Devin Hunt's guest appearances

Devin Hunt

This Much I Know - The Seedcamp Podcast

PEP Talk

Not My First Guess

Alex Stephany

Jeff Lynn

Sach Kukadia

Calum Chace

Andy McLoughlin

Scott Harrison

Patrick Campbell

Sean Ellis

Sonny Vu

Phil Libin

David Yeung

Ryan Holmes

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Nick Wheeler

James Grant

OwlTail

Episode #1: Meet Devin HuntDevin is a serial founder, investor and startup mentor. His first startup was accepted onto Y Combinator, on a cohort with Dropbox, Songkick and Disqus, but ultimately failed. His second startup Lyst is still going strong, raising a pre-IPO round of funding at a reported $700m valuation in 2021. But Devin, having burned out and left the company, also went on to found two more startups. The first, Foundercentric, taught founders "how to suck less" by getting fast and continuous feedback from real customers, and his latest venture, Useful books, helps Non-Fiction writers get real feedback from their readers and community as they write.He's also an investor at Seedcamp, a fund which has invested in 7 European unicorns: Hopin, Wise, Revolut, Sorare, wefox, Pleo and UiPath.In this episode he shares: What Paul Graham, founder of Yahoo, taught him on Y CombinatorWhy his first idea died, and how he could have killed it a lot fasterHow they tested the core assumptions in LystHis experience of burnout, and how he avoids it todayHow to speak to customers to avoid bad dataThe most common advice he gives startups he invests inAnd when to hold your nose... Links: https://www.usefulbooks.com/https://www.lyst.co.uk/https://seedcamp.com/

Episode #1: Meet Devin Hunt Devin is a serial founder, investor and startup mentor.  His first startup was accepted onto Y Combinator, on a cohort with Dropbox, Songkick and Disqus, but ultimately failed. His second startup Lyst is still going strong, raising a pre-IPO round of funding at a reported $700m valuation in 2021.  But Devin, having burned out and left the company, also went on to found two more startups. The first, Foundercentric, taught founders "how to suck less" by getting fast and continuous feedback from real customers, and his latest venture, Useful books, helps Non-Fiction writers get real feedback from their readers and community as they write. He's also an investor at Seedcamp, a fund which has invested in 7 European unicorns: Hopin, Wise, Revolut, Sorare, wefox, Pleo and UiPath. In this episode he shares: <ul><li>What Paul Graham, founder of Yahoo, taught him on Y Combinator</li><li>Why his first idea died, and how he could have killed it a lot faster</li><li>How they tested the core assumptions in Lyst</li><li>His experience of burnout, and how he avoids it today</li><li>How to speak to customers to avoid bad data</li><li>The most common advice he gives startups he invests in</li><li>And when to hold your nose... </li></ul>Links: <ul><li><a href="https://www.usefulbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.usefulbooks.com/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.lyst.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lyst.co.uk/</a></li><li><a href="https://seedcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://seedcamp.com/</a></li></ul>

Lessons from Y Combinator, Burnout, Investing and Book Writing, with Devin Hunt

In episode 17 of Pep Talk, Simon talks to Davin Hunt. Devin is a multi-disciplinary designer, engineer, and educator. His work focuses on the intersection of product design and entrepreneurship, often applied while building a startup. His latest venture, Useful Books, is an independent publishing platform focused on making better non-fiction. Devin is also a Venture Partner at Seedcamp, where he focuses on tech and product-centric startups. Previously, he co-founded a few companies: Founder Centric (exited), Lyst (going strong), and Fuzzwich (a spectacular failure). Devin is also the co-author of The Workshop Survival Guide, a practical guide to workshop design.

PEP TALK 17 | Devin Hunt, Venture Partner at Seedcamp

Johnny Boufarhat

As the future sets to become fully digital in the next few months, what are the fundamentals required to enable the offline event market to successfully move online?Joining Carlos to discuss the topic this week is Johnny Boufarhat, founder of our portfolio company Hopin, the first all-in-one live online events platform who recently announced their $6m seed round, led by Accel, and Devin Hunt, our Venture Partner on all things product and design, who recently published ‘The Workshop Survival Guide’ on how to effectively create educational experiences. Together they explore how major events can be transformed from offline to online, without compromising on connection or experience, and how to manifest the learning of ‘The Workshop Survival Guide’ on online platforms, to offer better interactivity and engagement.Tune in to hear more about how to rethink the entire strategy of an event from a digital perspective, how to design sharp and unambiguous content, and how Hopin can help you tackle problems such as audience interactivity and network, sponsor engagement needs and creating premium digital experiences online.Links:Johnny Boufarhat - twitter.com/johnnyboufarhatHopin - www.hopin.toDevin Hunt - https://twitter.com/hailpixelThe Workshop Survival Guide - https://workshopsurvival.comCarlos Espinal - twitter.com/ceeSeedcamp - https://seedcamp.com

As the future sets to become fully digital in the next few months, what are the fundamentals required to enable the offline event market to successfully move online? Joining Carlos to discuss the topic this week is Johnny Boufarhat, founder of our portfolio company Hopin, the first all-in-one live online events platform who recently announced their $6m seed round, led by Accel, and Devin Hunt, our Venture Partner on all things product and design, who recently published ‘The Workshop Survival Guide’ on how to effectively create educational experiences. Together they explore how major events can be transformed from offline to online, without compromising on connection or experience, and how to manifest the learning of ‘The Workshop Survival Guide’ on online platforms, to offer better interactivity and engagement. Tune in to hear more about how to rethink the entire strategy of an event from a digital perspective, how to design sharp and unambiguous content, and how Hopin can help you tackle problems such as audience interactivity and network, sponsor engagement needs and creating premium digital experiences online. Links: Johnny Boufarhat - <a href="http://twitter.com/johnnyboufarhat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/johnnyboufarhat</a> Hopin - <a href="http://www.hopin.to" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.hopin.to</a> Devin Hunt - <a href="https://twitter.com/hailpixel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hailpixel</a> The Workshop Survival Guide - <a href="https://workshopsurvival.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://workshopsurvival.com</a> Carlos Espinal - <a href="http://twitter.com/cee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/cee</a> Seedcamp - <a href="https://seedcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://seedcamp.com</a>

Johnny Boufarhat & Devin Hunt on how to interact and learn in an online-only world