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#244 – Building Gradually to Grow Suddenly with Shahed Khan of Hyper

2022/2/9
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Shahed Khan: 我从16岁开始创业，经历了ViaTask的失败，之后与合伙人创立了Loom，并最终取得成功。Loom的成功并非因为市场时机，而是因为我们不断迭代产品，最终找到了产品与市场的契合点。现在，我与Josh Buckley共同运营Prologue，旗下拥有Hyper加速器和Product Hunt。Hyper专注于为早期创业公司提供资金、导师网络、社群和分销支持，帮助他们快速成长。我们选择投资那些即使没有我们的帮助也能成功的创始人，并通过提供资源和支持来加速他们的成功。我们通过Product Hunt等渠道寻找创始人，并注重建立良好的品牌形象，吸引更多创始人加入Hyper社区。 Courtlandt: 访谈围绕Shahed Khan的创业经历展开，从他16岁创办ViaTask，到创立Loom并获得成功，再到如今运营Prologue和Hyper加速器。访谈中探讨了Loom的成功因素、Hyper加速器的运作模式、以及Shahed Khan对创业和投资的看法。Shahed Khan分享了他对创业的经验和教训，包括如何找到合适的合伙人、如何应对产品迭代和市场变化、以及如何选择值得投资的项目。他强调了快速迭代、专注核心问题、以及利用第一性原理思考的重要性。

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Shahed Khan discusses Hyper, an early-stage accelerator, and how it differentiates itself from Y Combinator by offering hands-on support and distribution through Product Hunt.
  • Hyper is an early-stage accelerator offering $300k for 5% equity.
  • It provides a four-week, hands-on program that is completely remote.
  • Hyper leverages the Product Hunt network for distribution.

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Today I'm talking to Shahed Khan, the co-founder of Loom and investor at Hyper. In this episode we talk about his first business failure at 16 and the many iterations Loom went through before catching on fire.