago
I've been doing a lot of self-reflection going into the new year and thought I would share some learnings building Product Hunt over the past 5 years, along with our YC application video (perhaps against my better judgement). :)
9.
Product Hunt's Y Combinator video (and lessons learned)(medium.com)
5 points by rrhoover 8y ago|4 comments
10.
by rrhoover 8y ago
Product Hunt (YC S14) | Full time | REMOTE We love products, care about people, and thirst to build a community that celebrates making. Our distributed, tight-knit team is headquartered in SF. We're looking for a few fine folks to joi
11.
by rrhoover 8y ago
Funny you ask. Jacq on our team is planning our next retreat. Earlier this year we brought everyone to SF. The year prior shortly after the acquisition, the entire team (including AngelList) went to Mexico which was a great opportunity t
12.
Decentralized Startups(medium.com)
2 points by rrhoover 9y ago|0 comments
13.
by rrhoover 9y ago
It's been a loooong time since we hosted a hackathon. The last one took place at YC HQ in Mountain View three years ago. So far we have 1,000+ makers signed up and awesome group of judges, including YC's very own Michael Seibel, p
14.
The Product Hunt Global Hackathon, with Over $250k in Prizes(blog.producthunt.com)
2 points by rrhoover 9y ago|2 comments
15.
by rrhoover 9y ago
Love the idea of connecting makers with specific beta testers that match their target audience. We're exploring this as well. Re: "spackling of existing services", you're right. We saw so many people piecing various se
16.
Product Hunt wants to help you ship your product with its new product Ship(techcrunch.com)
3 points by rrhoover 9y ago|2 comments
17.
by rrhoover 10y ago
Product Hunt's ranking works similar to Hacker News. As mentioned in our F[AQ]( https://www.producthunt.com/faq#how-do-things-end-up-on-the-... ) is based on the number of upvotes, time since posting[1], and detected vo
18.
by rrhoover 11y ago
Hey, Sam! You recently announced HN is being split off from YC. What changes will we see to the site/community in the next 6 months?
19.
Product Hunt Pushes to Podcast Discovery(fastcompany.com)
1 points by rrhoover 11y ago|0 comments
20.
by rrhoover 11y ago
My favorite quote: "If you are driven by social signals, you shouldn’t be an entrepreneur."
21.
by rrhoover 11y ago
We do have voting ring detection in place and often inform makers of our policy on Twitter when we see them asking for upvotes (often times they simply don't know it's not OK) in addition to highlighting this policy in the email t
22.
by rrhoover 11y ago
Hi, @taphangum! Sorry about that. :( We ask that makers tweet at @producthunt to get access if they can't already comment. My apologies if you already tried that but I've updated your account so you should be able to jump in th
23.
Dropbox's New Note-Taking App, Composer(techcrunch.com)
2 points by rrhoover 11y ago|0 comments
24.
Product Hunt (YC S14) Is Hiring a Lead iOS Engineer(angel.co)
1 points by rrhoover 12y ago
25.
by rrhoover 12y ago
As a long-time follower of the mysterious and opinionated Startup L Jackson, we had a fun time chatting with him on the podcast.
26.
Startup L. Jackson Speaks Out About Diversity, Products, and the People He’s Not(techcrunch.com)
2 points by rrhoover 12y ago|1 comments
27.
by rrhoover 12y ago
I certainly didn't mean to imply "teams have no leaders, and everybody is equally responsible for the success or failure of the business." I have very strong opinions and recognize the importance of leadership.
28.
“Employee” and other words that make me cringe(ryanhoover.me)
2 points by rrhoover 12y ago|2 comments
29.
by rrhoover 12y ago
Hi, alediaferia. First off, I understand this might be frustrating. Over the past several months, traffic and activity has increased significantly. We're receiving well over 200 submissions every day and while some of these products
30.
by rrhoover 12y ago
I've learned a ton from Nir's writing and talks. Fun fact: before we published the book Nir had the genius idea of crowdsourcing feedback from his readers. Hundreds of people read a rough draft in Google Doc version, correct (the

More ›