Ep. 20: The Inventor of the Hashtag and the #1 Product Hunter on Product Hunt with Chris Messina

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Buy and Build: Acquiring an Online Business & Building in Public

Nicholas Scalf & Darryl Lim

35 episodes

5 days ago

Nicholas Scalf and Darryl Lim bring you updates on their business that they bought from Microacquire an online business marketplace. It's a small lower five figure business which should be within most people's reach to purchase. We will discuss our failures, our wins and what we plan on doing to grow the business. As well, we'll interview guests who have also bought/built their online businesses as well as some Founders who have exited so we can learn together. Come Along for the ride as we grow it into a real business ---or fail in public.

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Ep. 20: The Inventor of the Hashtag and the #1 Product Hunter on Product Hunt with Chris Messina

Buy and Build: Acquiring an Online Business & Building in Public

1 hour 17 minutes 5 seconds

4 years ago

Ep. 20: The Inventor of the Hashtag and the #1 Product Hunter on Product Hunt with Chris Messina

Ever wondered where the online hashtag on social media started? Well look no further. Today we have the guest Chris Messina on the show. Chris has spoken at TEDx, SXSW, Google I/O, Microsoft’s Future Decoded and many other leading conferences as well as featured in many other publications like The New York Times, Business Week, LA Times, Washington Post, and Wired. He tells us about the infancy of the hashtag, how it began and how it all rolled out. We talk about tech today (like Republic the investment platform for businesses), projects that he's worked on as well as his journey to being #1 Product Hunter on Product Hunt where many businesses launch their software to the next level!

Want to get in touch with Chris? Connect with him on twitter - https://twitter.com/chrismessina

Or check out his website here: https://chrismessina.me/

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