Ryan Sarver's guest appearances

Ryan Sarver

Product Hunt Radio

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

The Logan Bartlett Show

Arielle Zuckerberg

Sam Lessin

Matt Mullenweg

Justin Kan

Chris Hutchins

Semil Shah

Bryan Johnson

Kevin Rose

Alexis Ohanian

Brianne Kimmel

Chris Sacca

Gary Vaynerchuk

James Currier

Jack Altman

David Heinemeier Hansson

OwlTail

Ryan Sarver is a Partner @ Redpoint where he focuses on early stage consumer startups. He sits on the board at Luxe, where he led the seed and A rounds, and was an early investor in Memoir. Prior to joining Redpoint, Ryan was a director at Twitter, where he oversaw the Twitter Platform and its developer ecosystem. Before Twitter, Ryan was director of consumer products at Skyhook Wireless, which pioneered the Wi-Fi and cellular tower triangulation technology incorporated in the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, and MacBook. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Ryan made his move into the world of VC? 2.) What were Ryan's biggest takeaways from seeing Twitter scale from 30 to 2,500? How does he apply those to his formative days learning the investing game? 3.) Coming from the hustle of operation, do VCs have enough hustle and grit in Ryan's opinion? 4.) What really is an EIR program? Why does Redpoint have it? What are the fundamental benefits? How do investors collaborate and work with EIR’s? 5.) Ryan has said before that AI is the next transformational platform. What does AI as a platform look like to Ryan? How does hardware and sensors integrate with this thesis? Why is it easier than ever to build these smart devices? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Ryan’s Fave Book: Sapiens Ryan’s Most Recent Investment: Luxe As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Ryan on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

<a href="https://twitter.com/rsarver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Sarver</a> is a Partner @ <a href="http://www.redpoint.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redpoint</a> where he focuses on early stage consumer startups. He sits on the board at Luxe, where he led the seed and A rounds, and was an early investor in Memoir. Prior to joining Redpoint, Ryan was a director at Twitter, where he oversaw the Twitter Platform and its developer ecosystem. Before Twitter, Ryan was director of consumer products at Skyhook Wireless, which pioneered the Wi-Fi and cellular tower triangulation technology incorporated in the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, and MacBook. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Ryan made his move into the world of VC? 2.) What were Ryan's biggest takeaways from seeing Twitter scale from 30 to 2,500? How does he apply those to his formative days learning the investing game? 3.) Coming from the hustle of operation, do VCs have enough hustle and grit in Ryan's opinion? 4.) What really is an EIR program? Why does Redpoint have it? What are the fundamental benefits? How do investors collaborate and work with EIR’s? 5.) Ryan has said before that AI is the next transformational platform. What does AI as a platform look like to Ryan? How does hardware and sensors integrate with this thesis? Why is it easier than ever to build these smart devices? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Ryan’s Fave Book: <a href="http://amzn.to/2chkKjF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sapiens</a> Ryan’s Most Recent Investment: <a href="http://luxe.com/sf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luxe</a> As always you can follow <a href="http://bit.ly/2c9RNaD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/2bY5aqZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/rsarver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan</a> on Twitter here! <a href="https://www.snapchat.com/add/hstebbings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.</a>

20VC: Do VC's Really Hustle Enough? The Takeaways From Watching Twitter Scale From 30 to 2,500 & Why Chris Sacca Is Like Yoda with Ryan Sarver, Partner @ Redpoint

Jamie Davidson

Julie Logan

This week we have a double Ryan feature with myself, Ryan Hoover, and Ryan Sarver (Partner, Redpoint Ventures) along with siblings Jamie Davidson (Sr. Assoc., Redpoint Ventures) and Julie Logan (Founder, Nutmeg). In this episode we chat about a sound-making "Instagram for dogs," a fun app to make it rain $$$ on your friends, and everyone's favorite graphics file format: GIF. Listen in. Products mentioned: - Secret (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/secret) - Share anonymously with your friends. Speak freely. - Text (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/text) - Push notification messaging with friends (WUT w/o anonymity) - WUT (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/wut) - Anonymously chat with friends - Ultratext (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ultratext) - Type-to-create interface for GIF creation in seconds - Stacks (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/stacks) - Make it rain real money on your friends using Venmo - Nutmeg (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/nutmeg) - Making it ridiculously easy to text awesome gifs - BarkCam (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/barkcam) - The first camera app designed to make your pup a star - Homejoy (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/homejoy) - Get Your Place Cleaned - Beepi (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/beepi) - Next gen used car marketplace - Quibb (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/quibb) - Professional network to share industry news and analysis - IFTTT (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ifttt) - Put the internet to work for you - Discovr (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/discovr-discover-music/id412768094) - A creative way to discover new music Visit Product Hunt (http://producthunt.com), a curation of the best new products, every day.

This week we have a double Ryan feature with myself, Ryan Hoover, and Ryan Sarver (Partner, Redpoint Ventures) along with siblings Jamie Davidson (Sr. Assoc., Redpoint Ventures) and Julie Logan (Founder, Nutmeg). In this episode we chat about a sound-making "Instagram for dogs," a fun app to make it rain $$$ on your friends, and everyone's favorite graphics file format: GIF. Listen in. Products mentioned: - Secret (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/secret" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/secret</a>) - Share anonymously with your friends. Speak freely. - Text (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/text" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/text</a>) - Push notification messaging with friends (WUT w/o anonymity) - WUT (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/wut" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/wut</a>) - Anonymously chat with friends - Ultratext (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ultratext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ultratext</a>) - Type-to-create interface for GIF creation in seconds - Stacks (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/stacks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/stacks</a>) - Make it rain real money on your friends using Venmo - Nutmeg (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/nutmeg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/nutmeg</a>) - Making it ridiculously easy to text awesome gifs - BarkCam (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/barkcam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/barkcam</a>) - The first camera app designed to make your pup a star - Homejoy (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/homejoy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/homejoy</a>) - Get Your Place Cleaned - Beepi (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/beepi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/beepi</a>) - Next gen used car marketplace - Quibb (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/quibb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/quibb</a>) - Professional network to share industry news and analysis - IFTTT (<a href="http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ifttt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ifttt</a>) - Put the internet to work for you - Discovr (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/discovr-discover-music/id412768094" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/discovr-discover-music/id412768094</a>) - A creative way to discover new music Visit Product Hunt (<a href="http://producthunt.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://producthunt.com</a>), a curation of the best new products, every day.

Product Hunt Radio: Episode 19 w/ Ryan Sarver, Jamie Davidson, & Julie Logan