Ryan Hoover
Founder of Product Hunt; investor at Weekend Fund.
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- Ryan Hoover is an American entrepreneur and investor.
- He started Product Hunt as a side project in November 2013, led it through Y Combinator in 2014 and its sale to AngelList in 2016, and stepped down as CEO in 2020.
- In 2017 he started Weekend Fund, an early-stage venture fund.
- He helped write Nir Eyal's Hooked.
Key facts
- Born
- 1987, Eugene, Oregon1
- Product Hunt
- Founded November 2013; CEO until 2020; Y Combinator 2014; acquired by AngelList in 20161
- Weekend Fund
- Started in 20171
- Investing
- Weekend Fund is an early-stage fund backed by 400+ operator LPs2
- Writing
- Helped write Hooked; publishes essays2
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