Relay by Chargebee

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Why “Move Fast and Break Things” is Outdated Advice, Prioritizing Quality and Speed, and Crossing 15K Users with Jam’s Co-Founder, Dani Grant Heuristics and Hunches pmf , product , operating-principles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	746	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 competitive-markets , ai , mvp , founders-self	2	797	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 , product , operating-principles	2	798	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 segments , customer-research , pmf , design-partners	2	724	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 , pmf , operating-principles	1	819	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 pivots , gtm , pmf , founders-self , integrations	4	1133	March 2, 2023
PostHog, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap - what Data Driven Product Development actually looks like What Am I Missing product , operating-principles	3	695	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 founders-self , pmf , operating-principles , constraints	1	1296	February 13, 2023
SaaS Founders at Work '22 Edition: 42 Inspiring Heuristics and Hunches from 194 Years of Building Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , bootstrapping , operating-principles , founders-self , pmf	1	1482	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 fundraising , bootstrapping , operating-principles , founders-self , pmf	2	894	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	915	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 , fundraising , underserved-markets	1	919	December 12, 2022
Designing Thoughtful Workweeks, Decisions, and Feedback at an Async-First Workplace with Panther’s Co-Founder, Matt Redler Heuristics and Hunches operating-principles , culture , async , founders-self , working-remotely	2	1124	December 1, 2022
The Mechanics of Commercializing and Scaling an AI-First, B2B Startup with Thematic’s Co-Founder, Alyona Medelyan Heuristics and Hunches ai , mvp , product , pmf , capital-efficiency	2	991	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 hiring , founders-self , fundraising , pmf , founder-led-sales	2	2026	November 12, 2022
Evolving the Many-Sided Levers of Positioning and Expansion with Slite’s Co-Founder, Christophe Pasquier Heuristics and Hunches product-led-growth , positioning , product , competitive-markets	2	941	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 , product , operating-principles , async , working-remotely	2	785	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	1046	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 hiring , culture , fundraising	24	1755	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 product , hiring , gtm , fundraising	1	848	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	1465	September 11, 2022
Int’l sales tax compliance -- What service to use?	0	450	August 31, 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 freemium , growth , experimentation , operating-principles	2	905	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	812	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 , product-led-growth , founders-self , culture	2	1536	July 26, 2022
Early stage startups and mental health Heuristics and Hunches founders-self	5	1071	July 12, 2022
Technical part of downgrading SaaS - Need Help! What Am I Missing bootstrapping	3	888	July 10, 2022
(Calmly) Competing Against HubSpot and Mailchimp as a One-Person Team with Bento’s Founder, Jesse Hanley Heuristics and Hunches product , operating-principles , bootstrapping , founders-self	4	1582	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 product , operating-principles , customer-centricity	4	1722	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 operating-principles , founders-self , culture	2	1782	June 7, 2022