Dawson Chen

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• Personal Story — smart avg 104.9 across 16 posts (3.1× typical)
• Industry Insight — smart avg 94.9 across 15 posts (2.8× typical)

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• 2026-03-29 · Dawson Chen · Industry Insight2.1K eng. (506 likes · 1.6K comments · 5 shares)

  Are you planning a launch on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Product Hunt? Over the past 3 years, we've launched Martin (YC S23) and Letterbook (YC S2…

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• 2026-03-16 · Dawson Chen · Product Update449 eng. (363 likes · 82 comments · 4 shares)

  We hit $1.3M ARR. Then we hard-pivoted. For most of last year, Martin (YC S23)'s revenue graph was a hockey stick. Everybody wanted to try a…

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• 2026-07-07 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story333 eng. (313 likes · 20 comments · 0 shares)

  I faked my Yale graduation. Borrowed a stole, put on a suit, and took photos with my friends. I was supposed to graduate this June. But 3 ye…

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• 2026-07-20 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story220 eng. (181 likes · 39 comments · 0 shares)

  Spain just won the World Cup by being boring. Seven games. One goal conceded. No miracle comebacks. They just passed teams to death and pick…

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• 2026-06-25 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story207 eng. (159 likes · 45 comments · 3 shares)

  The biggest lesson we learned from growing our AI personal assistant to $1M ARR in 6 months... Pick one growth channel and go deep. For a ye…

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