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This week at TechCrunch Disrupt ambitious startups took the stage and shared their vision of changing the world™. Meanwhile, potential investors care about a variety of things, like genius, courage, and using tabs over spaces. As well as...     Product Hunt     We're hiring a Product Designer at Product Hunt! Is that you? 🤔     This week at TechCrunch Disrupt ambitious startups took the stage and shared their vision of changing the world™. Meanwhile, potential investors care about a variety of things, like genius, courage, and using tabs over spaces. As well as... Dave McClure reveals the metrics he looks for at the seed stage Aileen Lee on growth you need for your pitch to stand above the rest Robert Herjavec on his top 3 attributes when deciding to invest Lauren Kolodny cares most about these qualities in founders  Mark Suster has advice for startups raising money in this day For more, read our new Medium post on what investors look for when evaluating a startup, and Startup Metrics: Which Ones Matter Most. 💸   See Startup Pitch Decks 💰       Elon Musk joins Sam Altman in YC's latest episode of How to Build the Future. Listen/Watch. The previous 2 episodes include Jessica Livingston and Mark Zuckerberg. Also, congrats to Michael Seibel on becoming the new CEO of Y Combinator! 👏     TOP HUNTS     🖥 Slack Beta   A lightning fast beta version of Slack's desktop app. You're invited. The app is built from the ground up on Electron, and is noticeably better. ⚡️ read more TOPICS: Slack, Mac, Windows 1215 61     🚀 Startup Rocket Framework   There are common mistakes founders make that are avoidable with the right coaching. This framework of: IDEATE → VALIDATE → CREATE → GROW → FUND will help you with the first critical steps. 🔑 read more TOPICS: Startups 509 44     🎵 FocusMusicFM   "When I found FocusMusicFM I started opening Spotify & SoundCloud less."—top comment. FocusMusicFM will help you focus through the work day. 🎶 read more TOPICS: Music Streaming 317 18     🛠 Angular 2.0   It's been a long time coming, and now thousands of developers already building with Angular 2. Learn one way to build applications. read more TOPICS: Developer Tools 310 14     ✌️ A-List by AngelList   AngelList's premium hiring platform! Sign up to today to get access, and be first to hire the top talent of engineers & designers on the platform. read more TOPICS: Hiring & Recruiting 214 12     😃 My LaCroix   Design your own LaCroix cans and come up with new flavors! Since this is the internet... Clearly this will become a real flavor. 🐒 read more TOPICS: Funny 213 22     🏕 Outsite for Retreats   Team offsites as-a-service. Bring you team closer together with Outsite's Retreats service. read more TOPICS: Nomad Lifestyle, Travel 230 30   See more on Product Hunt     TODAY ON PRODUCT HUNT LIVE   Padmasree Warrior CEO of Next EV (Starts at 10am PST)     #Follow us on the Internet 🐥   📷 Instagram 👻 Snapchat 😎 MySpace   📝 Medium 👀 Facebook 🌱 Vine  🔴 Periscope  🐥 Twitter 📚 Books 🎙 Podcasts 👾 Games  🤗 GIFs 🔑 Keys 💬 LIVE 💙 LOVE     Want to change email frequency? Click here. If you want to unsubscribe from all daily digests, click here.   Product Hunt Inc., 10 Mint Plaza #2, San Francisco, CA 94103