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Published in Product Hunt

·Mar 17, 2020

Introducing Product Hunt’s first virtual Makers Summit

Earlier this year we set a goal: Support 250 Product Hunt meetups around the world. Although we’re primarily an online community, IRL has always been a core part of the community so we started the year strong with a big kickoff on January 28th. We hosted a 1,000+ person event…

Tech

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Introducing Product Hunt’s first virtual Makers Summit
Introducing Product Hunt’s first virtual Makers Summit
Tech

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Mar 11, 2020

Our latest experiment: Weekend Pitch

A peer-to-peer pitch program to help founders tell their company story. Apply here. Last year we kicked off an experiment to find and support promising side project builders. We called it Weekend Build. Over 650 people and teams applied and after rounds of interviews, 10 were selected to participate. Over…

Founders

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Our latest experiment: Weekend Pitch
Our latest experiment: Weekend Pitch
Founders

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Published in Product Hunt

·Jan 28, 2020

What’s in your stack?

Product Hunt’s next new thing: YourStack, a new place to share the products you use and ❤️ In 2013, I wanted a place on the internet to share and discover the latest tech products with my friends. This idea turned into Product Hunt. Since then we’ve seen more than 150,000…

Product Hunt

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What’s in your stack?
What’s in your stack?
Product Hunt

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Nov 25, 2019

Weekend Fund 2.0

Announcing a new $10M venture fund backing your next favorite thing In 2017 I announced Weekend Fund, a $3M fund to back ambitious early stage startups. In that fund we invested in: 40 startups. This includes Sophia Amoruso who’s building a vibrant community for ambitious women, Justin Dangel who’s quietly…

Venture Capital

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Weekend Fund 2.0
Weekend Fund 2.0
Venture Capital

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Jul 14, 2019

Turn your side project into a company. Introducing Weekend Build.

Sometimes the most impactful companies begin as a side project, driven by curiosity and experimentation. That’s how Product Hunt started nearly six years ago. Side projects are part of the inspiration behind the name of the fund I started two years ago: Weekend Fund. Side projects have been a part…

Startup

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Turn your side project into a company. Introducing Weekend Build.
Turn your side project into a company. Introducing Weekend Build.
Startup

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Published in Product Hunt

·Mar 28, 2019

A virtual co-working space for makers

“What are you working?” Join us! We’re seeing an explosion of creation in tech. Last year we saw over 20,000 products launch on Product Hunt in 2018. Every month, another 75K apps enter the App Store. Last year the number of Alexa Skills more than doubled in the U.S. Like…

Product Hunt

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“What are you working on?”
“What are you working on?”
Product Hunt

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Mar 17, 2019

The Problems in Remote Working

For over five years Product Hunt has operated as a distributed company. It’s given us access to to the world’s talent and a global perspective within the team. Today we have 18 teammates across 10 countries from India to Canada. I live in San Francisco but am spending most of…

Remote Working

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The Problems in Remote Working
The Problems in Remote Working
Remote Working

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Published in Product Hunt

·Mar 6, 2019

Product Hunt Radio: Venture Capital 101 with Eric Bahn

On this episode, I’m joined by Eric Bahn from Hustle Fund in San Francisco. Hustle Fund invests in what they call “hilariously-early hustlers.” Prior to co-founding the fund, Eric worked in a number of operating roles, including as a product manager at Intuit, co-founder of a gaming company, founder of…

Startup

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Product Hunt Radio: Venture Capital 101 with Eric Bahn
Product Hunt Radio: Venture Capital 101 with Eric Bahn
Startup

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Published in Product Hunt

·Feb 27, 2019

Product Hunt Radio: The present and future of social media with Matt Navarra

On this episode, Abadesi talks to Matt Navarra, a social media consultant from the UK and long-time Product Hunt community member. He is a self-described “Facebook geek” who has worked in digital communications for the UK government and was previously social media director at The Next Web. In this…

Social Media

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Product Hunt Radio: The present and future of social media with Matt Navarra
Product Hunt Radio: The present and future of social media with Matt Navarra
Social Media

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Feb 23, 2019

The Rise of Maker Communities

Spinning up a simple web app used to require months of development, a team of people, and tons of capital for (physical!) servers. Today a single person can build more than a team of ten in a weekend. We see it every day on Product Hunt. It’s never been easier…

Startup

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The Rise of Maker Communities
The Rise of Maker Communities
Startup

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Founder of Product Hunt. Weekend Fund investor. Follow at @rrhoover.

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