Niels Hoven

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headshot black and white I’ve spent my career building products and product teams in fast growing startups. Most recently, I led revenue at ClassDojo, building products to turn a world-changing edtech rocketship into a profitable world-changing edtech rocketship. Before that, I spent eight years in the gaming industry, first at Playdom (acquired by Disney) and then as a VP at Pocket Gems. Before gaming, I worked at Tableau Software.

I love data, design, psychology, economics, and efficiency. I love how they all blend together in the process of creating great software products.

If you like my blog, you’ll enjoy my newsletter too. It includes:

  • New essays from me
  • Exclusive content & previews
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  • Anything else that gets me super excited

Why a newsletter?

A few reasons:

  • Email has better interaction. I can write, you can read & reply at your leisure. Writing blog posts feels a bit like yelling into the void. I prefer conversations.
  • Email is a great way for me to share those quick bits of advice that I find valuable, but don’t merit a full blog post.
  • Email is also a way for me to find out from you what I should be writing about next!

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P.S. If you’re looking for recent essays you can find them here, but I’d recommend starting with one of my personal favorites: