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	3701	December 6, 2019
Why It’s OK if Your ICP Can’t Pay Yet, Investor Pitch vs Customer Pitch, and Doing YC after 2 Major Exits with Common Paper’s Co-Founder, Jake Stein Heuristics and Hunches serial-founder , pricing , pitches , yc , fundraising	2	124	June 1, 2023
Pursuing an Open Source, Bootstrapped, Long-Run Path towards Serving the Fortune 1 Million with Typesense’s Co-Founder, Jason Bosco Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , smbs , pricing , open-source , bootstrapping	6	185	June 1, 2023
Why “Charge More” is Way-Easier-Said-Than-Done Advice, and Other Data-Driven Pricing Lessons with Uizard’s Co-Founder, Tony Beltramelli Heuristics and Hunches segmentation , operating-principles , pmf , pricing	2	160	May 22, 2023
I'm A Smart Bear (Jason Cohen), founder of 2 unicorns, both bootstrapped & funded; bought, sold, and invested in startups. AMA! AMAs	1	124	May 8, 2023
Starting with the Price, Making (Hard-Fought) Peace with Platform Risk, and Giving Up Adderall Superpowers with Rodeo’s Co-Founder, Ben Fisher Heuristics and Hunches pricing , crowded-markets , founders-self , platform-risk	8	439	May 4, 2023
Pivoting from a Promising Idea, Getting to Default Alive, and Building for/Selling to Developers with Onboardbase’s Founder, Dante Lex Heuristics and Hunches default-alive , fundraising , dev-tools , operating-principles , pivots	4	269	May 3, 2023
Why “Move Fast and Break Things” is Outdated Advice, Prioritizing Quality and Speed, and Crossing 15K Users with Jam’s Co-Founder, Dani Grant Heuristics and Hunches pmf , product , operating-principles	2	326	April 28, 2023
“The AI Hype Can Accelerate Your Growth, Not Create It” and Other Notes on Making a Defensible, AI-First, B2B Bet with Question Base’s Co-Founder, Yana Vlatchkova Heuristics and Hunches founders-self , ai , mvp , competitive-markets	2	326	April 21, 2023
“It Takes a Lot of Listening Up-Front” and Other Must-Dos of Placing Community at the Core of Building and Selling with Harlow’s Co-Founder, Samantha Anderl Heuristics and Hunches community , customer-feedback , operating-principles , product	2	336	April 11, 2023
“Design Partners are Just Early Customers” and Other Notes on Structuring Early-Stage Research with Spellbound’s Founder, Akshaya Dinesh Heuristics and Hunches design-partners , customer-research , pmf , segments	2	221	March 29, 2023
“In B2B, Don’t Just Know Your TAM, Ask How Many Users Will Likely Become Experts” and Other Essential Reminders with Dragonboat’s Founder, Becky Flint Heuristics and Hunches product , operating-principles , pmf	1	382	March 7, 2023
When to Switch on the Customer-Led Mode, Pivoting (4 Times) towards PMF, and Other Discerning Realizations with Summit’s Founder, Matt Wensing Heuristics and Hunches integrations , pivots , pmf , founders-self , gtm	4	653	March 2, 2023
PostHog, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap - what Data Driven Product Development actually looks like What Am I Missing product , operating-principles	3	234	February 14, 2023
"No One is Coming to Save Us," The "Need to Reestablish PMF," and Other Earnest Founder Commits for 2023 Heuristics and Hunches pmf , constraints , operating-principles , founders-self	1	825	February 13, 2023
SaaS Founders at Work '22 Edition: 42 Inspiring Heuristics and Hunches from 194 Years of Building Heuristics and Hunches pmf , operating-principles , founders-self , fundraising , bootstrapping	1	887	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 , founders-self , operating-principles , pmf	2	504	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	626	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 capital-efficiency , underserved-markets , fundraising	1	531	December 12, 2022
Designing Thoughtful Workweeks, Decisions, and Feedback at an Async-First Workplace with Panther’s Co-Founder, Matt Redler Heuristics and Hunches async , founders-self , culture , working-remotely , operating-principles	2	646	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 , product , mvp , capital-efficiency , ai	2	559	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 founders-self , fundraising , hiring , pmf	2	1119	November 12, 2022
Evolving the Many-Sided Levers of Positioning and Expansion with Slite’s Co-Founder, Christophe Pasquier Heuristics and Hunches positioning , competitive-markets , product , product-led-growth	2	522	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 async , crowded-markets , working-remotely , operating-principles , product	2	440	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-success , customer-research , operators-series	1	529	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	1161	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 hiring , product , gtm , fundraising	1	399	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 product , mvp , customer-research	2	1030	September 11, 2022
Int’l sales tax compliance -- What service to use?	0	230	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	807	August 28, 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…