... some of it's who you'd expect - the Collison brothers and the Airbnb crew up top. Some of it's a rabbit hole: the same names keep resurfacing across batches. Kyle Vogt (Twitch Cruise), Justin Kan, and Parker Conrad have each done YC more than once, and 160+ founders here are behind billion-dollar companies. and since we're an open-data project, the whole thing is also a free API: GET/ https://api.exploreyc.com/api/v1... what do you think ... ... Konstantin Borimechkov(@konstantimb): @galdayan of course.. but who doesn t like looking at numbers and is in the tech startup world haha Comment from vmonome(@taskrelayhq): This is a fun rabbit hole the repeat-founder pattern (Vogt, Kan, Conrad

... actual insight, and it's bigger than it looks: making the notification say why it's waiting is what turns a ping into a triage. "Done" makes you tab back to find out what "done" means. "Needs approval vs finished vs

... business founders of today pushed through the negativity because the saw the vision. On timing, founders are more often or not EARLY meaning others might not agree with the approach or product usefulness on the first pitch Comment from Conrad N(@conrad

... already understood wellness or mental health they got it immediately. But for generalist investors, we had to reframe. Instead of saying "our power users barely use us," we'd say: "Our users reach meaningful outcomes faster than any competitor, and the ones who do become our most reliable referral channel." Same data, different frame. We also show retention through the lens of "return rate after resolution" do people come back when they hit a new challenge? That number is strong ... ... they re uncovering new layers. The north star stops being sessions and starts being depth. Your resolution moments metric is the right instinct we just extended it: what comes after resolution is the next question worth asking. Comment from Conrad

... Podcast best product/growth content. His interviews with founders who actually built things (not just raised money) are gold. Latent Space if you're in the AI/ML space, this is required listening. Deep technical conversations about what's actually working vs. what's hype. The Changelog open source and developer ecosystem. Great for understanding where the industry is heading. Indie Hackers Podcast real numbers, real struggles, real revenue. No vanity metrics. The pattern I've noticed: the best podcasts for builders ... ... selling digital businesses? It would be really cool if there are ones specifically about startups that launched on Product Hunt and then sold their business thanks to the launch (I mean months later). Comment from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): @conrad