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Ryan Hoover: commitment

7 Aug 2022 Lenny's Podcast How to launch and grow your product | Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt and Weekend Fund

“And I've just been waiting for him to start a company. And so that was one of those, I'm going to bet on you because I believe in you.”

— Ryan Hoover

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Ryan Hoover
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commitment
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7 Aug 2022
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Lenny's Podcast

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…That's kind of what I've started to do, is I try not to invest as a founder bet unless I just know them because it's just so hard otherwise. Yeah. Yeah. There's a few founder bets that we've made. One, going back to consumer social kind of thing. He's somebody I'm known for many, many years. One of the most talented designers and deers, product builders. And I've just been waiting for him to start a company. And so that was one of those, I'm going to bet on you because I believe in you. I'm not sure about this first idea, who am I to judge? But I don't know if that's going to be it. But he's probably going to launch 10 apps and the 11th is going to be a massive success. And so that's sort of the way I think about those consumer social founder first bets. I love that. Last question along these lines. For someone that's hoping to get into investing or angel investing in the near future, do you have any advice for folks around that?…

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