![]() ![]() ![]() Say hello to Hyper, a new kind of early-stage venture firm inspired by the awesome community of makers and early adopters at Product Hunt. I’m incredibly excited to finally be able to share some of that vision with you today. Meta games people in the industry are playing or sWhen Ryan Hoover introduced me as Product Hunt’s new CEO a few months ago, he teased a big vision for the future. Weirdness around Stripe and Plaid when he first encountered them Which person has rewired his brain in his lifetime the most New frontiers and platform shifts like crypto that may unlock new doors for companies Potential barriers for crypto becoming widely adopted in a variety of ways Emerging systems and ecosystem edges in the digital landscape Product Hunt as a standalone business and part of a self-reinforcing ecosystem Why don’t more investing firms have a flywheel? Working core actions versus giving credit ones that aren’t yet working but may drive desirable outcomes What a flywheel looks like and investing in one such as Next Health Key elements of system elements and design when evaluating a business ![]() Example of small a market with a high growth rate His overall investment philosophy and strategy A future shift towards usage-based pricing models The most portable idea from fifteen years in gaming that can be applied to business Monetizing free to play games through in-game purchases Building a meta game on top of the game itself to maximize engagement Key elements for creating a great gaming experience What is happening today in gaming that may be a glimpse into the future Notable two year lag between gaming innovation and other consumer sectors The video game industry being ahead of the curve in performance marketing, distribution, and operations His parent's reaction to selling his first company at fifteen His start as an entrepreneur in online game Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit /episodes. Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, Inc. Investors share their expert calls, allowing others to instantly access more than 10,000 calls on Affirm, Teladoc, Roblox, or almost any company of interest. With Tegus, you can learn everything you’d want to know about a company in an on-demand digital platform. Tegus has built the most extensive primary information platform available for investors. Learn more and try Canalyst for yourself at /patrick. If you've been scrambling to keep up with the deluge of IPOs and SPACs these days, Canalyst has models on Coinbase, Roblox, Qualtrics, and everything in between. Canalyst is the leading destination for public company data and analysis. This episode is brought to you by Canalyst. Please enjoy my conversation with Josh Buckley.įor the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. Josh’s long experience operating his video game business, Mino Games, gives him such an interesting perspective as an investor, and I really enjoyed exploring that with him. In our conversation, we cover how video game companies are at the forefront of new business models, what current companies can learn from video game companies, Josh’s investing philosophy, and the three things he looks for when trying to identify the next legendary startup. Josh is the new CEO of Product Hunt and an investor in many breakout companies like Rippling, Lattice, Boom Supersonic, and Relativity Space. ![]()
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