
Ryan: I grew up in Oregon and ended moved to Portland right after college, where I stumbled into a startup in a product management role. Product managers are the closest role to a CEO.
The secret to successfully launching on Product Hunt is to be real, excited about your product and do it in a human way.Īdam: Can you give us some background into what you were doing before you became founder and what your role at Product Hunt constitutes today.
It’s important to recognize there are different types of people using your product, each with their own motivations.
A vibrant community needs to have activity and engagement. You have to constantly iterate on your processes and tactics. Tactics you used to build a community may not work all the time. Ryan hoover product hunt full#
Product managers may be similar to being the CEO since they have to lead and guide the process, but don’t have full managerial control. Short on time? Here are five key takeaways: Below is a lightly edited transcript of the conversation.
You can subscribe on iTunes or grab the RSS feed in your player of choice. If you enjoyed the conversation, check out more episodes of our podcast. He joined me on our podcast to chat about how he set out to build a community, keep it constantly engaged and what companies can do to tap into Product Hunt when it’s time to introduce new products or services. The success of Product Hunt in being a launchpad for startups wasn’t something Ryan Hoover foresaw when he founded the company in 2013.