# \#fundraising **URL:** https://gorelay.co/tag/fundraising/12.md [Latest](https://gorelay.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://gorelay.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://gorelay.co/tags.md) --- ## [I'm Patricia from Kairn, learning how to build a top Product Hunt campaign](https://gorelay.co/t/im-patricia-from-kairn-learning-how-to-build-a-top-product-hunt-campaign/699)
**Author:** [@Patricia\_Kairn](https://gorelay.co/u/Patricia_Kairn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-patricia-from-kairn-learning-how-to-build-a-top-product-hunt-campaign/699 "2024-02-10T15:44:45Z")
hi there :wave: I’m Patricia the founder of Kairn, we’re a day-to-day project mgt app to stop fire-fighting and start progressing :smirk:. We’re currently working on our Product Hunt (PH) launch and are looking for bes… --- ## [“One of Our First Engineers Had Been Working in Tech for 30 Years” and Other Notes on Deliberately Hiring Senior People Early with Recast’s Co-Founder, Michael Kaminsky](https://gorelay.co/t/one-of-our-first-engineers-had-been-working-in-tech-for-30-years-and-other-notes-on-deliberately-hiring-senior-people-early-with-recast-s-co-founder-michael-kaminsky/968)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/one-of-our-first-engineers-had-been-working-in-tech-for-30-years-and-other-notes-on-deliberately-hiring-senior-people-early-with-recast-s-co-founder-michael-kaminsky/968 "2023-12-12T06:36:33Z")
In the following exchange, Recast’s co-founder and CEO, Michael Kaminsky (@michael\_kaminsky), details why and how they’ve upended an unexamined feature of early-stage hiring, the resulting trade-offs they’ve had to emb… --- ## [Scaling an Open Source Tool While Running an Agency, Giving Back Control with On-Prem Deployments, and Bootstrapping Decisions with Flagsmith’s Founder, Ben Rometsch](https://gorelay.co/t/scaling-an-open-source-tool-while-running-an-agency-giving-back-control-with-on-prem-deployments-and-bootstrapping-decisions-with-flagsmith-s-founder-ben-rometsch/944)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/scaling-an-open-source-tool-while-running-an-agency-giving-back-control-with-on-prem-deployments-and-bootstrapping-decisions-with-flagsmith-s-founder-ben-rometsch/944 "2023-07-18T09:51:17Z")
In the following exchange, Flagsmith’s founder and CEO, Ben Rometsch (@dabeeeenster), talks about an open, unrushed, methodical way of building that has enabled them to see through some endlessly debated decisions — ag… --- ## [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](https://gorelay.co/t/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/917)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/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/917 "2023-06-05T13:27:49Z")
In the following exchange, Common Paper’s co-founder and CEO, Jake Stein (@jakestein), talks about recognizing a deviation in a long-settled, PMF-affirming qualifier — “your target customers should be able to pay for y… --- ## [Pursuing an Open Source, Bootstrapped, Long-Run Path towards Serving the Fortune 1 Million with Typesense’s Co-Founder, Jason Bosco](https://gorelay.co/t/pursuing-an-open-source-bootstrapped-long-run-path-towards-serving-the-fortune-1-million-with-typesense-s-co-founder-jason-bosco/915)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/pursuing-an-open-source-bootstrapped-long-run-path-towards-serving-the-fortune-1-million-with-typesense-s-co-founder-jason-bosco/915 "2023-06-01T05:53:26Z")
In the following exchange, Typesense’s co-founder and CEO, Jason Bosco (@jasonbosco), points at the locus (and the limitations) of the VC-backed SaaS “disruption” cycle, explains how that leaves SMBs perpetually unders… --- ## [Pivoting from a Promising Idea, Getting to Default Alive, and Building for/Selling to Developers with Onboardbase’s Founder, Dante Lex](https://gorelay.co/t/pivoting-from-a-promising-idea-getting-to-default-alive-and-building-for-selling-to-developers-with-onboardbase-s-founder-dante-lex/905)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/pivoting-from-a-promising-idea-getting-to-default-alive-and-building-for-selling-to-developers-with-onboardbase-s-founder-dante-lex/905 "2023-05-03T12:31:10Z")
In the following exchange, Onboardbase’s founder, Dante Lex (@dantelex), recounts having to pivot for a reason that often goes unmentioned: lacking the right resources that certain startup ideas demand from the outset. … --- ## [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 … --- ## [Growing Sustainably, a Realistic Take on the Current Moment in Tech, and Lessons from Grab with Momos’ Co-Founder, Andrew Liu](https://gorelay.co/t/growing-sustainably-a-realistic-take-on-the-current-moment-in-tech-and-lessons-from-grab-with-momos-co-founder-andrew-liu/854)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/growing-sustainably-a-realistic-take-on-the-current-moment-in-tech-and-lessons-from-grab-with-momos-co-founder-andrew-liu/854 "2022-12-12T15:39:19Z")
In the following exchange, Momos’ co-founder and CBO, Andrew Liu (@atliu08), brings to bear a sense of measured optimism on the current tech scenario, drawing from his time in investment banking and leading late stage … --- ## [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… --- ## [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](https://gorelay.co/t/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/806)
**Author:** [@pjbouten](https://gorelay.co/u/pjbouten)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/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/806 "2022-09-26T13:54:54Z")
In 2011 I partnered with Louis and Peter to co-found Showpad, a revenue enablement platform for commercial teams. Leading Showpad as its CEO, I grew the company from 0 to +€75M in ARR, built a team of over 500 Showpadder… --- ## [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](https://gorelay.co/t/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/827)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/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/827 "2022-09-23T06:41:24Z")
Large markets have had such a dominant hold on the SaaS founder’s imagination. The once abundant fear of competition has rightly morphed into the compounding certainty of unfailing demand. Then there’s the reassuring, … --- ## [“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… --- ## [4x founder, 3 exits — currently building Podia, an OG in the creator economy since 2014, AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/4x-founder-3-exits-currently-building-podia-an-og-in-the-creator-economy-since-2014-ama/682)
**Author:** [@spencerfry](https://gorelay.co/u/spencerfry)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/4x-founder-3-exits-currently-building-podia-an-og-in-the-creator-economy-since-2014-ama/682 "2022-01-31T12:24:23Z")
Hey everyone :wave: Excited to talk about all things startups and creator economy, and anything else. A brief bit of bio: I’ve been an entrepreneur my entire life, since my early teens. At 37 years old, I’ve never ea… --- ## [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… --- ## [Lead generation for Company Career page builder jobno.one?](https://gorelay.co/t/lead-generation-for-company-career-page-builder-jobno-one/627)
**Author:** [@milan](https://gorelay.co/u/milan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/lead-generation-for-company-career-page-builder-jobno-one/627 "2021-09-02T13:47:11Z")
I am a founder of www.jobno.one - AI powered Career page builder. We can replace any www.companyname.com/careers/ with our solution which delivers 3-5x more candidates. The career page need any company with size of 100 e… --- ## [I'm Timo Rein, co-founder and ex-CEO of Pipedrive. AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/im-timo-rein-co-founder-and-ex-ceo-of-pipedrive-ama/595)
**Author:** [@timorein](https://gorelay.co/u/timorein)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-timo-rein-co-founder-and-ex-ceo-of-pipedrive-ama/595 "2021-07-05T14:44:02Z")
Hey all, I’m Timo. I’m one of five co-founders of Pipedrive, and I was a CEO from 2010 until 2020. Pipedrive is a tool for making sales (and being very good in it :slightly\_smiling\_face:). It’s built for staying focused… --- ## [Built a $50M/yr SaaS Biz (that didn't work out so great), So I'm Building Another One. I'm Rand Fishkin of SparkToro (prev. Moz) AMA](https://gorelay.co/t/built-a-50m-yr-saas-biz-that-didnt-work-out-so-great-so-im-building-another-one-im-rand-fishkin-of-sparktoro-prev-moz-ama/494)
**Author:** [@Rand](https://gorelay.co/u/Rand)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/built-a-50m-yr-saas-biz-that-didnt-work-out-so-great-so-im-building-another-one-im-rand-fishkin-of-sparktoro-prev-moz-ama/494 "2020-11-09T15:26:26Z")
In 2001, I dropped out of college to build websites with my mom at a tiny consultancy in Seattle. We went deep into debt, created a popular blog in the SEO world (SEOmoz, which became Moz), dug ourselves out, and then ac… --- ## [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… --- ## [I'm Brendan Schwartz, Co-Founder and CTO of Wistia. AMA 💞](https://gorelay.co/t/im-brendan-schwartz-co-founder-and-cto-of-wistia-ama/331)
**Author:** [@brendan](https://gorelay.co/u/brendan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-brendan-schwartz-co-founder-and-cto-of-wistia-ama/331 "2020-04-20T08:44:42Z")
:wave: I’m Brendan from Wistia! We’re a video platform for businesses that helps them grow and build their brands. We’ve been around 13 years, our team is around 115 people, and we believe in sustainable growth and oper… --- ## [I'm David Hart, Co-Founder and COO of ScreenCloud and other tech businesses, AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/im-david-hart-co-founder-and-coo-of-screencloud-and-other-tech-businesses-ama/225)
**Author:** [@davidhart](https://gorelay.co/u/davidhart)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-david-hart-co-founder-and-coo-of-screencloud-and-other-tech-businesses-ama/225 "2020-03-18T09:59:06Z")
We founded ScreenCloud https://screen.cloud/ in 2015. ScreenCloud is a SaaS platform that helps organizations align their workplaces and communicate important information using screens. We have over 9,000 customers and a… --- ## [I'm Sofia Quintero. Founder and CEO at EnjoyHQ. Previously, Head of Growth at Geckoboard. Customer Research is my thing... AMA!](https://gorelay.co/t/im-sofia-quintero-founder-and-ceo-at-enjoyhq-previously-head-of-growth-at-geckoboard-customer-research-is-my-thing-ama/86)
**Author:** [@Sofia](https://gorelay.co/u/Sofia)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/im-sofia-quintero-founder-and-ceo-at-enjoyhq-previously-head-of-growth-at-geckoboard-customer-research-is-my-thing-ama/86 "2020-01-28T08:01:54Z")
I’m Sofia Quintero, founder at EnjoyHQ, a Research Ops platform that helps UX and product teams centralize customer feedback and user research data, analyze it, and share insights with the business. I’ve spent the last …