#4 - How Product Hunt's Ryan Hoover Built A $20M Community From Scratch
Jul 16, 2019
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In this engaging discussion, Ryan Hoover, Founder of Product Hunt and investor at Weekend Fund, shares his journey from job rejection to building a thriving platform worth $20M. He dives into the power of networking and the importance of authentic community engagement that fueled Product Hunt’s growth. Ryan recounts his scrappy beginnings, including the hustle of reaching out to users one-by-one. He also highlights the role of experimentation in entrepreneurship and offers practical advice for aspiring creators looking to make their first million.
Who knew a product about other products could be worth tens of millions... Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) tells us the struggle of trying to find a place in the startup world and how to tackle job rejection the right way - becoming his own boss! Truly starting from scratch, he runs us through the scrappy early days of e-mailing people one by one just to gain an extra dozen users... now that's some hustle! Tune into this episode and he'll teach you ways to push that little bit further to making your first million.