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Ryan Hoover

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Founder & Investor at Weekend Fund
📍 United States

Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt and a General Partner at Weekend Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm. An alumnus of the University of Oregon, he is deeply involved in the startup ecosystem, focusing on product development, community building, and investing. He also co-authored "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. "

Outside of work, Ryan enjoys live music, weightlifting, and exploring practices for self-understanding like breathwork. He shares his interests and thoughts on startups and technology through his personal newsletter and blog. He has described himself as an introvert who prefers hanging out with friends in smaller groups.

He has publicly shared his diagnosis with Lynch Syndrome, a hereditary condition, to advocate for preventative health screenings.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Founder & Investor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Priorities

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Early-Stage Investing
As the founder of Weekend Fund, he invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups, focusing on founders with deep, firsthand insights into a problem.
Community Building
He built Product Hunt from an email list into a massive global community, a topic he frequently discusses as crucial for a product's success.
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Career

Work history

4-2017
Founder & Investor
Weekend Fund
6-2012
Writer
ryanhoover.me
11-2013 - 10-2020
Founder & CEO
Product Hunt
9-2013 - 5-2014
EIR
Tradecraft
5-2013 - 1-2014
Co-Creator
Startup Edition
In the press

Media appearances

Making Product Hunt. Featured in Medium
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Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2005 - 2009
B.S.
University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business
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