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How Product Hunt almost died

SMS-First Startups

Om

Vibecoding is self-expression

All that matters is winning

Now's the time for consumer health tech

Silicon Valley's new status symbols

Iterative people

Why I invest in venture funds

Selfish investing

The fallacy of “no pain, no gain”

Unwinding as a founder

Everyone’s a generalist

Home, a visual music project

The community trap

Why you should move

Beware of labels

We are Porter

Values

How to make new friends as an adult

Why YourStack failed

Should do. Could do.

The accountability experiment

Finding_Enoughness.wav

The next Turntable.fm?

Non-obvious problems

I asked my friends for anonymous feedback

How are you doing?

Change and authenticity

Real friends

Do scary things

Why I’m excited about profit-sharing startups

Generative AI and Moats

Miss you, Little D

Second-Time Founder Anxiety

The Problems in Remote Working

How to come up with side project ideas

The 20-Minute MVP

Blogging is the New Resume

A Frightening Future

Don't Learn to Code

Do "Shitty" Work

Easter Egg Marketing: How Snapchat, Apple, and Google Hook You

Knowing When It's Time to Move On

Habit Startups

What Killed Turntable.fm?

Friction-free Product Design

How Has Turntable.fm Grown So Rapidly With No Marketing?

Why Is Turntable.fm So Addictive?

The Next Big Thing in Music: Turntable.fm

Techniques for Getting Traction with your Social Site

Why you should build your product in public

Startup Side Projects

Dumb Apps

The Rise of “No Code”

Email-First Startups

Our latest experiment: Weekend Pitch

Decentralized Startups

What’s in your stack?

Weekend Fund 2.0

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

Request for (crazy) startups

A virtual co-working space for makers

The Rise of Maker Communities

The search for the Weekend Fund Chief of Staff

Finding the sweet spot with your team

5 Years of Product Hunt

Product Hunt Radio is back

A new space for Makers

You have one unread message 👀

Weekend Fund ☀️

Building a startup? Build an audience, first.

2016, another year of great music 🎶

Product Hunt + AngelList✌️😸

New haircut, Product Hunt?

“We learn from each other”

The New Product Hunt for iOS and Android

A new experimental app from Product Hunt

How we made our first dollar at Product Hunt

RIP emojis. The future of communication.

Winners of the Product Hunt Global Hackathon 2017

Introducing Product Hunt Cards

Please be kind on launch day 😊

Email’s not dead

Teaming up with Amazon

You’re looking good (on Product Hunt) 😽

Role models

A dangerous new game called Camera Rollette

From Rejection to Product Hunt

“Holy shit, this thing actually works”

Giving Credit is the CEO’s Job

Making Product Hunt

Your invite to Product Hunt’s 4th annual community meetup 🎉

The Product Hunt Global Hackathon — Join Us! 🌎

Introducing Ship by Product Hunt

Defining your company values in emoji

Introducing Ask Product Hunt 🤔

Diversify your Twitter friends 👨🏻👧🏽👱🏿👩🏻

Pinterest and the visual web

Silicon Valley isn’t “Mainstream”

Can I help?

Artificial Intelligence Natives

Planet of the Apps + Product Hunt, Coming to a City Near You 🙌

Why I’m excited for Planet of the Apps

The Product Hunt Shop is Now Open