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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 83 posts.
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How Duolingo reignited user growth
The story behind Duolingo's 350% growth acceleration, leaderboards, streaks, notifications, and their innovative growth model
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More than half of YC startups don't have a dot com
After decades as the default, dot coms are no longer used by most new startups, and alternative TLDs are the new default.
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Revenue is easy, profit is harder
The fundamentals needed to run a business in the next economic cycle.
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I love building a startup in Rust but wouldn't pick it again
For almost two years now, the vast majority of our backend code was written in Rust (aside from a little bit of Python). I love Rust, it’s by far my favorite language. I find myself missing match in pretty much every other language I go to. However, if I was doing it over, I wouldn’t choose Rust. This advice is…
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Usage-based pricing isn't always best
When not to make consumption your primary pricing metric.
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Pre-seed, seed startups with employees in office have higher revenue growth
This article previously appeared in EIX – Entreprenuers and Innovators Exchange. Data shows that pre-seed and seed startups with employees showing up in a physical office have 3½ times higher…
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The golden era of being an open startup is gone
To me, the golden era of being an open startup is gone. Some founders and early adopters are shutting down their open pages and changing their transparency practices. I don’t think they are doing it just because things change and we need to cope.
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TigerBeetle raises $6.4M to power the future of financial accounting infra
A textbook database problem
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Prisma laying off 28% staff
Restructuring Prisma
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Why to start a startup in a bad economy (2008)
October 2008 The economic situation is apparently so grim that some experts fear we may be in for a stretch as bad as the mid seventies. When Microsoft and Apple were founded. As those examples suggest, a recession may not be such a bad time to start a startup. I'm not claiming it's a particularly good time either…
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Is a venture studio right for you?
This post previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stag…
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Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years
Just 2 years after laying off 80% of their team and being left for dead, we estimate Docker is now at $135M+ ARR growing roughly 150% YoY—and rebuilding Docker 2.0 as a bottom-up, developer-first company. For more on Docker’s future, check out our interview with Docker CEO Scott Johnston along with our Docker profile…
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Part II: The failure points from $5M to $100M in ARR
I had the privilege of leading PlanGrid to $100M in ARR before I stepped down as CEO and passed the baton to Autodesk Construction. I’ve had years to dissect the mistakes I have made in my first...
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Be where your business is
This post previously appeared on the readwrite blog. A CEO running a B-to-B startup in needs to live in the city where their business is – or else they’ll never scale. I was having breakfast…
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The YC Founder Directory
Today, the YC community is made up of nearly 10,000 founders, from all different backgrounds – each with a unique road to entrepreneurship. Discover founders who have had experiences that reflect your own and learn more about their journey.
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Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years
In January 2010 I soft-launched launched Preceden, a web-based timeline maker tool, followed a few weeks later by a larger launch on HackerNews: Today – almost 13 years to the day since the i…