Gerry Hays

👋 Hey Product Hunt friends, I am the founder and CEO of Doriot® and the architect of VentureStaking®. I am excited to introduce this new system of capital creation to the Product Hunt community. Here's the pitch: Venture Investing is a lot like poker—80% of your hands (investments) are throwaways, but you don’t know which until the cards are on the table. In poker, you have an ante: a small bet...

Love what you’re building here. It’s amazing to see a founder so early in their journey. Would you ever think about letting your users invest and be part of the growth?

This is slick — love how Answerghost quietly bridges knowledge gaps with real-time support. At Doriot, we’re building VentureStaking: a way for early users and believers to back products they love with actual capital. Rooting for your success — let’s connect! 👻⚡

I love how Dynamic Mockups helps creators move fast and look pro — super smart execution. At Doriot, we’re building VentureStaking: a way for early fans and users to fund tools they believe in. Would love to connect and cheer you on as you scale! 💡📦

This is amazing. Quick question. Do all investors have to be Accredited to invest?

Hi everyone. There are many Accredited and Non-Accredited investors that "fantasize" about investing, but few write checks. It's not for a lack of money (there are many places to write small checks) but rather the data shows most have yet to acquire the confidence to be great investors and don't want to pay the "fool's tax" (like me). I personally lost my first $25,000 in savings at the age of...

This is great @raunometsa. Is it your experience that the founders are looking to move beyond the micro-startup stage with outside capital?

This could create tons of value for all sides!

I upvoted.....around 2010, as a side project, I created an webapp called www.ideashred.com where one's idea would get scored by pushing it out to his/her network for feedback. Used it mostly for gaming inside of Venture Capital course I taught. Visualizing feedback was well received by users. Good luck!

This is a really interesting idea. As a serial Founder, I've invested in several other startups for this very reason. I think the greatest impediment is the fact that not all startups are equal in the eyes of Founders. For example, would Midwest Founders be able to participate in a pool alongside SF-Based Founders (assuming third party fundings for all companies)? It's foreseeable that Founders...