Startup TV — Behind the scenes w/ makers and tech influencers, daily

Hey Product Hunt, So in Maker Hunt, we used to do "Maker AMAs" where would have a maker come on and share knowledge about their industry, company, etc with the community. People loved them. It was a bit of a predecessor to Product Hunt Live (which is my favorite PH product). I love anything that helps unlock knowledge so that it can be shared and everyone benefits. As Snapchat is currently surging with guys like @msuster and @justinkan jumping on, I thought there was an opportunity to accelerate knowledge sharing. So I've launched Startup TV. Every day a new maker, founder, designer, investor, influencer, or anyone interesting from the tech ecosystem will do a "takeover" on our account to share their story, what they're working on, valuable tips, deep dive into their local startup ecosystem, etc. Sometimes it will be an individual maker, and sometimes we'll have an entire startup team taking over the account. We'll also do exclusive product demos where you'll see products from awesome teams well before they're ready to launch to get the inside story on what problem they're addressing and how they plan to conquer the market. Sometimes we'll focus in on a city and cover startups/founders and sometimes will do interesting things like stack a series of takeovers with millennials(multiple takeovers on the same day) so they can give you the inside scoop on the products they're using day to day. I discussed something like this almost a year ago with @eriktorenberg when we launched Product Hunt Global. I wanted to do city coverage of the Product Hunt meetups and the local startup scene. We're starting off with @KikiSchirr @bentossell @benln @hackapreneur and few others that will be announced soon. I hope you tune in. Please follow StartupTV on Snapchat. I'm open to any suggestions. What type of content would you like to see? I'm talking to a designer about going through his typical day of sketching up a design. I'm talking to a founder about a behind the scenes look at their current funding-raising process. Another founder wants to do a prelaunch with us. So what or who do you want to see? If there is anyone you think I should reach out to specifically to do a takeover, you can tag them below and I'll reach out.

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cool idea - how is the market liking it? Are you guys getting viewers from outside the startup world or just founders, etc..? Just curious

@joshconstine probably doesn't remember this, but one time we were chatting on twitter (well I jumped in his convo) about bloggers live-streaming their article-writing process so that people could see how they put together a story. I think things like that would be cool to feature.

Congratz on launch :) Well, I guess it's finally time I install snapchat :P So, to state it clearly, the difference with PH Live will be that it will feature makers more at the start of their career than the high profile people we see on Live?

Hey @erictwillis I would love to participate in this. There are a ton of cool startups and amazing founders in the Santa Barbara ecosystem (where I live). I'm going to sign up and will share some ideas for who I could bring to the table. My email is alex@kehaya.com if you want to set up a time to chat.

@erictwillis congrats on the launch! I'd love to hear stories, problems, solutions from companies in the $0 to $100k MRR range who've raised little or nothing in funding. I think there's a big gap here where most tech sites predominantly cover launches from big companies/funding rounds raised by startups. More along the lines of Nomadlist's, TINT's, Groove's, Baremetrics', Buffer's, etc. early blogs, but in video form. Happy to chat more on Maker Hunt.

I need to get my hair did and put some make up on tomorrow....

I've been following this for a few days and Kudos to these guys! The content is really good and I'm always looking forward for something new.

@erictwillis my spidey sense is tingling... I love the potential. @msuster is the only snapchat account I watch daily, BUT - I watched @KikiSchirr today and love the authenticity. Good luck, and I'll be watching @bentossell tomorrow!

I'm a huge fan of Gary V and Suster on Snapchat. I imagine this channel will be ultra valuable in giving us the inside on their thought process and expertise. Great idea, just followed!

This is a great way to interact with young audience that is just discovering enterpreneurship that primarily uses Snapchat! I wish you a lot of success in the future!

Pros:

Useful advices

Great guests

Targeting young audience with right content

Cons:

Would love to see it on YouTube

Nice! Awesome job @EricTWillis - Excited to see what's in store for this one!

Interesting concept. Will check it out, always looking for cool people to follow on Snapchat

Freaking brilliant @erictwillis!

If you like this you should def. check @justinkan 🔑📺: www.justinkeytv.com

Nice idea Eric!! Look forward to watching these stories :)

@erictwillis @producthunt Cool idea, let's see how it goes!

@erictwillis man cant wait for this!

Nice work man! Great idea, looking forward to it.