# \#founders-self **URL:** https://gorelay.co/tag/founders-self/52.md [Latest](https://gorelay.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://gorelay.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://gorelay.co/tags.md) --- ## [The Power of Intuitive Tech, “Juicing It” as a Usage (and Joy) Driver, and Other Notes on Shaping a Disciplined-Yet-Freeing Product Path with Arcade’s Co-Founder, Caroline Clark](https://gorelay.co/t/the-power-of-intuitive-tech-juicing-it-as-a-usage-and-joy-driver-and-other-notes-on-shaping-a-disciplined-yet-freeing-product-path-with-arcade-s-co-founder-caroline-clark/977)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/the-power-of-intuitive-tech-juicing-it-as-a-usage-and-joy-driver-and-other-notes-on-shaping-a-disciplined-yet-freeing-product-path-with-arcade-s-co-founder-caroline-clark/977 "2024-04-18T19:15:26Z")
In the following exchange, Arcade’s co-founder and CEO, Caroline Clark, traces the personal roots of her long-standing belief in what (user-first) technology can enable and outlines how the tenets of gamification help … --- ## [Solving B2B Distribution with Viral, Persona-Focused Work Humor, Navigating Growth Plateaus, and Other Notes on Making Singular Bets with tl;dv’s Co-Founder, Raphael Allstadt](https://gorelay.co/t/solving-b2b-distribution-with-viral-persona-focused-work-humor-navigating-growth-plateaus-and-other-notes-on-making-singular-bets-with-tl-dv-s-co-founder-raphael-allstadt/976)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/solving-b2b-distribution-with-viral-persona-focused-work-humor-navigating-growth-plateaus-and-other-notes-on-making-singular-bets-with-tl-dv-s-co-founder-raphael-allstadt/976 "2024-04-02T14:15:35Z")
In the following exchange, tl;dv’s co-founder and CEO, Raphael Allstadt (@raphaelallstadt), tells us all about how they’ve cracked open an inspired, new B2B medium: relatable work humour that thoughtfully captures the … --- ## [Bootstrapping after 8 Years on the VC-Backed Path, Getting to Multi-Million ARR with a Team of 3, and Notes on PLG with Userflow’s Co-Founder, Esben Friis-Jensen](https://gorelay.co/t/bootstrapping-after-8-years-on-the-vc-backed-path-getting-to-multi-million-arr-with-a-team-of-3-and-notes-on-plg-with-userflow-s-co-founder-esben-friis-jensen/966)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/bootstrapping-after-8-years-on-the-vc-backed-path-getting-to-multi-million-arr-with-a-team-of-3-and-notes-on-plg-with-userflow-s-co-founder-esben-friis-jensen/966 "2023-11-22T15:12:44Z")
In the following exchange, Userflow’s co-founder and CEO, Esben Friis-Jensen (@esben-userflow), stresses how scaling a company with institutional capital can often unerringly distance founders from what they cherish mo… --- ## [The Trouble with Building too Close to User Love, Why PLG Requires Balancing 4 Different Roadmaps, and Other Earnest Notes from Winding Down a Startup with Kairn’s Co-Founder, Patricia Bernasconi](https://gorelay.co/t/the-trouble-with-building-too-close-to-user-love-why-plg-requires-balancing-4-different-roadmaps-and-other-earnest-notes-from-winding-down-a-startup-with-kairn-s-co-founder-patricia-bernasconi/959)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/the-trouble-with-building-too-close-to-user-love-why-plg-requires-balancing-4-different-roadmaps-and-other-earnest-notes-from-winding-down-a-startup-with-kairn-s-co-founder-patricia-bernasconi/959 "2023-10-03T09:42:54Z")
In the following exchange, Kairn’s co-founder, Patricia Bernasconi (@Patricia\_Kairn), counters the often implied inevitability of product-market fit in the notion that all one ever needs to do is to build something peo… --- ## [How Early Adopters Don’t Have to be Ideal Customers, Founder-Done Customer Support as a Growth Strategy, and Other Notes on Building with Reasonable Ambition with Missive’s Co-Founder, Philippe-Antoine Lehoux](https://gorelay.co/t/how-early-adopters-don-t-have-to-be-ideal-customers-founder-done-customer-support-as-a-growth-strategy-and-other-notes-on-building-with-reasonable-ambition-with-missive-s-co-founder-philippe-antoine-lehoux/957)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/how-early-adopters-don-t-have-to-be-ideal-customers-founder-done-customer-support-as-a-growth-strategy-and-other-notes-on-building-with-reasonable-ambition-with-missive-s-co-founder-philippe-antoine-lehoux/957 "2023-09-28T12:29:23Z")
In the following exchange, Missive’s co-founder and CEO, Philippe-Antoine Lehoux (@plehoux), argues for a timely, earthbound sense of building. One that’s rooted in valuing the day-to-day, incremental work of crafting … --- ## [“I Think I’m a Historian” — Pivots vs Hops, HubSpot’s Singular Self-Awareness, Why Bundling Gets Rebranded Every 3 Years, and Other Discerning Lessons with Nira’s Co-Founder, Hiten Shah](https://gorelay.co/t/i-think-i-m-a-historian-pivots-vs-hops-hubspot-s-singular-self-awareness-why-bundling-gets-rebranded-every-3-years-and-other-discerning-lessons-with-nira-s-co-founder-hiten-shah/946)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/i-think-i-m-a-historian-pivots-vs-hops-hubspot-s-singular-self-awareness-why-bundling-gets-rebranded-every-3-years-and-other-discerning-lessons-with-nira-s-co-founder-hiten-shah/946 "2023-08-23T11:51:56Z")
In the following exchange, Nira’s co-founder and CEO, Hiten Shah (@Hiten), illustrates anew: how years of scrupulously scrutinizing other businesses from the outside and compulsively studying his own, have granted him … --- ## [How the Founder Persona Likely isn’t Your ICP, Why Biz Fundamentals Trump All Silicon Valley “Must-Haves”, and Other Recognitions with Basis’ Founder, Bebe Kim](https://gorelay.co/t/how-the-founder-persona-likely-isn-t-your-icp-why-biz-fundamentals-trump-all-silicon-valley-must-haves-and-other-recognitions-with-basis-founder-bebe-kim/925)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/how-the-founder-persona-likely-isn-t-your-icp-why-biz-fundamentals-trump-all-silicon-valley-must-haves-and-other-recognitions-with-basis-founder-bebe-kim/925 "2023-06-19T18:43:29Z")
In the following exchange, Basis’ founder and CEO, Bebe Kim (@babinator), deconstructs — “easily one of the biggest lessons we learned” — the increasingly predetermined focus on selling to fellow early-stage B2B founde… --- ## [Starting with the Price, Making (Hard-Fought) Peace with Platform Risk, and Giving Up Adderall Superpowers with Rodeo’s Co-Founder, Ben Fisher](https://gorelay.co/t/starting-with-the-price-making-hard-fought-peace-with-platform-risk-and-giving-up-adderall-superpowers-with-rodeo-s-co-founder-ben-fisher/879)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/starting-with-the-price-making-hard-fought-peace-with-platform-risk-and-giving-up-adderall-superpowers-with-rodeo-s-co-founder-ben-fisher/879 "2023-05-04T15:12:43Z")
“Difficulties surfaced only because we happened to fly too close to the sun,” acknowledges Rodeo’s co-founder and technical CEO, Ben Fisher (@skinnyandbald), as he weighs up a close encounter with the perils of platfor… --- ## [“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](https://gorelay.co/t/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/903)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/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/903 "2023-04-21T15:00:28Z")
In the following exchange, Question Base’s co-founder and COO, Yana Vlatchkova (@Yana), writes about how a meticulous inquiry into customer problems preceded their AI MVP, what the recent, widespread AI push has meant,… --- ## [When to Switch on the Customer-Led Mode, Pivoting (4 Times) towards PMF, and Other Discerning Realizations with Summit’s Founder, Matt Wensing](https://gorelay.co/t/when-to-switch-on-the-customer-led-mode-pivoting-4-times-towards-pmf-and-other-discerning-realizations-with-summit-s-founder-matt-wensing/886)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/when-to-switch-on-the-customer-led-mode-pivoting-4-times-towards-pmf-and-other-discerning-realizations-with-summit-s-founder-matt-wensing/886 "2023-03-02T16:22:48Z")
“I had no idea who the buyer, other than me, would be,” recalls Summit’s founder, Matt Wensing (@mattwensing), as he illustrates how for certain products, being customer-led, can be decidedly detrimental at first. In … --- ## ["No One is Coming to Save Us," The "Need to Reestablish PMF," and Other Earnest Founder Commits for 2023](https://gorelay.co/t/no-one-is-coming-to-save-us-the-need-to-reestablish-pmf-and-other-earnest-founder-commits-for-2023/877)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/no-one-is-coming-to-save-us-the-need-to-reestablish-pmf-and-other-earnest-founder-commits-for-2023/877 "2023-02-13T07:59:55Z")
Predictions are reaching an intolerable pitch. The hurtling uncertainty of the times calls for just that. And we need some grasp of future SaaS distortions. But as is true for seeking out the past, there’s only so much… --- ## [SaaS Founders at Work '22 Edition: 42 Inspiring Heuristics and Hunches from 194 Years of Building](https://gorelay.co/t/saas-founders-at-work-22-edition-42-inspiring-heuristics-and-hunches-from-194-years-of-building/867)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/saas-founders-at-work-22-edition-42-inspiring-heuristics-and-hunches-from-194-years-of-building/867 "2023-01-22T16:22:47Z")
Lately, there’s been a reasonable, industry-wide tendency to wind back the clock to previous downturns, in hopes of mining parallel lessons for today’s challenges. And while one has to make their way through the clamo… --- ## [Finding (and Navigating) the Middle Ground Between a Hypergrowth Startup and a Lifestyle Business with Sudowrite’s Co-Founder, Amit Gupta](https://gorelay.co/t/finding-and-navigating-the-middle-ground-between-a-hypergrowth-startup-and-a-lifestyle-business-with-sudowrite-s-co-founder-amit-gupta/864)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/finding-and-navigating-the-middle-ground-between-a-hypergrowth-startup-and-a-lifestyle-business-with-sudowrite-s-co-founder-amit-gupta/864 "2023-01-12T14:35:28Z")
In the following exchange, Sudowrite’s co-founder, Amit Gupta (@amit), moves admiringly across a divisive binary of starting up, revisits some promises and struggles, and documents the inner wisdom (and the still open … --- ## [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](https://gorelay.co/t/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/762)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/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/762 "2022-06-09T15:22:28Z")
A SaaS winter, as they say, is looming. The hauling of sleds, loaded with grim predictions, has begun. The air of growth has turned piercingly sharp. The geese of sudden reversals are flocking. Yet as the greyest hour… --- ## [Designing Thoughtful Workweeks, Decisions, and Feedback at an Async-First Workplace with Panther’s Co-Founder, Matt Redler](https://gorelay.co/t/designing-thoughtful-workweeks-decisions-and-feedback-at-an-async-first-workplace-with-panther-s-co-founder-matt-redler/851)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/designing-thoughtful-workweeks-decisions-and-feedback-at-an-async-first-workplace-with-panther-s-co-founder-matt-redler/851 "2022-12-01T14:34:35Z")
In the following exchange, Panther’s co-founder and CEO, Matt Redler (@mattredler), offers us a window into how they’ve realized — with continuous, deliberate effort — the great many, zen-like possibilities of operatin… --- ## [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](https://gorelay.co/t/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/839)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/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/839 "2022-11-12T15:04:10Z")
A stop-start air pervades any startup’s pre-PMF journey. As founders remould ideas, markets, MVPs, and — what often goes unmentioned — themselves. In the following exchange, Merge’s co-founder and CEO, Shensi Ding, re… --- ## [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](https://gorelay.co/t/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/798)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/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/798 "2022-07-26T13:49:05Z")
“Honestly, we’ve been eating glass as a group for a long, long time now,” admits Lately AI’s co-founder and CEO, Kate Bradley Chernis (@Kately). In that and other keenly affecting sentences she makes plain that amid do… --- ## [Early stage startups and mental health](https://gorelay.co/t/early-stage-startups-and-mental-health/782)
**Author:** [@amogh](https://gorelay.co/u/amogh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/early-stage-startups-and-mental-health/782 "2022-07-12T05:01:38Z")
Startup life is a mental struggle. I can go from a Monday high of “things are going great” to a Friday low of “things are on fire”, even if objectively, not much changes. I can’t imagine I’m the only one who feels this,… --- ## [(Calmly) Competing Against HubSpot and Mailchimp as a One-Person Team with Bento’s Founder, Jesse Hanley](https://gorelay.co/t/calmly-competing-against-hubspot-and-mailchimp-as-a-one-person-team-with-bento-s-founder-jesse-hanley/767)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/calmly-competing-against-hubspot-and-mailchimp-as-a-one-person-team-with-bento-s-founder-jesse-hanley/767 "2022-06-27T11:06:54Z")
At first you might call Bento’s existence an ingenious sleight of hand. A fascinating trick pulled straight from the pages of some dusty, long-lost SaaS playbook. Sheer wizardry. You’d be wrong. A few moments in, rea… --- ## [Adopting the Collaborative Operating System, Confronting a Common Leadership Error, and Fixing the “Untrained Muscle” of Alignment with Plum’s Co-Founder, Caitlin MacGregor](https://gorelay.co/t/adopting-the-collaborative-operating-system-confronting-a-common-leadership-error-and-fixing-the-untrained-muscle-of-alignment-with-plum-s-co-founder-caitlin-macgregor/760)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/adopting-the-collaborative-operating-system-confronting-a-common-leadership-error-and-fixing-the-untrained-muscle-of-alignment-with-plum-s-co-founder-caitlin-macgregor/760 "2022-06-07T04:47:49Z")
“Alignment,” at least in the cursory, dated-business-book sense of the word, has certainly overstayed its welcome. In the following exchange, Plum’s co-founder and CEO, Caitlin MacGregor (@caitlinmacgregor), records an… --- ## [Reexamining the Revered Superhuman Onboarding, and Other Product-First Lessons in Scaling SaaS with Sunsama’s Founder, Ashutosh Priyadarshy](https://gorelay.co/t/reexamining-the-revered-superhuman-onboarding-and-other-product-first-lessons-in-scaling-saas-with-sunsama-s-founder-ashutosh-priyadarshy/728)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/reexamining-the-revered-superhuman-onboarding-and-other-product-first-lessons-in-scaling-saas-with-sunsama-s-founder-ashutosh-priyadarshy/728 "2022-04-25T17:57:09Z")
From the moment it was first documented, Superhuman’s concierge onboarding practice has received unreserved admiration. The many vetted promises — the 1:1 access to a firehose of contextual customer feedback, the read… --- ## [I'm Aye Moah, CEO and Co-founder of Boomerang. AMA about building a profitable, bootstrapped category-creating company](https://gorelay.co/t/im-aye-moah-ceo-and-co-founder-of-boomerang-ama-about-building-a-profitable-bootstrapped-category-creating-company/710)
**Author:** [@ayemoah](https://gorelay.co/u/ayemoah)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-aye-moah-ceo-and-co-founder-of-boomerang-ama-about-building-a-profitable-bootstrapped-category-creating-company/710 "2022-04-13T13:27:54Z")
Hi folks, I’m Aye Moah, CEO and Co-founder of Boomerang. We created the email productivity extension as a SaaS product category back in 2010. We invented the concept of snoozing a message and made it so dead simple to … --- ## [“Think of Bootstrapping as a Tool, Not as a Way of Life” and Other Perceptive Observations On Transitioning to the VC Path with MagicBell’s Co-Founder, Hana Mohan](https://gorelay.co/t/think-of-bootstrapping-as-a-tool-not-as-a-way-of-life-and-other-perceptive-observations-on-transitioning-to-the-vc-path-with-magicbell-s-co-founder-hana-mohan/715)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/think-of-bootstrapping-as-a-tool-not-as-a-way-of-life-and-other-perceptive-observations-on-transitioning-to-the-vc-path-with-magicbell-s-co-founder-hana-mohan/715 "2022-04-07T06:26:17Z")
If there’s a whiff of dogma in suggesting that writers ought to place their creations only in certain genres or mediums unless they concoct fictive alter egos, there’s something categorically cultish about the belief t… --- ## [How actively are you monitoring your LTV:CAC ratio?](https://gorelay.co/t/how-actively-are-you-monitoring-your-ltv-cac-ratio/713)
**Author:** [@joranhofman](https://gorelay.co/u/joranhofman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/how-actively-are-you-monitoring-your-ltv-cac-ratio/713 "2022-03-24T12:57:47Z")
Curious to hear how important LTV:CAC ratio is to all of you, also let me know in which stage you are in. --- ## [I’m Rich Waldron, Founder and CEO of Tray.io. AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/i-m-rich-waldron-founder-and-ceo-of-tray-io-ama/687)
**Author:** [@richwaldron](https://gorelay.co/u/richwaldron)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/i-m-rich-waldron-founder-and-ceo-of-tray-io-ama/687 "2022-03-02T12:27:35Z")
In 2012, after years of experimenting with product ideas, I took the plunge and started a company with my two friends, Alistair Russell and Dominic Lewis, in the UK. Our goal was to build a technology that people loved;… --- ## [I'm Aleem Mawani, Founder and CEO of Streak. AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/im-aleem-mawani-founder-and-ceo-of-streak-ama/644)
**Author:** [@aleem](https://gorelay.co/u/aleem)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-aleem-mawani-founder-and-ceo-of-streak-ama/644 "2021-10-26T06:49:10Z")
2021-10-14T16:30:00Z (UTC) → 2021-10-14T18:00:00Z (UTC) Hi everyone! I’m Aleem Mawani, CEO of Streak . I previously worked at Google and then founded Streak in 2012. Early on we raised a small seed round but have been … --- ## [I'm Hubert Palan, Co-founder and CEO of Productboard. AMA! 👋](https://gorelay.co/t/im-hubert-palan-co-founder-and-ceo-of-productboard-ama/621)
**Author:** [@hubert](https://gorelay.co/u/hubert)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-hubert-palan-co-founder-and-ceo-of-productboard-ama/621 "2021-09-16T17:26:48Z")
I’m Hubert Palan, Founder and CEO of Productboard. AMA! Hi everyone! I’m Hubert Palan, Founder and CEO of Productboard, a customer-centric product management platform that helps teams get the right products to market f… --- ## [I'm Michael Pryor, Co-founder of Trello. AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/im-michael-pryor-co-founder-of-trello-ama/615)
**Author:** [@michaelpryor](https://gorelay.co/u/michaelpryor)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-michael-pryor-co-founder-of-trello-ama/615 "2021-09-06T12:31:52Z")
Hi everyone! I’m Michael Pryor, co-founder (along with Joel Spolsky) of Trello! I previously was the President of Fog Creek Software, a bootstrapped software company in NYC started in 2000. We made a bunch of successfu… --- ## [I'm David Okuniev co-founder and creator of Typeform & VideoAsk](https://gorelay.co/t/im-david-okuniev-co-founder-and-creator-of-typeform-videoask/528)
**Author:** [@dokuniev](https://gorelay.co/u/dokuniev)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-david-okuniev-co-founder-and-creator-of-typeform-videoask/528 "2021-02-09T07:09:12Z")
I’ve been building products for over 20 years as a product designer/entrepreneur and now bootstrapped coder. In 2010 I founded Typeform with Robert Muñoz in Barcelona on the back of running a small web/app design busine… --- ## [I’m Paul Joyce, Founder and CEO of Geckoboard. AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/i-m-paul-joyce-founder-and-ceo-of-geckoboard-ama/486)
**Author:** [@paul](https://gorelay.co/u/paul)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/i-m-paul-joyce-founder-and-ceo-of-geckoboard-ama/486 "2020-10-09T09:42:40Z")
Hi folks :wave: I’m Paul and I founded Geckoboard 10 years ago. It’s used by ,000’s of companies to share metrics and KPIs with the minimum of friction. Before that, I designed and built data warehouses for investment b… [Next page](https://gorelay.co/tag/founders-self/52.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=founders-self)