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Stop claiming you’re profitable
You're not profitable if you couldn't afford someone else to do your job. $1000/mo isn't profitable. Fix your definition of "profitable," and build a truly profitable business.
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 1,552 posts.
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Why I Sold My Startup to Google
Shortly after the sale closed, John Cook interviewed me about the experience. He did a great job of transcribing all of my verbal gems, like “Maybe that is an economic way of looking at it, or something that I am unfamiliar with.” I’m not even sure what that means. It was the best I could muster in the middle of a…
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You Negotiate Commodities, But You Seize Opportunities
It took losing something important to understand the difference between a commodity and an opportunity. Along the way I also learned yet another way entrepreneurs see the world differently from the…
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Tips for selling your side project
All I did was put together a trivial web app to scratch my own itch, and it keeps scratching it, while I drink my free beer.
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I killed my startup
It's been over a year since I killed my startup, and a few weeks ago I revisited the spot where I decided to do it. It's about time I talk about it
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How to Be Relentlessly Resourceful [a practical guide]
Relentlessly resourceful. This is the essential quality of a good startup founder according to Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator. When asked by Forbes what he looks for in founders, four out of the five elements [http://paulgraham.com/founders.html] relate to resourcefulness. He’s written two essays (Relentlessly
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Subtle Mid-Stage Startup Pitfalls
(This post is derived from a talk I gave at SV Angel's CEO Summit.) A lot has been written about the dangers that early-stage startups face. But startups face a different and equally lethal set...
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ShoeFitr: The company Amazon must buy immediately
by Paul Hontz
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Cooking as a Service
This tweet made me think a lot: First of all, as much as I hate this idea, I think this notion is correct. This trend has been happening for a long time, and it’s going to keep happening. I th…
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Peter Thiel’s startup class notes in PDF
@bgmasters created an awesome series of blog posts covering his notes of Peter Thiel’s startup class CS183. Personally i try to re...
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How I feel quitting my own startup
I left my own startup after almost 5 years of hard work. It was a tough decision, but a necessary one.
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Why agencies get stuck at $50k MRR
Can we just keep adding more clients until at 150 clients we hit $300k MRR?
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