Relay

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Welcome to Relay! Hi there! Welcome to Relay. We are so excited to have you here! :slightly_smiling_face: Ever since Jan 23rd, 2020, when EnjoyHQ’s co-founder, Sofia Quintero, drafted and shared her earnest notes on starting up, Relay…	1	3294	December 6, 2019
PostHog, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap - what Data Driven Product Development actually looks like What Am I Missing operating-principles , product	2	81	February 5, 2023
"No One is Coming to Save Us," The "Need to Reestablish PMF," and Other Earnest Founder Commits for 2023 Heuristics and Hunches pmf , operating-principles , founders-self , constraints	0	517	January 31, 2023
SaaS Founders at Work '22 Edition: 42 Inspiring Heuristics and Hunches from 194 Years of Building Heuristics and Hunches bootstrapping , fundraising , pmf , operating-principles , founders-self	1	530	January 22, 2023
Finding (and Navigating) the Middle Ground Between a Hypergrowth Startup and a Lifestyle Business with Sudowrite’s Co-Founder, Amit Gupta Heuristics and Hunches bootstrapping , fundraising , pmf , operating-principles , founders-self	2	292	January 12, 2023
Things That Matter During Any Crisis, Developing a Combination of Muscle Memory and Scar Tissue, and Other Earnest Founder Missives to Probe the Current SaaS Moment Heuristics and Hunches operating-principles , founders-self	0	494	June 9, 2022
Growing Sustainably, a Realistic Take on the Current Moment in Tech, and Lessons from Grab with Momos’ Co-Founder, Andrew Liu Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , capital-efficiency , underserved-markets	1	415	December 12, 2022
Designing Thoughtful Workweeks, Decisions, and Feedback at an Async-First Workplace with Panther’s Co-Founder, Matt Redler Heuristics and Hunches culture , working-remotely , operating-principles , founders-self , async	2	449	December 1, 2022
The Mechanics of Commercializing and Scaling an AI-First, B2B Startup with Thematic’s Co-Founder, Alyona Medelyan Heuristics and Hunches pmf , ai , product , mvp , capital-efficiency	2	419	November 21, 2022
Validating and Selling a Technically-Difficult Idea, Serving 2 Personas, Fundraising in a Tough SaaS Setting, and Working In-Person with Merge’s Co-Founder, Shensi Ding Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , hiring , pmf , founders-self	2	749	November 12, 2022
Evolving the Many-Sided Levers of Positioning and Expansion with Slite’s Co-Founder, Christophe Pasquier Heuristics and Hunches positioning , product-led-growth , product , competitive-markets	2	390	November 7, 2022
Aiming for a "Won-and-Done" Category, Acquiring a Newsletter before Making the Product Public, and The Merits of Being Async-First with Loops’ Co-Founder, Chris Frantz Heuristics and Hunches crowded-markets , working-remotely , operating-principles , product , async	2	309	October 19, 2022
Founder-Led Customer Success, Bringing in a Senior First Hire, and Other Early-Stage CS Lessons with Claap’s Head of Customer Success, Angela Guedes Heuristics and Hunches customer-research , operators-series , customer-success	1	305	October 3, 2022
I’m PJ Bouten, Co-Founder and former CEO of Showpad. I’d love to share my experience and lessons learned from scaling Showpad from zero to a global +€75M in ARR Business with this community! AMA AMAs fundraising , culture , hiring	24	877	September 26, 2022
Why You Shouldn’t Build for an Obviously Large Market, and Other Notes on Creating a “Default Possible” Startup with Pulley’s Co-Founder, Yin Wu Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , hiring , product , gtm	1	249	September 23, 2022
The Why Behind 78 Pre-Product User Interviews, The Difference Between Pitching and Research, and Why MVPs Don’t Work Anymore with Cord’s Co-Founder, Nimrod Priell Heuristics and Hunches customer-research , product , mvp	2	819	September 11, 2022
Int’l sales tax compliance -- What service to use?	0	148	August 31, 2022
“How Moving Away from Per-User Pricing Helped us 4X our Growth, Why We Were Moving Back, and Why We Won’t (For Now)” with Tability’s Co-Founder, Sten Pittet Heuristics and Hunches pricing , categories , product	10	638	August 28, 2022
Iterating Minimum Viable Funnels, Evolving Freemium for Reach and Focus, and Other Growth Lessons with Sendspark’s Co-Founder, Bethany Stachenfeld Heuristics and Hunches growth , operating-principles , freemium , experimentation	2	352	August 10, 2022
Bringing Early Adopters on to the Cap Table, Being COOs of Potential Users, and Other Community-First Ways of Building with Passionfroot’s Co-Founder, Jennifer Phan Heuristics and Hunches pmf , operating-principles , community	2	315	August 9, 2022
Ignoring MRR for the Self-Serve Switch, “Dogfood upon Dogfood upon Dogfood,” and other Lessons in Breaking out of Constraints with Lately AI’s Co-Founder, Kate Bradley Chernis Heuristics and Hunches customer-centricity , culture , product-led-growth , founders-self	2	998	July 26, 2022
Early stage startups and mental health Heuristics and Hunches founders-self	5	586	July 12, 2022
Technical part of downgrading SaaS - Need Help! What Am I Missing bootstrapping	3	538	July 10, 2022
(Calmly) Competing Against HubSpot and Mailchimp as a One-Person Team with Bento’s Founder, Jesse Hanley Heuristics and Hunches bootstrapping , operating-principles , founders-self , product	4	958	June 27, 2022
“How We Deleted a 1/3rd of Our Product and Made it 10x Better” with Arrows’ co-founder, Daniel Zarick Heuristics and Hunches customer-centricity , operating-principles , product	4	1104	June 22, 2022
Adopting the Collaborative Operating System, Confronting a Common Leadership Error, and Fixing the “Untrained Muscle” of Alignment with Plum’s Co-Founder, Caitlin MacGregor Heuristics and Hunches culture , operating-principles , founders-self	2	1160	June 7, 2022
Hey-oh! 🤠 I'm Josh Founder CEO of Referral Rock AMA AMAs bootstrapping , customer-centricity , culture , hiring , working-remotely , operating-principles	33	1225	June 3, 2022
Why You Don’t Need to be “Enterprise-Ready” or “Scalable” as Yet and Other Notes on Crafting B2B Software with Contenda’s Founder, Lilly Chen Heuristics and Hunches culture , scaling , product , engineering , enterprise	3	18754	May 26, 2022
Pivoting Despite PMF, Why You Don’t Need Top Talent across Functions, and Other People-first Insights with Eduflow’s Co-Founder, David Kofoed Wind Heuristics and Hunches hiring , pivots , pmf , operating-principles	2	642	May 17, 2022
Taking on Zoom by Targeting a Beachhead Market, Pricing as a PMF Filter, and Other Lessons in Early Traction with Butter’s Co-Founder, Jakob Knutzen Heuristics and Hunches founder-market-fit , pricing , pmf , competitive-markets	1	650	May 6, 2022

Welcome to Relay!

Hi there! Welcome to Relay. We are so excited to have you here! :slightly_smiling_face: Ever since Jan 23rd, 2020, when EnjoyHQ’s co-founder, Sofia Quintero, drafted and shared her earnest notes on starting up, Relay…