![]() ![]() It can create a happy hour that brings out close to 1,000 people – twice! There are plenty of tech conferences that can’t do that. Kevin Rose told me a while back that the Product Hunt happy hour idea reminded him of an earlier time of tech in San Francisco.Īnd even though it’s not one of the “unicorns” or startups now worth billions of dollars and hasn’t turned a profit, it has massive brand recognition throughout Silicon Valley. But more came out for the sense of community that Product Hunt provides in the tech industry. ![]() It’s not like people need a new book recommendation every day,” he said.įor the most part, people enjoyed this second round of drinks on Product Hunt’s dime. “Ryan is focused a lot on growth right now, but some think he should do a consumer sales model.”Īnother from August Capital wondered if there really were other verticals for the platform beyond tech and gaming. “They’ve done a good job with marketing and getting the word out, but they could be making money in a few ways,” he said. One thought the startup should be coming up with ways to monetize. But is it enough for now? We’ve heard the next vertical might be books.Ī couple of VCs I spoke with at the happy hour (but did not want to be named for this piece) had their own ideas for Product Hunt’s future. It seems like a good next step out of just tech products. There’s a good amount of support for gaming on the platform, and as Hoover has pointed out to me before there’s some natural cross-over from tech to gaming that goes on. Most of the people I asked seemed to work in tech or something other than gaming. One guy I spoke to did work in marketing for a gaming company, but he was there to hang with friends and drink, not to support Product Hunt’s gaming addition. #Product hunt logo how to#Maybe they were more interested in finding out how to get Hoover to feature their product on the site. I didn’t see a single person playing with the arcade games. I found Hoover in a corner of the room, boxed between a Terminator arcade and a crowd of startup founders eagerly asking him question after question.īut there wasn’t much gaming going on. There were plenty of people pitching the Product Hunt founding team last night. He also shrugged off the elitism suggestion and said people were allowed their opinions. Product Hunt’s Erik Torenberg explained that the team made a decision to let most of those in line come in then. Some of those in attendance told me there was a crazy line when the party started. There was a Re/code piece on the subject earlier that day. Some have accused the startup of elitism for not letting everyone post on the site. It’s rare for a tech event to get that many people to sign up, rarer still to get them to show up.īut the lack of a line this time weirdly stood out as some metaphor. That’s a testament to the influence Product Hunt yields in the tech community. Update: Hoover counted and said the total at last night’s shindig was closer to 1,200. That’s out of the more than 4,200 who signed up on the Facebook invite, but slightly less than the more than 1,000 folks who came out for the first event. Hoover estimated there were just under 1,000 people coming and going in the span of 3 hours. Someone’s elbow knocked a shorter girl in the head, and I accidentally collided with a guy, spilling a slight amount of wine onto his hand, but luckily nothing else. #Product hunt logo free#Founder Ryan Hoover had pixelated the kitten wearing Google Glass logo and placed old-school arcade games throughout the venue for the event.Ī decent amount of people navigated a crowded courtyard inside the bar, some of them dangerously swishing goblets of free alcohol as they milled about the tight space. The party was held to celebrate the launch of Product Hunt’s gaming vertical. #Product hunt logo full#This time I breezed right through the doors at 620 Jones, a full hour after the party started. The first happy hour the aggregation platform held had a line down the street and around the corner. ![]() It was the lack of a line that caught my attention at Product Hunt’s second helping of free wine and cookies happy hour last night. ![]()
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