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Underdog Triumph: The Little League Moment That Changed Everything

Growing up, I was always a little pudgy, but I loved sports and played soccer, tackle football, basketball, volleyball, and baseball. When…

3 min readMar 24, 2023

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Underdog Triumph: The Little League Moment That Changed Everything

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Ryan Merket

The Antiarrhythmic Properties of Magnesium, Taurine, and L-Arginine

Discover how these nutrients stabilize heart rhythms and boost health.

5 min readApr 12, 2024

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The Antiarrhythmic Properties of Magnesium, Taurine, and L-Arginine

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Ryan Merket

The Hidden Playbook: Deciphering Madden 24 Player Ratings with Azure Machine Learning

In the vibrant universe of Madden NFL 24, each player carries a set of ratings — a digital DNA that defines their prowess on the virtual…

4 min readDec 18, 2023

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The Hidden Playbook: Deciphering Madden 24 Player Ratings with Azure Machine Learning

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Ryan Merket

The Unboxing Revolution: How a Simple Line of Text Turbocharged Goodfair’s Growth

When you’re in the trenches of a startup, especially in the throes of e-commerce and technology, you’re constantly looking for that…

3 min readNov 16, 2023

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The Unboxing Revolution: How a Simple Line of Text Turbocharged Goodfair’s Growth

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Ryan Merket

Thriving with Atrial Fibrillation

I was supposed to be sedated, but I was still very much awake in the emergency room when they put the cardioversion paddles on my bare…

6 min readApr 18, 2023

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Thriving with Atrial Fibrillation

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Ryan Merket

The Essential Qualities of an Ideal Angel Investor

As a tech founder with a nontraditional background, I’ve navigated the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, constantly learning and growing…

5 min readMar 27, 2023

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The Essential Qualities of an Ideal Angel Investor

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Ryan Merket

Is Learning to Code Worthwhile for Startup Founders?

As a startup founder with a nontraditional background, I’ve often been asked whether learning how to code is worth the effort for those…

3 min readMar 27, 2023

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Is Learning to Code Worthwhile for Startup Founders?

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Ryan Merket

Embracing the underdog mentality: How non-traditional founders use their unique position to their…

As an angel investor and in my role at AWS mentoring startups across Techstars and other various startup ecosystems, I’ve had the privilege…

4 min readMar 17, 2023

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chess board with just one white pawn up against an entire fleet of black chess pieces, lined up.

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Ryan Merket

Mission Labs is winding down

It breaks my heart to announce that Mission Labs is officially winding down.

4 min readSep 22, 2022

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Mission Labs is winding down

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Ryan Merket

The Cold E-mail That Changed My Life

Here’s the exact email (misspellings and typos left intact) I sent to a Bay Area startup 11 years ago that landed me my first job in San…

2 min readJan 10, 2019

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The Cold E-mail That Changed My Life

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Ryan Merket

Ryan Merket

?x founder w/ 2 exits. early FB, earlier Reddit PM, wrote keygens in teens. I tweet about: tech, sports, and memes. Angel invest.

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