Ryan Hoover (Product Hunt / Weekend Fund) on Creating a platform to help 50.000+ products launch

<p>Creating a platform and a community to help launch 50,000+ products. That's what Ryan Hoover has accomplished with Product Hunt. Now he is investing in early-stage startups from all around the world with Weekend Fund, a VC fund he cofounded with Vedika Jain.</p><br><p>Tune in to this new episode to learn more about Ryan's entrepreneurial journey, his learnings and tips to succeed, his willingness to help and support other founders, and his expectations about investments.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.producthunt.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Product Hunt</a>&nbsp;is the place to curate new products every day.&nbsp;Product enthusiasts can share and geek out about the latest mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech creations. Among&nbsp;50,000+ products launched on the platform since 2013, we find great successes like&nbsp;<a href="https://www.producthunt.com/products/notion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Notion</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.producthunt.com/products/google-play#houseparty-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Houseparty</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.producthunt.com/products/robinhood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robinhood</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.producthunt.com/products/front" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Front</a>. Product Hunt was acquired by AngelList in 2016 (Ryan talks about it&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.producthunt.com/product-hunt-angellist-%EF%B8%8F-c408bfe5d68" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>).</p><br><p><a href="https://www.weekend.fund/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Weekend Fund</a>&nbsp;is the VC fund he created in 2017, to back early-stage founders from all around&nbsp;the world. Together with Vedika and a team of 2 analysts, they write checks from $100k to $300k, and offer&nbsp;an LP collective of 350+ exceptional founders and operators. They already invested in Intercom, Deel, and just raised their 3rd fund of $21M.</p><br><p><strong><u>Topics</u></strong></p><p><