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New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 243 posts.
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How to Hire and Build a Remote Team
Since 2011, Zapier has grown from three founders cramped in a small apartment to a team of over 350 around the world. Read more
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There are no B players
“Only hire A players! Fire the B players!” “If you hire B players, then they will hire C players!” “Over time, the A players will get frustrated with the B players and will leave to go to other companies and you’ll be left only with B and C players,
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Exploding Offers Suck
Exploding offers suck. Founders should be able to choose the investor they want to work with, not have to make a decision based on time pressure. As the world of accelerators gets more and more competitive, we’re seeing more and more exploding offers where an accelerator tries to force a company to make a decision…
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If you want to start a startup, go work for someone else
When you look online for advice about entrepreneurship, you will see a lot of "just do it": The best way to get experience... is to start ...
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I Am an Indie iOS Developer – Part 2
I develop apps for iOS
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The Wolf
You’ve heard of the 10x engineer, but I am here to tell you about the Wolf. They are an engineer, and they consistently exhibit the following characteristics:
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Myths About Working as an Engineer at a Startup
When I first graduated from college and went looking for a job with a startup I had no idea what to expect. I knew what I didn’t want - I had done ...
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Why I am leaving the best job I ever had
Earlier this summer, Matt Lauer asked Mary Barra, the CEO of GM, whether she could balance the demands of being a mom and being a CEO. The Atlantic asked similar questions of PepsiCo’s female CEO I…
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The Happy Demise of the 10X Engineer
Whatsapp had 450 million monthly users and just 32 engineers when it was acquired. Imgur scaled to over 40 billion monthly image views with just seven engineers. Instagram had 30 million users and just 13 engineers when it was acquired for $1 billion dollars. This is the new normal: fewer engineers and dollars to…
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Chris Beard Named CEO of Mozilla
I am pleased to announce that Chris Beard has been appointed CEO of Mozilla Corp. The Mozilla board has reviewed many internal and external candidates –
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A Conference Stole My Identity
FutureStack is hitting the road—and coming to a city near you. Register now.
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How to Ruin Your Company With One Bad Process
Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The
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Welcome new YC team members
We have a bunch of new additions to the YC team to announce. Scott Bell is joining the YC software team. He was a co-founder of Skysheet from YC W09. He’s coming to YC from Houston where he was doing consulting and Lisp hacking. Dalton Caldwell is becoming a partner. He was the cofounder and CEO of imeem (acquired by…
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