I'm a Startup Scout. Test Your Investor Blurb On Me.
I scout for a handful of investors in Silicon Valley. One of my jobs is to cut through the noise and surface the gems. Every so often, someone sends me a blurb that’s crisp, compelling, and makes me want to learn more. When that happens, I usually take a meeting—and sometimes even make intros. That said, most blurbs I see… aren’t great. Founders are flying blind because no one’s willing to be...
Six Pre-Seed Investors Every Founder Should Work With. Who Would You Add?
I had the good fortune to have a ton of great investors who backed my last company, Seedscout. Most of them are generally more private online, but I wanted to highlight some of them for founders on the fundraising trail to learn about. I’d work with these folks 10/10 times again if I start something else up (no plans to right now). Kenny Tucker (Tucker Seed Fund) – Kenny is a machine. He was...
A Running Thread Of Ways Founders/Makers Can Grow Their Startup
As a former founder of 20 years and as Head of Ad Sales at @producthunt, I meet founders every day looking to grow their startup. But the truth is, it's hard to get distribution! And it's only getting harder as building is getting easier. I am starting a thread where I can share some ways i've grown my prior companies, with specific tactics. Feel free to add your own tactics and add to the...
Product Hunt X Bolt March 2025 Hackathon Submissions!!!
Tonight, we are hosting a small hackathon in Phoenix in partnership with @bolt.new! All the hackers get free credits to build whatever they can imagine during the hackathon. Thanks Bolt for the hookup! In this forum thread, all the hackers will submit their projects and vote on their favorite one (they can't vote on their own). The top project will get hunted on @Product Hunt by me! If you want...
Substack or Beehiiv?
I have both @Substack and @beehiiv newsletters. Both have pros and cons. But honestly, I don't know what one to commit to. Substack only makes money when I make money but is feature lite. Beehiiv is kind expensive for me (5,000+ subs) and feels like it could even be feature obtuse. Do I need all those features? Do i need any of them? I end up flip flopping every year. So it leads me to this...
Hackathon Forum Test
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I Hosted a Hackathon Where Folks Had to Build A Product In Under An Hour. Here Are My Top 5.
Here are my top 5 products from my hackathon I hosted last night. Note, these all were built in an hour using AI tools like @Lovable , @bolt.new , @Replit , and @Cursor !!! Pretty nuts. - GapFinder - Enter a topic, what you know about a topic, this it uses AI to figure out what you may not know about that topic and highlights it for you to learn (https://mind-mapper-kappa.vercel.app/) -...
What's The Best Founder Community in SF Other Than YC?
Y Combinator is probably the best founder community in the world. What I want to know is what are the top 2-5 after them? I am not referring to accelerators as much as high signal places for builders to congregate together, connect, and build. I am in SF now and am spending time at Founders Inc., HF0, and The Residency. How do those stack up? What else is out there? Would love your thoughts.