Ryan Hoover's profile on Product Hunt

About

It's always slightly awkward to write your own bio. ;) I grew up in Oregon with entrepreneurial parents. I started my career in gaming and fell into product management shortly after college. That led me to San Francisco where I worked in gaming for the first few years of my career before starting Product Hunt. Fast-forward to today, I spend most of my time investing in early-stage startups out of Weekend Fund and live in Miami (although I spend a fair amount of time working remotely in LA, NYC, and other places with fast WiFi). Outside of work I enjoy live music, hanging with friends in smaller groups (introvert 🙋🏼‍♂️), and weightlifting.

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Maker History

Signature BlockHow to build a successful venture fund
Jan 2023
HyperAn early-stage venture firm. Sister company to Product Hunt.
Jul 2021
Product HuntThe place to discover your next favorite thing
Product Hunt ShopShirts, stickers + more. Profits go to COVID-19 relief fund.
Mar 2020
YourStackA fun place to share and discover your favorite products
Jan 2020

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3d ago

Ghost Pepper 🌶️ - 100% local private AI for text-to-speech & meeting notes

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23d ago

Pendium - Help AI agents recommend you more often to the right people

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2mo ago

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How we decided to pivot after 4 years

After four long years of grinding, building, fundraising, and hiring, we decided to pivot. I wanted to write down my thought process and timeline because I wish I d seen more honest pivot stories when we were stuck. Not just we pivoted and everything was instantly great but the real version where we kept trying to make the original idea work for way too long because we already put so much into it.

I went through YC S20 (the first COVID batch) as a solo founder working on @Basedash. After YC, I did what you re supposed to do. I talked to users. I built product. I did founder-led sales. I hired a great team. It felt like progress because I was constantly busy and the product kept getting better.