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New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 71 posts.
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Starting a real business
Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes.
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The Best Online Communities for SaaS Founders
KTVSLOT hadir dengan link alternatif anti-blokir, proses cepat, dan kemenangan tanpa batas. Bos tinggal duduk manis, spin, dan lihat saldo mengalir deras.
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“Scientific Method for Startups”, and AMA with Michael Seibel
When people discuss startups they tend to talk about inspiration and creativity. This leads founders to believe they can imagineer a solution to any problem they’re trying to solve. In reality, executing a startup is a balance between creativity/intuition/instinct and the scientific method: hypothesize > a/b test >…
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Employee #1: Kickstarter – AMA and Interview
Employee #1 is a series of interviews focused on sharing the often untold stories of early employees at tech companies. Cassie Marketos [https://twitter.com/cassmarketos] was the first employee at Kickstarter [http://kickstarter.com]. Discussed: Meeting Yancey, Setting Kickstarter’s Tone Through Community Management…
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Listen to Your Customers, They’ll Tell You What to Build
Get the information and resources you need to help your small business succeed! Start your journey to becoming an expert in digital marketing with our marketing blog.
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Before You Grow
Startups are defined by growth [http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html], but growth isn’t step one in building a great company. If you focus on trying to grow before you make a product people love, you are unlikely to succeed. We’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating–many founders hurt their companies by…
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Signs that a startup is focused on stuff that doesn’t matter
Groove is now Helply!
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Last minute tips for YC Interviewees
Essays, investment announcements and news from the Initialized team and the founders we back.
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MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
MIT President L. Rafael Reif announced The Engine, a new kind of enterprise designed to support startup companies working on scientific and technological innovation with the potential for transformative societal impact.
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Marc Andreessen at Startup School [video]
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What Founders Ask Founders About Getting into Y Combinator
5 questions a founder asked our founder about applying to YC!
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Hard Tech Startups
Some people think YC only funds straightforward software startups. That’s definitely not the case — YC’s largest exit to date is a self-driving car company, Cruise Automation [http://fortune.com/2016/03/11/gm-buying-self-driving-tech-startup-for-more-than-1-billion/] , and we’ve funded many other hard technology…
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Requests for Startups Refreshed
We’ve refreshed the Requests for Startups [http://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/]. Here are the additions: Food and Farming An estimated 40% of the world’s workforce works in agriculture. Better food and farming could increase the world’s health, unlock the potential of numerous workers, and improve living conditions for…
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How to Build the Future with Sam Altman
How To Build The Future: Sam Altman gives advice to young people onhow to pick something important to work on, who do you work with, and what are the ways to accomplish big things.
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Getting Press for Your Startup
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YC Changes
TL;DR: *Michael Seibel will be the new CEO of YC Core, which we are now just going to call “YC”. *Ali Rowghani is now the CEO of the YC Continuity Fund. *I’m going to be the President of YC Group, which includes YC, YC Continuity, YC Research, and our new online class. We’ll add more organizational units over time…
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GitLab Master Plan
GitLab announces $20M in Series B funding, and its Master Plan to build an integrated toolset for the modern developer!
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How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your Job
This post on validating a new business idea (or business venture) was inspired by lean methodology books like Lean Startup, Running Lean, 4 Steps to the Epiphany, and Lean Analytics.
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How we unnecessarily burned 20k with Facebook Ads
We've also tried Facebook marketing. In this blog post we describe our successes and failures with the marketing channel Facebook.
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Jessica Livingston: How to Build the Future
How To Build The Future: Jessica is a cofounder of Y Combinator.
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Users You Don’t Want
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