Can a 13-year-old company be a startup again?
Product Hunt changed my life, and 3y ago I stepped in as CEO. Now it's more vibrant than ever. Here's how I did it:
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team. team. team. team. team.
@jakecrump: OG head of moderation, builder, experimenter.
@aaronoleary IS the newsletter and X presence.
@gabe__perez, Juan, Aine: Leaderboard, content, moderation, mod systems
@cieSielkySmooth, Alex, Raj - triple threat builders - eng/product/design
@kerzhner - CTO who operates like a true cofounder
@joujouvin - ops, partnerships, special projects
cory - ad partnerships
Also i have so much gratitude to the people who came before:
The CTOs:
@rstankov @andreasklinger
The people that bet on me:
@ahiggz (who brought me in and set the bar high for succession) +
@joshbuckley (formidable investor) +
@rrhoover +
@kerzhner who took the leap with me
A small fraction of other people I have loved working with here, and who I've learned from:
@DeVladinci @metaversehell @seriousken @askyruler @howtfdouquitvim @cristinaibunea
Not team, but still critical:
Also thanks to
@ycombinator for funding both Product Hunt and my last startup Tandem, for building a community of founders and friends.
And thanks to the countless founders who have launched on Product Hunt over the years.
@NotionHQ @figma @Lovable @WisprFlow @loom [
@ivanhzhao @zoink @antonosika @tankots @vhmth] to name a few.
You give us all something to aspire to, and remind us that big things start small.