Ryan Hoover evaluates very early companies by examining founders' specific product decisions—like onboarding flows and feature choices—to understand how they think rather than just what they've built, treating initial products as windows into founder judgment. He has designed Weekend Fund as a small, collaborative fund backed by hundreds of operator and founder LPs who serve as an extended expert network that he connects portfolio companies with for targeted help, rather than just providing capital. Ryan Hoover evaluates very early companies by examining founders' specific product decisions—like onboarding flows and feature choices—to understand how they think rather than just what they've built, treating initial products as windows into founder judgment. He has designed Weekend Fund as a small, collaborative fund backed by hundreds of operator and founder LPs who serve as an extended expert network that he connects portfolio companies with for targeted help, rather than just providing capital.