Dawson Chen

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• Personal Story — smart avg 332.1 across 22 posts (5.6× typical)
• Industry Insight — smart avg 329.8 across 16 posts (5.6× typical)
• Product Update — smart avg 259.1 across 9 posts (4.4× typical)

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• 2025-07-20 · Dawson Chen · Industry Insight4.5K eng. (956 likes · 3.5K comments · 7 shares)

  Are you planning a launch on LinkedIn, Product Hunt, or Twitter? Over the past 2 years, we've tried launching Martin (YC S23) on - LinkedIn …

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• 2025-07-25 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story3.0K eng. (2.8K likes · 189 comments · 50 shares)

  This is what pivot hell looks like. During YC, we searched the entire face of the earth for startup ideas. We rated each idea space from 1-1…

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• 2025-07-29 · Dawson Chen · Personal Story2.6K eng. (1.1K likes · 1.5K comments · 3 shares)

  The YC F25 deadline is in 6 days. I've compiled my tips for every question on the application. We applied to S23 on a whim. We were college …

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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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• 2025-02-03 · Dawson Chen · Celebratory Announcement1.5K eng. (1.3K likes · 210 comments · 36 shares)

  I’m excited to announce that Martin (YC S23) has raised $2M to build an AI personal assistant like JARVIS. Ethan Hou and I were 18 and 19 wh…

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