Product Hunt
includes Product Hunt Podcast
7 statements across 7 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jun 10, 2022 by Ryan Hoover · said 66 times in 22 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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brought up most by Greg Isenberg (38), Daniel Dalen (4), Kevin Rose (2), John Rush (2), Erik Torenberg (2), Theo Tabah (1), Dave Rogenmoser (1), Ben Tossell (1)
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2026 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2024 27 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode
- Do this to build a $100k/mo chrome extension using AI (Cursor AI, Claude)
- pov: brainstorming $1M+ startup ideas with Daniel Dalen
- This solopreneur made $300M so we gave him an award for it
- How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)
- Bolt tutorial for beginners with the Bolt CEO Eric Simons
- Do this to build a $200,000 side hustle (The Online Directory Blueprint)
- The Reality of Entrepreneurship
- pov: you have $10k to build a $1M startup
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 14 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- Personal Holding Companies: Build vs. Buy?
- Unlock Your Super-Learning Potential: Learn from Emerson Spartz, Founder of Dose and MuggleNet
- Master the Art of AI-first Products with Dave Rogenmoser's Winning Formula
- Roberto Nickson Grew 400K+ Followers In 100 Days: Here's How
- The Ultimate Guide to Building Million Dollar Agencies
- The Ultimate TikTok Guide by JT Barnett: From Beginner to Stardom
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 20 mentions in 3 episodes 7 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Product Hunt, oldest first
Jun 10, 2022
Hoover: Over-focusing on systems early leads to over-engineered products
“People like him can be challenged with overthinking things because we like to think in systems. We like to think in flywheels. We like to think of like, oh, if we have this thing, it unlocks this thing and unlocks that thing. And that's important. I think very…”
Feb 16, 2023 bearish
Spartz: Founders should never rely on Product Hunt for marketing launches
“You don't ever do anything on Product Hunt. Like if you're, if your marketing launch plan involves Product Hunt at all, don't do it. That's fiercely competitive. You're competing with all the other 20 something males who want to start a business.”
Jan 5, 2024
Torenberg: a16z Offered Series A Weeks After Product Hunt Seed Round
“I remember at Product Hunt, we raised a seed round. We had like two million dollars or something, maybe 1.5 or two million dollars in the seed round. And then a few weeks later, we got a term, a series A term sheet from Andreessen Horowitz. And we didn't even …”
Apr 18, 2024 positive
Isenberg: Source acquisitions from stalled Product Hunt launches 6-18 months old
“And like the way to do it is you scour product hunt and you don't scour today's product hunt, but you scour like six, 1218 months ago and certain things lose steam. And then you reach out and you see if you can make a deal.”
Oct 18, 2024 positive
Isenberg: Product Hunt reviews provide better ideation feedback than Chrome Web Store
“Although I find that the ratings aren't as good as Product Hunt, because the people who go to Product Hunt are, like, tech people, so they're able to give, like, either you get a lot of, like, this is amazing, good, good post, or it's like, this is horrible fo…”
Dec 16, 2024 neutral
May 11, 2026 positive
Inactive startup founders will sell assets for $5k to stop hosting bills
“GenSpark Claw scans product hunt launches from two to four years ago. It finds one where the site is dead, but the SEO traffic is still alive. And you reach out to the founder who will sell to like, you know, maybe 25 K five K just to stop paying their AWS bil…”