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1. Architectural Foundations for Startups: Translating Business Into Tech
Planning too far ahead can backfire. It can slow your time to market, reduce flexibility, and increase burn rate.
2. Demystifying “Genius Design”: A Dive into Big Tech's Design Process
The tech industry is rife with romantic tales of "genius design" - a talented team huddled in a room birthing "eureka" moments. That's not the case in reality.
3. Here's What the Pros Don't Tell You About Clean and Scalable Startup Code
After 5+ years as the first developer in a growing startup, here are some key lessons I would tell teams that are just starting out.
4. 11 Non-Technical Startup Founders Who Built Great Tech Products
It might be surprising to some, but even non-technical startup founders have been behind great tech products like Tinder and AirBnB without the usual background
5. Valuing a Startup with Negative EBITDA
Learn how to value a startup with negative EBITDA a startup valuation tool that stands for Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization.
6. Optimize for Alignment, Not Control. Great Leaders Serve. And More Startup Mantras :-)
Leadership is a craft, like medicine, writing, and bricklaying. Mantras can help you develop yours by signposting the way to deep truths.
7. How did Grab Beat Uber as the Top Ride-sharing App in Southeast Asia
In the last few years, Southeast Asia has seen a rapid increase in ride-sharing apps. One of these companies is Grab.
8. Building a Unicorn: My Decade-Long Career With inDrive
ex-CTO shares his journey with inDrive, a ride-hailing service born in the extreme cold of Yakutsk, distinguishing itself with a unique pricing model.
9. Why Your Startup Should Care About Revenue Multiples
Revenue multiples are valuation metrics based on company revenue. It is derived by dividing the enterprise value by the total revenue generated by the startup.
10. Bootstrapping a Startup: The Art of Building from Scratch
Bootstrapping in the startup world refers to the process of starting a company with little capital, relying mostly on personal savings and revenue from the firs
11. How a Solo Developer Can Make $1,100,000 Per Month
It's possible for a solo developer to build a profitable microstartup to pay the bills and live life on their own terms.
12. Should You Incorporate Your LLC in Delaware or Wyoming? [Deep Dive]
So you’ve decided that a limited liability company (LLC) is the best structure for your new venture. The next biggest challenge is choosing the best state to form your LLC.
13. Lessons I’ve Learned as a UX/UI Designer in a Failed Startup
Lessons from a failed website builder startup fro UI/UX designers and developers
14. Winning the MVP Game: The Tech Startups' Guide to Success
Blending MVP theory & my EdTech co-founder insights. Dive into crucial MVP dos, don'ts & hard-learned lessons.
15. Bani Singh’s Journey From Building Side-Projects To Starting Her First Company
This story is a look into the transformation of a promising entrepreneur as well as the technological and social changes she is trying to make.
16. The Difference Between Early-Stage Theater and Traction
A former founder reflects on how fake traction and startup delusion led to his downfall - and what real traction actually looks like.
17. Survivorship Bias in Startups
During World War 2, the allied military wanted to add some more protective armour to their planes.
18. Marketing Without Borders: 5 Lessons for Going Global (That No Playbook Teaches You)
5 real-world lessons on global marketing from 14+ years scaling brands across borders. What to adapt, what to drop, and why trust doesn’t travel.
19. The 4 Steps of the Startup Lifecycle: Genesis, Product Market Fit, Growth and Exit
The adventure of a startup is much more than an idea. Often overestimated, having a great idea is not a goal in itself. The greatest entrepreneurs will tell you that the most important isn’t the idea but the execution.
20. Use This 7-Step McKinsey Framework to Solve Any Problem
Julia MacDonald, a Fractional Growth Executive, breaks down a 7-step framework to solve any problem.
21. You Are Not Your Startup, Your Startup is Not You
About the psychological trap founders fall into, merging their identity with their startup, and why maintaining objectivity is absolutely essential.
22. Unicorn Startup Companies Founded During a Recession
The global recession is a turbulence time for all businesses. We have used to be afraid of scenarios that may play out during and after the financial downturn. Different sources define this period as "a significant decline in economic activity, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in the real gross domestic product (GDP), real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales."
23. Product is the King: How Ukrainian Engineers Are Creating Home Security Products
5 years ago, Ajax Systems were making 4,000 devices per month. 2 years ago, 30,000. Now we make 250,000. Our Kyiv team has managed to create competitive security systems, which are successfully sold in more than 90 countries worldwide. Global trade fairs recognize Ajax devices as the best on the European market.
24. 10 Lessons Startups Can Learn from Instacart’s Growth
In 2014, when Instacart launched, nobody imagined that the newly started grocery delivery and pickup service would grow to become the toughest rival of Amazon and DoorDash in the U.S. and Canada. With robust marketing strategies and appealing business plans, Instacart is making headlines in the grocery delivery business segment.
25. How I screwed up myself building my dream startup
I was looking at the doctor’s face, my heart beating super fast, scared of what will come out of his mouth:
26. Startup Interview with Henry Shapiro, Co-founder at Reclaim.ai
Reclaim is an intelligent calendar assistant that enables you to block adaptive time for anything you care about. Vote for us for HackerNoon's SOTY!
27. Founder Interviews: Oleg Shchegolev of SEMrush
Learn how Oleg Shchegolev grew SEMrush from $0 to over $50 million in revenue.
28. 10 Business Models, 10 Companies, 10 New Ways of Working In A Pandemic
Covid-19 has revealed and keeps revealing holes in the economic and healthcare infrastructures worldwide as it spread and invades countries mercilessly. The gap between the rich and poor has become more obvious, especially in well-developed countries. The number of job losses in two weeks exceeded 10 million in the U.S. alone.
29. How a First Time CTO Can Choose the Right Techstack for Their Startup
If you are a developer who is still in school or freshly (drop) out of the college or you just have a couple of years of corporate experience and have decided to take on the entrepreneurial journey as a tech-(co)founder / CTO of a startup, this series will help you understand various aspects and the role you will have to play as a technology leader for the success of your startup.
30. Setting Up Your Customer Support System on Zendesk [A How-To Guide]
Any growing startup needs a professional customer support system sooner or later. There are many solutions on the market (just look at G2 Grid here), but I personally prefer Zendesk for its flexibility, simplicity and good UI. I know Zendesk from a very early time and still love it.
31. Startup Stories: The 'Uber Success' of Uber
How Uber became the world’s most valuable startup.
32. Hacker Noon Company Updates from COO Linh Dao Smooke
Hello hackers,
33. The 10 Things I’ve Learned Attending Y Combinator Startup School 2020
Y Combinator shouldn’t need any presentation, but just in case, let me give a quick intro.
34. Are People Willing to Pay for Your Product? Here's How to Find Out
The first step in validating a product idea is not to build a MVP.
35. Why It's a Minimum Viable Process (And Not a Minimum Viable Product)
Why do so many startups fail? Why do we hear the concept of the MVP so often? What is it, and is it beneficial? You might think you know the answers to all of these questions. But do you really? Here we talk about all this and even more. I’m happy to welcome product creators and curious developers into this learning journey. So, let’s start with defining the MVP (minimum viable product), one of the most overused and misunderstood concepts in the modern web. In this article, you can learn how an MVP can kickstart your startup.
36. How I Grew My Side Project to 20k Users Then Sold It for Six Figures
Learn how this hobby project turned into a growing SaaS product and then a six-figure exit. Dive into the highs, lows, and valuable insights along the way.
37. Gamification in UX Design: Designing for an Intention
In this article we will know how we can use gamification and take to the next level in strategic design enhancement for motivating users.
38. How to Launch a Tech Startup and Raise Financing in the U.S.
Starting a tech business in the U.S. can be a challenge and a privilege. While the market is large, the competition is intense and consumer standards are high.
39. How I Plan to Monetize My Telegram Bot
Join Alexander, a solo entrepreneur, as he unveils plans to monetize his Telegram bot for domain monitoring.
40. How To Raise Capital from Venture Funds
Venture capitalists get pitched hundreds of times a year. And, even though countless articles have been written on the topic of how to present a startup to professional investors, entrepreneurs consistently fail to address check points needed by the investor to come to a decision.
41. 5 Things I Wish I Knew When Learning to Code
From dropping out of college at the young age of 20 to co-founding a deep-tech startup, the last 5 years have made for a convoluted and enlightening journey. All this while, coding has been a constant positive in my life.
42. The Rise of Digital Neo-Colonialism
OR: Decentralized Exploitation, a cautionary tail about Blockchain.
43. What Category Does Your Startup Fall Under? Is it Viable?
Finding Your Category: Are You Viable?
44. Startups: Pulse Surveys are Dumb.
There’s something I’ve been saying since SoapBox was first born: employee surveys are dumb. They’re really, frustratingly dumb. They’re not the solution to the employee engagement crisis. They’re part of the problem.
45. A Bootstrapped SaaS Story: from $0 to $10K MRR 🦄
The journey of a bootstrapped landing page builder SaaS. Learn how the idea was born, how the tool was built and discover the traffic channels that worked.
46. Why the Lean Startup Model Might Be Holding Your Startup Back
In this article, we will take a critical look at the Lean Startup model, its limitations, and why there might be better approaches for some startups.
47. Introductory Guide to Unit Economics and Financial Modeling for Early-Stage Tech Startups
Introductory guide to the unit economy for aspiring tech startups founders.
48. How Should an Early Stage Startup Structure Agreements and Expectations with Advisors?
“Startup advisors are crucial to the success of your business.”
49. I Built and Sold a Newsletter for 5 Figures - Here's How!
My Journey Growing a Business in the Midst of A Pandemic
50. How We Built Our Software Documentation On Docusaurus
To cover our bases, we needed to improve and expand our documentation and this time, we wanted to make it scalable with Docusaurus.
51. What the Pandemic Taught Me About Product/Market Fit
The question is not, “Does the company have product/market fit or not?”. The more appropriate question is, “What’s the strength of the company’s product/market fit?”
52. How Not To Die In 2025: Advice From the Graveyard of Failed AI Startups
9 tips to keep your AI startup from going extinct next year. No ribbons, no sugar-coating, just hard truths that taste better with a stiff drink.
53. What Happened When I Hired an Accenture Exec as a Startup CEO
Levi James discusses what happened when they hired an Accenture Executive as a CEO for one of his companies.
54. How to Approach Strategic Planning When the Sky is Falling
Can you remember when you used to gather in person with your team to define your roadmap and reassess your company’s collective priorities? Every quarter, our team at Pillar VC convenes for a strategic planning session to decide how we’ll invest our time and energy in the months ahead; last week, we held this meeting for the first time over Zoom. While we’ve only been working remotely for a few weeks, it feels like the world around us has changed at lightning speed.
55. How Cutting Cloud Costs Can Help Startup Fundraising
One key way that startups can become more attractive to investors is by reducing their burn rate — the rate at which they are spending money.
[56. I Live On the Internet: Interview With
Bin Nguyen, CEO of Chiheisen Technology](https://hackernoon.com/i-live-on-the-internet-interview-with-bin-nguyen-ceo-of-chiheisen-technology)
57. 7 Questions To Help You Find Out If Your Team Feels Psychologically Safe
Does your team have psychological safety? This may be a much more important question than you think. It may seem unintuitive but safety is a critical ingredient to unlocking your team's potential. Google certainly believes so, and Amy Edmondson at Harvard Business School agrees.
58. The Story of Canva: A Billion Dollar Startup Built on Democratizing Design
How Slack Went From An Unsuccessful Video Game To A $26 Billion Dollar Company
59. Nine Lessons I Learnt Over Nine Years Running A Company
I sent the following note to the Sift team today. I’m also sharing it here in case it’s useful to others.
60. The Pillars of a Successful Startup
The ability to launch and scale a project efficiently is a practice mastered with experience and, in most cases, a whole portfolio of failures.
61. How I Came Up With a Telegram Bot for Domain Monitoring and Got 700 Users
Explore how employment experiences and teamwork led to the creation of a modestly-successful Telegram bot for domain tracking.
62. Dear Startup Founders: Beware of Your Minions!
So, my dear startup founders, do you know what your minions are doing while you aren't looking?
63. Launching a Sex Therapy App During Covid
How we quit our jobs in the midst of the pandemic and launched a sex & relationships app to help partners discuss sensitive questions in a playful way.
64. How We Built a Debit Card From Scratch in Only 4 Months
The process of creating a debit card. Learn about the fintech ecosystem, partner selection, API integration, and the tech stack for your own fintech journey.
65. The 4.5% Success Story: Lessons From 70+ Projects
Most of those who succeed in the startup world often talk about the fact that it takes an average of ten failures to find the right idea.
66. How I Go From Idea to Revenue in 13 Steps
How I take ideas and turn them into revenue in 13 steps.
67. Launch Your Startup Idea in a Day
Time is money, especially with startups. Check out how easy it can be to launch your startup idea using Render Unified Cloud
68. What Are The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Startup Lessons From Netflix’s Movie “The White Tiger”?
What is “The White Tiger?" If you’re asking startup founders, the answer is - not just another Netflix movie, but a unique collection of great business lessons.
69. Startups Don't Need NDAs: 5 reasons Why Nobody Will Steal Your Idea
Startups often ask to sign an NDA before sharing any metrics with VCs. Here are top five reasons why this is generally a bad idea.
70. A Female CTO Shares Her Thorny Journey In the Male-Dominated Tech Industry
Colette Wyatt is a Chief Technology Officer at Evolve, an award-winning UK-based software house with an R&D Centre in Ukraine. She's also a Co-Founder and COO of e-bate, a revolutionary platform for rebates management, which attracted £950,000 last year from Mercia Asset Management, the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
71. Talks On Productivity: Evgeniya Malina - Head of Processes and Automation at Whizz
Let me introduce Evgeniya Malina, Strategy, Operations, and Product Management professional with 8+ years of experience leading large-scale programs
72. Understanding the Different Kinds of Founder Madness
The six Archetypes of Founder Madness: Imperial Individualist, Naively Confident, Strategic Contrarian, Frontier Explorer, Mad Scientist, and Global Catalyst.
73. What I Learned as an Entrepreneur in the Past 11 Years
The past 11 years as an entrepreneur changed my life.
74. Just Made my First Dollar With My SaaS After Quitting my Job
Story about a aspiring SaaS founder who quit his job in Feb to build his own product.
75. Devs: Write Some Code for Yourself and Earn Cash
A case study for all software developers to earn with side hustle by using their skills to earn extra cash
76. Startup Legal Due Diligence: A Brief Guide for Investors and Founders
The guide centers on the legal aspects of due diligence (DD) and outlines the 10 most common mistakes.
77. What I Learned From 3.5 Years as a Product Leader at a VC Backed SaaS Startup
I first heard of Elium, formerly known as Knowledge Plaza, in 2011. I was attending a very small startup event where Gregory Culpin presented the company and its market vision.
78. Here's What I Learned About SaaS During My 5 Years At Buildium, After it Sold For $580M
I’m pretty jaded when it comes to the financial numbers that get thrown around in start-up land—I don’t care what TechCrunch says, I don’t care what your market cap is—I think it’s clear that the world of technology start-ups is pretty screwed up when it comes to financial valuations. Only in this world is whether or not your company is profitable so often seen as being of secondary importance. I digress.
79. Everything I Learned About Generating Startup Ideas in My First 10 Years as a Founder
This article is a compilation of everything that I learned about how to generate product ideas. It’s my my way of learning and it’s not a finished work I will update it as I learn more in my journey to great great products.
80. Founders and MMA Fighters are More Similar Than You Think
What if startup founders learning mixed martial arts - or mixed martial arts fighters found a startup. Takeaways of traversed startup journey and sports.
81. A Checklist of Questions to Ask as a New Product Manager
Start-ups are super exciting, fun and challenging. You have a notch above of all these when you join as a product leader/manager in start-ups where the product offering is unique yet interesting, the potential is high but the road ahead is less travelled and undiscovered.
82. Invert, Always Invert: Why a Problem Reversed is a Problem Solved
"All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." - Charlie Munger
83. The Role of a Startup Founder: One Thing They Don’t Teach You in Business School
Max Faldin, Founder and CEO of Silverbird, Talks about the Role of a Startup Founder
84. How to Plan and Build a Profitable Mobile App
There are currently almost 10.000.000 mobile apps available in the leading app stores.
85. How I Built My Own PaaS Company
🚀 From Pandemic Challenge to Global Solution: How I Created Jibri's On Demand, Revolutionizing Virtual Conferencing. Read My Journey! 💡 #Innovation
86. 3 Business Lessons Learned from My Near-Failure Startup Experience
Reflections and lessons learned by Rihards Piks, a successful entrepreneur who was the co-founder of Grafomap, a profitable e-commerce business selling maps.
87. 3 Lessons That I Learned From my Failed Indie Hackers Project
Earlier this year, I shamelessly ripped off an idea and built an app for making printable place cards thinking I too could generate some passive income.
88. How I Created a Beer Money SaaS
This is the story behind MatchKraft and how I created a software that gives me beer money. Beer money usaully refers to a small amount of money earned.
89. The Agony of a First Time Founder
First time founders build out of passion. They face a problem and try to solve for themselves, making assumptions that everyone has the same problem.
90. 3 Lessons I’ve Learned Leading My Startup to Global Markets
Getting your startup to succeed in markets across the globe is worthwhile but requires brings extra challenges thanks to each country having a distinct culture.
91. Our AppSumo Launch: An Honest Review and Explaining How We Lost 30% of Our Potential Revenue
In this article, MySignature email signature generator shares our experience of launching on the AppSumo platform.
92. How to Launch a Successful Startup and Keep it Blooming: 25 Great Tips
Learn to think critically about your ideas
93. Do You Know How to Fail Fast With Your Next Idea?
I am sharing all the knowledge I gathered during my research in four months of testing different business ideas. Before starting investing lots of time and building an MVP (minimum viable product) you can test ideas with adtotyping and get some metrics without writing a single line of code. This process shows a powerful way to validate ideas with the help of Facebook.
94. 22 Best Tools to Use for Marketing Startups in 2022
Good advice on the useful tools in different marketing niches. Short description of tools that can be really useful for marketing startups
95. Six Crucial Startup Lessons I Would Share With My Younger Self
In hindsight, the first business I started had all the ingredients to succeed. I just didn’t realize it at the time.
96. 6 Pricing Strategy Hacks That'll Boost Your Sales
Knowing all the top tips and tricks is one of the best ways to succeed. And if at the same time those tips and tricks are the ones that are unfamiliar to your competition — even better! In the world of eCommerce, most tricks revolve around price.
97. What Does it Take to Be an Entrepreneur?
Many of us are obsessed with the idea of creating something cool and being our own boss though we often forget to ask ourselves the tough questions.
98. Pool Architecture for Saas
Most of the startups facing scaling problems move to microservices. Inspired by cell-based architecture, it split services per function and scale only specific features. It works especially well for B2C where traffic is uniformly spread across users. However, B2B can face a different type of scaling issue where only one user is scaling. A pool architecture is a simpler yet powerful solution, used both by GAFA and fast-growing startups.
[99. "You Have to Distinguish a Startup From a New Business" says Paul
O’Brien](https://hackernoon.com/you-have-to-distinguish-a-startup-from-a-new-business-says-paul-obrien-aa313yie)
There are countless articles on the web that talk about what investors look for when funding your startup. Normally they all focus on similar things:
100. What I Learned from My Betalist Product Launch
In early April, my co-founders and I had a conversation about beginning the “beta launch” process for Phiona. We had recently finished up a pretty significant enhancement to the application that would add much more value to people who were looking to transform their data in specific ways. At this point, it was time to move from a more limited alpha testing phase to a more significant beta testing phase.
101. Advice for Founders During Uncertain Times
Having been in the VC business for 22 years now, we have had the misfortune of living through at least two major downturns. While each has its own unique characteristics, there are a few lessons that may be relevant in responding to the latest crisis.
102. Startup Interview with Blair Silverberg, Hum Capital CEO and Founder
Hum Capital offers a single destination where companies can understand all of their financing options and be matched with pre-qualified investors.
103. Why Should You Startup?
myPluto helps small teams, young entrepreneurs and ,aspiring product managers to navigate the development of their first product in a structured manner.
104. Product-Market Fit Is a Perishable Good — Here’s the Operating Manual
PMF isn't a milestone — it's a treadmill. A 6-step operating manual for finding product-market fit when AI makes building free but learning still costs time.
105. Founders, Do You Have a Plan for the End of the World?
Founders and CEOs have a lot of tasks and responsibilities. Coaching the team, becoming a mentor for newcomers, and preparing for the end of the world.
106. My First 100 Days As An AI Startup COO
First-time COO shares her first 100 days launching AI startup Sectorflow - detailing initiatives like market positioning, manifesto writing, selecting tools.
107. Why It’s a Good Idea for Developers to Work with Startups Instead of for Them
What if I told you, it’s possible to get the best of both worlds – to capture the advantages of working with a startup while mitigating the downsides?
108. How and Why My First Five Startups Failed
Before Loki.ai became a financially sustainable venture, I failed with 5 other startups over 5 years. Here is what I learnt.
109. How Kuda Bank Grew From Zero to Millions of Users
Peace interviews Bradley Want, the VP of Growth at Kuda Bank.
110. 3 Ways To Make Sure Your Startup Isn’t Successful
Startups that focus on the wrong priorities are likely to fail.
111. Google Wave’s Misfire Is A Lesson for Today's Real-Time Collaboration Tools
When Google Wave previewed at the 2009 I/O conference, it was a tool like no other. Not only was it the first unified workspace and collaboration platform before the remote-work boom happened, but it also tried to solve many of the same problems we’re facing today.
112. How to Reach $1M ARR in a Year: Maksim Kamaltdinov on Growth Hacks for SaaS-Startups
Maksim Kamaltdinov is a serial entrepreneur with several projects behind his back. But the recent one became very successful even though the market seemed tricky. We sat down with Maksim and talked about his growth hacks.
113. Is Product Hunt Still Worth It? Our Experience Says YES!
Whether you’re planning your first Product Hunt launch or considering giving it another shot, this guide spills it all.
114. The 10 Top Places in Europe for New Startups to Apply for Tax Breaks
It’s been roughly two months now since the Coronavirus turned our lives upside down. From practising social distancing and getting used to a life confined within four walls. To constant washing of hands and wearing masks and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) just to buy a loaf of bread. All the while watching strangers, friends and loved ones getting sick, COVID-19 is truly something none of us saw coming — well besides Bill Gates.
115. Finding Female Co-Founders: An Interview With Jane Fisher
This is an interview with Jane Fisher about being a female founder at a tech startup.
116. Entrepreneurship Trends Happening in the Robotics Industry
Here are some of the trends we’re seeing from entrepreneurs in the robotics space.
117. How Blogging is the Best Way to Build Audience and Grow Your Startup
Find out how blogging can help founders quickly solve many marketing challenges and acquisitions by effectively creating content that can solve common problems.
118. "Assume You Don’t Know and Test Everything"
As entrepreneurs, much of our decision making is grounded in empirical data, and that makes sense. There’s too much at stake to risk it all purely on guesswork.
119. 10+ Reasons Why Outsourcing Software Development Fails
As an entrepreneur, you are spoiled for choice when it comes to outsourcing software development.
120. How Startup Investors Evaluate Entrepreneurs
When building your startup you can have a great idea and the perfect market conditions and still come up short. For both your startup and investors, execution is key.
121. Navigating Uncharted Waters: a Robotic Startup Journey
Check out what it takes to build enterprise robots and how a corporate robotic department can spin off into a standalone robotic scale-up.
122. I Lost $400k ARR and Tested Positive for Covid-19 on The Same Day
March 13, 2020. I’ll remember this day as Charcoal Grey Friday in honor of my Costco sweatpants (thanks mother-in-law) and it being the hardest day of my career at GrowthHit.
123. Understanding DeFi With Yubo Ruan, Two Times Stanford Dropout & Founder Of $500m Valued Parallel Fi
DeFi has virtually transformed and entered into almost every traditional finance sector that we know of. The idea of decentralizing finance for all stakeholders
124. 5 Reasons to Invest in Analytics For Your Startup Now
Data analytics are a startup's best friend, and here are five reasons why.
125. 15 Core Digital Marketing Metrics To Master For Startup Owners
When you are just starting a business, it is quite easy to become wrapped up in various metrics and choosing the right ones that actually help in measuring the success of the business can be challenging.
126. Growing a Fintech Unicorn: Alex Tonelli's Anthology of Lessons Learned
Whether you’re thinking of launching a startup or in the trenches of your first entrepreneurial venture, any morsel of advice from someone who’s been in your shoes can be like gold.
127. How to Revolutionize Your Startup Success in 2024 with AI Co-pilot Tools
Revolutionize startup success in 2024 using PitchBob, an AI co-pilot tool for founders, enabling rapid task execution and personalized entrepreneurial guidance.
128. Top 5 Marketplace Business Models to Explore for Your Startup in 2023
The startups now provide quality services for their customers more quickly and efficiently.
129. Giant Mistakes and Successes: Lessons From Growing Codeacademy's Revenue From $10M To $50M
I ran growth at Codecademy from $10M ARR to $55M ARR. Here are the lessons that I learned.
130. Mistakes I Made While Building an EdTech Startup With 400K Active Users
Back in 2017, I became a CEO of an EdTech startup. With no prior experience, I made mistakes almost from the very beginning.
131. A Gread Idea Validation Method Used By Stripe
Leading tech companies like Stripe are using this simple research method to validate their ideas and build products customers really need.
132. The Three Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask Themself
Naveen Jain | Asking All The Right Questions
133. Here's How I Increased Web Traffic by 300% in 30 Days
Here is a 3-step framework to deliver consistent results with limited domain knowledge. I had no marketing knowledge prior to this project but I grew traffic.
134. 4 Key Steps to Developing a Successful SaaS Product
We'll cover everything from product ideation to marketing and sales to customer success.
135. How to get Funding for Your Startup
If you are a startup looking for funding, it can be difficult to know where to begin with all the options available.
136. Top-5 lessons I learned during Apple Entrepreneur Camp
Apple Entrepreneur Camp taught key lessons—app inclusivity, user-centered approach, product page optimization, app review preparation, and user rewards.
137. 4 Surprisingly Easy Steps To Make Your Product Into A Habit For Customers
I did a survey this summer: I asked the founders what they want help with for their startup. I created a long list of options including sales, metrics, marketing, and product development.
138. AI Startups Await a Mountain of Funding as “Dry Powder” Grows
Startup funding is down, but it's not out. Investors are sitting on a mountain of capital that patient AI startups can still access.
139. 7 Startup Safety Considerations for New Businesses
If you’re getting your startup up and running, then you know that it takes a lot of effort and time. It also takes a lot of resources. No matter the size of the business, you are investing resources in it, and we’re not just talking about financial resources. Startup owners are also prepared to invest their time, energy, and emotions in something they truly believe in.
140. Exploring 10 New COVID-19 Realities You Might Already Be Experiencing
We are halfway through 2020. Self-evident truth makes it crystal clear that there is too much to swallow and digest to make sense of everything that is happening in our new reality. It is also important to mention that there is no doubt that the world will remember this year just like they remember 2012 when everyone was expecting the end of the world. But what happens after COVID-19? The Economist has its perspective:
141. Optimizing for Positivity: Niches and the Future of Social Media
Spencer & Sophia Rascoff | Optimize for Positivity: The Next Evolution of Social Media
142. Don’t Wait For A Good Idea: The Netflix Origin Story
Don’t Wait For A Good Idea
143. How I've Freaked Out and Decided to Build a Startup of My Own
I never imagined I'd become a startup founder. Yet, here I am, a bit more than a year later – doing exactly that. So, how did this dramatic shift happen?
144. Common Mistakes Startup Owners Should Avoid When Designing a Product: Founder Interview
What are common startup design mistakes and how to avoid them to achieve the best performance? Sergey Krasotin, an experienced entrepreneur, outlines some.
145. How Licious Turned a Simple Idea Into a Billion-Dollar Startup
How did Licious created a trustworthy meat brand in the fresh meat industry and a billion-dollary startup in just 6 years?
146. Five Things I Would Have Done Differently
I don’t have many regrets in my professional career. In fact, I have none. Regretting is useless and a waste of time.
147. How Slack Turned Failure Into Fortune
Slack is one of the most successful tech businesses of all time. But how did they do it?
148. The Novice's Guide To Side-Hustles
I don’t know about you but in my view, work culture seems to have taken a 360- degree turn since the time I got into the workforce in 2012. For years before that, I saw people stay in the same job for years.
149. Start a Tech Startup for Free with Google Cloud Platform
Learn how to piece together Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services ($300 credit on signup) and other services to start your tech startup with this no-fuss guide.
150. 4 of the Best Ways to Use AI in Business
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has created a lot of disruption in the business world.
151. How to Run a Tech Business in 2023: 4 Tips From a Ukrainian Startup CEO
Running a tech business in 2023 can be difficult. Here are four tips you can follow to develop your business this year.
152. Why Tropicalization Often Fails in LatAm and What Needs to be Done for Success in Digital Products
Tropicalization is a process by which a company adds local flavor to its product, giving it a more regional feel. Here we will discuss costly mistakes
153. Quibi's Launch: Why It Fell Flat With GenZ
A little more than a month ago, the world officially saw a new entrant to the streaming war. After raising ~$2 billion from the likes of The Walt Disney Company, Alibaba Group, & Greenspring Associates, Quibi, a short-form video streaming platform founded by Silicon Valley veterans Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ken Howery & Meg Whitman officially launched on April 6th, 2020. Quibi has been the subject of a lot of speculation in the tech and VC world and much of VC and tech Twitter has been waiting with bated breath on how it will be received at launch.
154. ‘Never Give Up’ is an Awful Startup Strategy
Actually, it’s exactly the other way around. A startup, any startup, has too many opportunities and paths it can take. Business opportunities, technology opportunities, in marketing and of course with its product. So obviously, a startup must constantly give up on opportunities and possible paths.
155. Ted Lasso’s Leadership Lessons Made Me a Successful Leader
Ted Lasso's leadership style is rarely seen in media.
What traits can we learn from Ted to make us successful leaders?
156. Interviewing in San Francisco: 3 Bizarre Short Stories
☝️Real Toilet from a Co-working Space in SF—On Finding my cultural fit in San Francisco...
157. Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, and Fake-It-Till-You-Make-It Silicon Valley Startup Culture
Did Elizabeth Holmes corrupt Silicon Valley, or was it the other way around?
158. Four Insightful Growth Strategy Graphs
Top picks of growth hacking visuals curated by Growth Academy — The growth strategy course by leaders from Silicon Valley
159. Timing is Important for Startups and Product Launches
Many great startups and products were launched too early to too late, impacting their potential for success and leaving them vulnerable to competitors.
160. KISS or Die: Why Senior Engineers Fail at Startups
How senior engineers fail at startups: free infrastructure traps, custom code maintenance, and comfort choices. Four mental models to ship fast, not perfectly.
161. Startup Lessons: How Clubhouse Made $1B in 8 Months
The transformation of Clubhouse from a startup to a $1B business in eight months was among the most remarkable, fascinating, and brilliant growth stories.
162. Go for the "dirtiest, unsexiest problems out there to solve," say Poplar Homes Co-Founder & CTO
Learn from PropTech founder, Rico, and his journey to build Poplar Homes, a tech-enabled property management service. Vote Poplar for Startup of the year!
163. 5 Productivity Hacks to Get More Done as the Founder of a Startup
As a founder of a startup, chances are that you have one thing constantly going on in your mind: getting more work done.
164. 10 Reasons Why Startup Fails
There are a number of prominent startup examples that have been very successful in the past few decades like Facebook, Instagram, and Airbnb among others. But from these stories of success, quite a number of failure stories are left untouched. According to an estimate 9 out of 10 startups end up failing. Entrepreneurs publish post mortem online and they are quite haunting. The reasons for failure may depend upon various factors like insufficient funding, incompetent team, and lack of motivation. I have compiled a list of 10 reasons which have been the cause of startup failures.
165. How To Rock a Tech Conference With $0 and No Prep Time
Discover how Anywaypay turned a last-minute AI conference invite into a marketing triumph with a $1 bathroom billboard strategy.
166. Remote Work is Over, get Back to the Office
We all spent a year getting used to remote work; now, the big question is how do we transition back to the in-person work pattern in a new world with Covid-19?
167. What I Learned After Building 30 Startups in 20 Years
- Doing Consumer Apps. 2. Raising VC Money. 3. Hiring Too Early. 4. Ignoring SEO. 5. Ignoring Content Marketing. 6. Social Media Marketing.
168. How Poor Marketing Failed a SaaS Rising Star
Can a good-enough product sell without marketing? Let's answer the question using the case of a failed startup once destined for success.
169. Go for it anyway
....is my answer to this question someone posted on Twitter the other day: "What is your best advice in 4 words or less". Let me tell you about the time I learn to connect all the seemingly isolated events in my career and came up with this advice in retrospect.
170. Realize The Mistakes on The Way to The Success
Startups are unpredictable, but there are a few common mistakes that every product startup is doomed to make! What matters more, is how you react to them.
171. Untangling Two of Today's Most Unnecessary Startup Fundraising Myths
If you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. Unfortunately, much of this advice is wrong.
172. Women in Tech: Phoena Pang Shares Lessons from Startups, Ad Tech, and Beyond
Mintegral VP Phoena Pang shares her journey through ad tech, her views on AI, leadership lessons, and advice for women building careers in tech.
173. Attention B2B SaaS Founders: Start Tracking These Metrics From Day One
Explanation in simple terms: how to measure five key metrics for B2B SaaS startups — CAC, CLV, MRR, CCR, and NPS — and how to use the insights
174. 10 Things to Do After Your First Win—So It’s Not Your Last
Your startup got its first win. Congrats. Now here's 10 things to do so you don't become a parody of your own pitch deck.
175. Web 3.0 + DEX: Why DEXs will Win the Race Against CEXs
This article talks about decentralized asset management services and decentralized trading.
176. A Step-by-Step Guide from Zero to Launching My Product on Product Hunt in four weeks
a step-by-step guide from zero to launching my product on Product Hunt.
177. 6 Recruitment Hacks for Early-Stage Startups
Structuring a great team is one of the most challenging tasks you will need to get around. You may have an idea when it comes to the future of your company, but chasing it alone is not sufficient. Without qualified by your side, your dreams will never materialize.
178. What is the Difference Between MVP and POC?
In this article, we will look at definitions for MVPs and POCs and the circumstances in which to use them.
179. How to Recession-Proof Your Startup Right Now
Stay one step ahead of the impending economic downturn with these smart tips to help keep your startup afloat in hard times.
180. 10 Things Every Beginner Indie Hacker Should Know
10 Lessons I learned after making $1K as an Indie Hacker
181. 10 Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases Blocking Your Creativity
Transformation is no easy task. Though we like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, we are far from it (economics be damned).
182. How to Build an AI Startup That Can Survive the Coming Correction: 4 Different Strategies
AI bubble is shaking valuations. Enduring startups build moats beyond models, reduce stack fragility, prove ROI, and think in years, not quarters.
[183. My Boring and Simple Job Boards Website
Passed $40k 💵 in Revenue 🥳](https://hackernoon.com/my-boring-and-simple-job-boards-website-passed-$40k-in-revenue)
My boring, simple, clunkily-design directory of job boards, [JobBoardSearch], passed $40k in revenue. I didn't have the intention to monetize. But after 2 month
184. Is Blockchain-Based Watch-to-Earn Monetization the Future of Video Streaming?
Coub.com, a micro-video streaming social network, has launched its blockchain-based 'Watch-to-Earn' content monetizing mechanism.
185. Launching a Minimum Viable Product as a Non-Technical Founder
How to Launch a Minimum Viable Product as a Non-Technical Founder
186. Six Tips to Build Awareness for Your Tech Startup
You have built a tech startup to provide an outstanding solution, but it is not necessary that all the people will understand your idea in the beginning.
187. 4 Ways to Manage Remote Teams
It's a challenging time for teams and organizations that have suddenly jolted to working remotely. For startups and larger organizations, helping their teams with a generous dose of empathy, to enable productivity, is key.
188. How Coronavirus will Impact Startups and What Could be the Survival Strategy?
Originated in China, Coronavirus has affected more than 380,000 people worldwide. The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is increasing at an exponential rate. Stocks have plunged again on Wall Street and the spread of the pandemic has left the business over the world counting costs.
189. Use Consistency To (Remotely) Lead Your Startup Through A Pandemic
Since we're in a unique and ever-evolving working world of the future far sooner than expected, I thought I'd share some of the lessons I've learned in how best to keep consistent and guide your team through turbulent times.
190. How to Create a Billion-Dollar Business on a Budget
The lessons learned in business can make you happier, wealthier and give you more free time.
191. Spreadsheets Don't Scale Well: Here's How 3 Startups Have Overcome Those Limitations
Spreadsheets are the versatile go-to for a wide array of business practices. Companies use them for everything from finance to marketing analytics. "Just use Excel" has even been the go-to battle cry of data scientists who are frustrated by watching companies waste billions of dollars trying to ramp up analytics programs that they're not ready for.
192. 11 Lessons I Learned as a Tech Founder
I’ve been a full-time founder for almost a year but have been into startup culture for most of my professional career as a software engineer (~4 years).
193. How to Launch a Mobile App Startup - 7 Tips from Industry Veterans
Mobile app development continues to grow but creating a mobile app startup is not easy. This article will help you in launching a mobile app startup.
194. You Owe Your Team Prompt Layoffs and a New Plan
Right now, the start-up community is facing upheaval. Although shelter-in-place rules tend to affect some companies more than others and hopefully will be limited to the short-term, all of us will be in uncharted territory for the rest of the year, as we navigate chaotic capital markets and a possible recession.
195. 2 Years of Running a Niche Job Board: What I’d Do Differently in 2026
After 2 years running a niche job board, I share what worked, what failed, and why charging jobseekers ended up working better than employers.
196. Scaling a Startup: What You Need to Know
Brian Bourque gives advice on scaling a startup.
197. The Importance of Cybersecurity in Early-stage Startups
When it comes to early-stage startups and cybersecurity, the two concepts do not always go hand-in-hand. In this write-up, we'll explain the importance of cybersecurity and how it will build trust with customers and investors.
198. 3 Key Considerations when Recruiting for Clean Tech Startups
Remarking key points to have in mind when cleantech startups are recruiting talent
199. Five Life Hacks That Help Your Crypto Startup Get Its First Users For Free.
Knowing where to publish info about your new crypto startup and successfully building an audience on that platform is key to sucessfully building up a userbase
200. How Good UX Designers Can Rescue Your Startup
The biggest mistakes startup founders are making and real reasons why compromising on UX is detrimental to the success of your business.
201. How to go From Idea to MVP
Simple steps to get an idea off the ground and start building momentum.
202. How Netflix Thought Ahead, Future-Proofed, and Raised Its Share Price to $500+
Netflix started to future-proof their business by entering the video streaming market. By making this shift, they could better serve their subscribers.
203. Building Strategic Partnerships: A 5-Step Guide for Early Stage Startups
Entering into strategic partnerships in the early stages of your startup can often do more for your brand than an outright acquisition.
204. How to Design Products For Happiness in 2022
Learn how to design products with happiness in mind by using focus and specificity in order to make the process for both your customers and your team smooth.
205. Interview with Digilus Technologies LLC Founder and CEO, Saahil Kumar Chathrath
Founder and CEO of tech company Digilus Technologies LLC, Saahil Kumar Chathrath shared few important tips for starting a successful startup. The Indian entrep
206. 624 Stories To Learn About Startup Advice
Learn everything you need to know about Startup Advice via these 624 free HackerNoon stories.
207. What Questions Should I Ask My Startup Advisor?
Confused about how to ask bold questions to your soon-to-be advisor? This article will fire you up in 6 minutes. Promise!
208. “Pitch Like a Boss”: 10 Real Tips I Wish Founders Actually Took Seriously
Not a founder, but sat in 100+ pitch meetings. Here are 10 powerful, honest tips every startup needs to hear before stepping in front of investors.
209. 5 Branding Myths to Stop Believing if You Want Your Startup to Survive
Startup founders have a tremendous range of tasks: from product refinement and customer acquisition to pitch-decks design and conversations with investors. In such extraordinary environments, brand building is often far from being a priority. It's curious to notice that successful startups start working in this area even prior to their launch on the market.
210. How to Name Your Startup
I’ve always found naming things to be particularly challenging. That is because a bad name is way worse than a good name is good - naming your car the “No-Go” (as the Chevy Nova was in Spanish) is far worse than a decent name like the Passat is good. Naming is, unfortunately, a negative sum game.
211. Interview with Atsu Davoh, Founder of Bitsika, on Creating a Payment App in Africa
Peace sits down with Atsu Davoh, Founder & CEO of Bitsika. Bitsika is a payments app for making transactions.
212. How to Take Your MVP From Idea to Launch
As a business person without the tech skills to build an MVP, it can be tempting to look for a software development partner as soon as possible.
213. 62 Stories To Learn About Tech Startups
Learn everything you need to know about Tech Startups via these 62 free HackerNoon stories.
214. CARPA: How To Identify Fortune Cookie Advice, As An Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is tough and full of unknowns… Deciding to start a company is like going back to school on purpose, every single day, knowing that there’s much you don’t know. Luckily, it’s 2020: a whole lot of people have started startups before you, and many of them like to talk about it.
215. 95 Stories To Learn About Startup Founders
Learn everything you need to know about Startup Founders via these 95 free HackerNoon stories.
216. 435 Stories To Learn About Startup Lessons
Learn everything you need to know about Startup Lessons via these 435 free HackerNoon stories.
217. 9 Underrated Startup Podcasts You Should Start Listening to in 2023
Tired of listening to the same 5 podcasts every day? Here's a list of my top 9 most underrated startup podcasts that will freshen up your playlist.
218. We Made a Twist and Learned a Lot: Navigating a Startup
Learn from our twist-filled journey and gain valuable insights. Find inspiration and guidance for your own pivotal path
219. Communities Matter: Here’s How to Build a Great One
In this article, I share how the community helped one of Storyby’s flagship products, AlphaNovel, and why any startup should consider building one.
220. Building a Job Board in 2024: What I Learned and What I’d Do Differently
A review of what it's like building a job board in 2024. Learn common problems, solutions and approaches to job board building.
221. A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Project Estimation
Project estimation is a critical aspect of successful project management. In this guide, I'll explore effective strategies for mastering project estimation.
222. Culture and Leadership in Startups: Lessons from the Founder
Lessons from a founder on shaping startup culture that scales — from hiring and leadership to trust, transparency, and building a team you’re proud of.
223. What's The One Thing You Can’t Miss When Building an MVP?
At Altar.io we’ve built dozens of products over the years, working with entrepreneurs from all over the world.
224. 10 Myths Stopping You From Becoming an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs tend to believe that all the stars in the sky need to be aligned perfectly for their start-ups to succeed. Because of this belief, they postpone their jump to entrepreneurship, often indefinitely.
225. The Moment an AI Startup Becomes More Committed Than It Realizes
OpenAI’s Sora shutdown shows a deeper risk: execution can create market certainty before internal commitment is real. A warning for AI startups post-raise.
226. Pre-PMF Startup: How To Do It Right
In the beginning of June 2020, we had enough cash to sustain ourselves for 2 years, and had decided to pivot. At the time, we weren’t sure if we needed to move away from our product, on which revenues were growing very slowly, or not. We spent 6 weeks in full exploration mode to identify what our next step was.
227. 3 Lessons From Unicorns: Consistency, Simplicity, and Customer Obsession
Startup founders are often “hailed as superhumans,” but the truth is they’re not. They’re everyday people like you and me. But the thing that makes them different is their fearlessness to take risks.
228. Sales Pitch Shake-Up: Part Two—The Pitch Hack So Obvious, You’ll Kick Yourself
One simple sales pitch hack rooted in neuroscience that'll leave your prospects hungry for your solution.
229. My Honest Review After Spending a Fortune on Freelancers
What you should know before working with freelancers and outsourcing agencies to avoid loosing lot's of money.
230. The Trident Strategy: Using A Combination Of 2–3 Skills To Maximize Wealth
T-shaped skills are dead. The top 1% of high performers are using a secret strategy to build their Trident skillset and get ahead of the competition.
231. Cash Rules Everything Around Me [Writing Prompts For Startup Founders]
Are you a startup founder? Consider filling out these writing prompts so readers can get to know your company better, and it's a great way for others to learn.
232. How I Met My Cofounder (Spoiler: It Took 4 Attempts)
What it takes to find a cofounder to build a startup with – and how to know they are the one
233. To Get the Outputs You Want, You Need to Build Systems
There are two kinds of leaders: one that acts on a whim, and one that follows procedures to solve a problem.
234. 6 Essential Steps to Build a Blockchain Startup
Blockchain and crypto startups are on the rise. What do you need to know before starting your own business in the space?
235. Shift-Left Data Platforms in Early-Stage Startups: Strategies for Data-Driven Success
Left-Shift Data Platform: How to overcome early stage startup challenges to be Data-Driven
236. How to Build a Successful SaaS Business: The 10-Step Guide
Looking for some straight-to-the-point advice to help you build a successful SaaS business? Philipp Wolf shares personal advice from a founder in this article!
237. 15 Lessons from 5 Different Business Ventures
I've dabbled in five different business ventures. Read this article to learn my 15 biggest takeaways, so you can avoid making the same mistakes I've made.
238. Painkillers, Vitamins, or Dopamine - Which One is Your Startup, and What Strategy Should You Choose?
The article proposes an alternative baseline framework for defining your startup or idea's product type, market sizing and launch strategy.
239. What's the Difference Between an Overhyped Startup and a Valuable Business?
Garry Tan explains the difference between a startup that will fail vs a business that will thrive.
240. The Growth Marketing Revolution
A story about a struggling startup that turns its fortunes around by adopting a data-driven, iterative approach to marketing called "growth marketing."
241. Marketers Just Might Be The Only Professionals Saving Startups From Destroying Themselves
Chief marketing officers are often caught between the drive for rapid growth and the need for honest representation.
242. Get a Job in Tech: Flo's Experience as CEO
Florian Narr is CEO of KLIXPERT.io a Growth Marketing Company.
243. Finding the Right Technical Partner for Your Startup
A first-person account of how Founder and Entrepreneur Adil Kurt-Eli found the right technical partner for his startup.
244. What To Do As A Startup Without A Market
Discover how startups navigate the emerging blockchain and service markets in tech when there really is no market at all.
245. 138 Stories To Learn About Startups Top Story
Learn everything you need to know about Startups Top Story via these 138 free HackerNoon stories.
246. Cracking the Code: Lessons I Learned About VCs, Pitch Decks, and Building a Product Mindset
From rejections to real wins: what I learned about fundraising, building products step by step, and pitching to pragmatic London investors.
247. "Fail faster. Shorten the path to success": Borys Pikalov, Stobox Co-Founder
Stobox was nominated as one of the best startups in Los Altos, United States in Startups of The Year hosted by HackerNoon.
248. The $120 Tool That Saved Us $120k—And Nearly Killed Our Marketing Culture
Canva saved my startup thousands. And almost erased our ability to do real marketing. Here's what happened, and when Canva's actually worth using.
249. 5 Biggest Mistakes Indie Builders Make And How To Avoid Them
Discover the top 5 mistakes indie builders make when building a SaaS and how to save yourself from the costly trial and error.
250. How I Got My Startup Funded By Jason Calacanis
This is the story that how I started Remotehour after 5 years of bootstrapping.
251. "Marie Kondo" your Startup
Ask yourself if it sparks revenue
252. Expert Product Manager Sunil Tej Gorantla on Personalization Without User Data at Risk
With his expertise and vision, we can look forward to a future where user privacy is truly protected, and products can provide tailored experiences
253. How To Explore Your Startup Idea With ZERO Money
A couple years ago I was teaching a small course at Stanford about Entrepreneurship and I remember the number one question was how to raise money.
254. 8 Things a Co-founder Can Start Doing When Others Are Busy With Product Development
Find out what you need to do as a co-founder during product development when you have little to do but still need to contribute to the success of the startup.
255. The Right Way to Build Things is to Build Things
A few nights ago, I used the wrong pan to make dinner.
256. Why You Should Think Like A Child
The Benefits of Thinking Like A Child
257. A Thorough Guide on How Wefunder Works
What is Wefunder? How do you get starting crowdfunding your business? Read this in-depth guide to find out.
258. Your Release Process Is a Projection of Fear
Your release process isn't neutral. It reflects what you're most afraid of: breaking production or building something nobody wants.
259. VC Market Trends and Current Situation Explained by a Corporate Lawyer
How does the VC market look like in late 2022, what jurisdiction do venture funds use now to establish their operations, and which laws affect their business?
260. On Productivity Tools And Time Management With Julien Quintard, Founder Of Routine
An interview with Julien Quintard on why he is building Routine and why productivity tools as we know it is going to change drastically in the a few quarters.
261. From San Francisco to the Sands: Why U.S. Tech Talent Is Eyeing the UAE
The UAE isn’t replacing Silicon Valley, but it’s carving out its own lane as a serious contender in the tech world.
262. Exploring Famous MVP Pivots: Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube Success Stories
Check out why many popular apps had to pivot to make a success. Read Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Netflix pivot stories.
263. Freshworks' Journey to India’s First SaaS IPO: A Deep-Dive
Freshworks' Journey to India’s First SaaS IPO
264. Retool for Startups: Early-stage startups can now build internal tools for free
Retool for Startups is a program designed to help early-stage startups build critical internal tools. Eligible startups get 12 months of free Retool credits.
265. Food Tech Stories: How To Fail Food Delivery Startup
Based on this story: Trackin: Solo Founding a +$167,000/Month Food Startup
266. How to Successfully Interview Developers in 2022
Here is the exact process I’ve used to successfully interview software developers.
267. How To Utilise Gig Economy As A Start-up For Flexible Success
Gig economy prospers post-pandemic. How can startups utilise flexible workers in their business strategy to get more affordable employees in their offices.
268. The Key to Entrepreneurial Success: Seeing a World That Doesn’t Exist
The Entrepreneurial Secret: See a World That Doesn’t Exist
269. The Craze of On-Demand Apps: What Startups Need to Know
Learn about the types, market size, and latest trends in the world of on-demand apps.
270. 15+ Growth Marketing Strategies for Businesses (with Examples)
What is growth marketing?
271. 13 Deadly Startup Mistakes That You Should Avoid
If you are an early-stage founder, and looking for some dos and donts. This blog post is for you. I have launched two startups in my entrepreneurial career so far. I have had 1 failed startup and another one is doing ‘Okay’ in revenues.
272. How To Validate Your Startup Idea With Less Time and Money
Validation: The Most Overlooked Aspect Of A Startup
273. How to Win in Every Negotiation
Lessons in Information Asymmetry
When I first moved to San Francisco, I didn’t have a car. Who needs a car in San Francisco? And the parking is like $350 per month so that is a hard no.
274. What An Investor Needs to Feel to Say Yes to Your Startup
A Previous VC Reveals What Matters More Than Your Pitch Deck.
275. Why Everyone in Your Design Review Knows Nothing Will Change (And Shows Up Anyway)
Watched a designer present to 14 people. 27 changes requested. 8 about the same color. The flow never shipped. Everyone knew it wouldn't. They showed up anyway.
276. How to Validate Your Startup Idea Using Delta-4 Wealth Creation Theory
Delta-4 is a theory coined by Kunal Shah on how to evaluate your startup idea. It can be used as a framework for evaluating startup ideas and growth potential.
277. 11 Lessons I Learned From Transforming a Product Organization
Key takeaways from transforming a monolithic team into three autonomous squads and much more.
278. 240 Stories To Learn About Startups Of The Year
Learn everything you need to know about Startups Of The Year via these 240 free HackerNoon stories.
279. Why Art Tech Start-ups Fail: 5 Key Mistakes to Avoid
Discover the top 5 reasons why art startups fail. And get some more: Top NFT failed startups and research overview on why stratup companies fail by 10101.art
280. 6 Entrepreneurial Tips For First-Time Entrepreneurs
People aspiring to become successful entrepreneurs must try and follow certain tips that can give them their desired success.
281. My 17 Years of Tech Experience In A Few Lines
I've been working in technology for the last 17 years, and I cannot help but admit that — as rewarding as this industry seems — it's a never-ending race with time, and the speed at which the disruptive becomes outdated is unparalleled.
282. What are the Biggest AI Trends in 2022?
Knowing the trends in AI will help any business take more advantage of technology in 2022.
283. What I Learned Working 6 Weeks on a Sh*tty Side Project
About a month ago, I started working on Unfluence! It was going to be the perfect side project. In fact, Here is a list of things why it was going to be a perfect side project.
284. Critical Necessities of the Venture-Backed Startup
Once you’ve obtained the capital required to launch your startup, it’s time to look at fulfilling your technical needs. Do you have a secure web server? An IT security specialist? A reliable computer setup? These are all important, but there’s more.
285. A Woman of Tech Success: "I will never forget where I came from because it built grit & resilience"
It's a brief story of my journey from a low-income single-parent family in Taiwan to female leadership in the United States.
286. D2C101: Lessons Learnt From Studying Most Successful Brands
Retail as an industry is one that is so core to how we live our lives, but is often ignored when thinking about innovation and disruption. When I set out to start this series on D2C brands, I wanted to figure out why we should care about the evolution of retail, and what the new face of this industry looks like. In part 1, I set out to answer the first part of this fundamental question.
287. Bob Sabra, CEO Hovi Digital Lab on How Putting Employees First Helps in Success
Started from the bottom now we’re here. 2 years into our venture, we're 32 people with a plan to conquer the world of Digital Marketing!
288. Founder Story: Lessons From Over 25 Years in Silicon Valley
This is part two of a two-part conversation with serial founder and pioneer of “digital identity” Garrett Gafke on how he built and launched his most successful startup, IdentityMind. Click here to read part one.
289. A Ethereum Defi Researcher and a Bay Area Solo Dev Walk Into A Zoom Meeting...
Why we started a digital marketing agency.
290. Finding the Right CTO for Your Startup: Insights from a Tech Lead With 20 Years Experience
As a non-technical founder, this is a 9-step guide on finding the right Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for your technology startup.
291. How to Make a Startup Explainer Video To Entice Your Target Audience
Are you a startup? These several expert tips and recommendations can help you create a truly engaging explainer video to present your business idea.
292. How to Find Market Fit for Data Products
By the time I entered the bar on that rainy spring afternoon, Justin had already started on his cocktail. It had been a few months since I saw him last; after his product design firm ended their work with my previous healthcare technology employer, he had taken on some new projects and
it was tough to find time to connect. I had recently left that employer myself to take on a new job that ticked all the boxes- pay raise, prestigious company, work from home, great boss. Plenty of changes to catch up on.
293. What's The Blockchain Strategies of Tech Giants?
The crypto ecosystem has come a long way from its humble beginnings in Bitcoin. One testament to the revolution that blockchain represents can be seen in the multitude of large, established companies that have adopted and adapted blockchain.
294. Is a Business Coach Necessary?
Do You Need A Business Coach?
295. 5 Financial Lessons Learned While Launching a Startup
Startups fail as they run out of cash or can't raise enough funding. Here are five critical financial lessons for founders.
296. How I Built a Technical Writing Company: An Interview with Karl Hughes. CEO, Draft.Dev
Learn how Karl went from startup CTO to full-time technical writer in 2020.
297. Cybersecurity Marketing Playbook Offers 7 Low-Cost Tactics to Hacking Growth
7 low-cost cybersecurity marketing tactics to rival industry giants. Learn how to leverage SEO, micro-influencers, and community engagement to grow your startup
298. 8 Growth Hacking Principles for (Near) Guaranteed Startup Success
A lot of entrepreneurs have great vision, but lack growth hacking skills. Here are 8 growth principles to help startups succeed in 2022.
299. How to Find the Best Growth Marketer for Your Startup
Looking to grow your startup? Hire the right growth marketer with our helpful tips and tricks. Learn what to look for in a growth marketer.
300. Startup Funding 101: Navigating the Investment Landscape
Discover expert strategies for navigating the investment landscape and securing capital.
301. How We Pivoted Our Startup Business and Mobile Apps From 'Beauty Uber' to 'Beauty Coworking'
My name is Dmitrii Konstantinov and this is a personal story of experience and growth in a cozy startup. How we made a business pivot and found product fit.
302. Top Management Tips for Startup Founders
Here are some top dos and don'ts for startup founders, alongside some management tips for startup founders from successful entrepreneurs.
303. Perfection is the Enemy of Launch: Why Your Tech Stack Might Be Killing Your Startup
A technical post-mortem on scalability traps. Why a solo founder switched from AWS to Firebase to focus on user experience instead of cloud infrastructure.
304. How to Scale a Startup: 7 Proven Strategies for Explosive Growth
Scaling a startup is a long-term process that will require much effort and consistency for your sustainable startup growth.
305. 6 Key Takeaways From Clubhouse FOMO for First-time Founders
Though the FOMO is gone but here are the key takeaways that founders can learn from Clubhouse.
306. The Two Biggest Mistakes Founders Make While Trying to Raise Venture Capital
First-time founders reach out to me via Twitter for general fundraising advice or for deck review, and over time I noticed a common pattern amongst those who have trouble raising money. The two biggest mistakes appear to be rooted in poor assumptions about raising venture funding in the first place:
307. Lessons I Learnt From Becoming a CEO
As someone who’s been the CEO for years, I think I might be of some help here. Over these years, I saw hundreds of things not working out the way I initially planned but, knowing that I was in the middle of a process kept me going.
308. Tech Founders Can't Seem to Break Up With Their AI Algorithms
AI marketing tools are sucking the life out of your tech startup. Insights drawn from conversations with founders who had their minds screwed up by AI.
309. Why My First Startup Failed: 5 Lessons Learned
I started working on my first startup of the year, but it failed. Some important lessons were learned.
310. RiseUp, NBA of Fintech, Measuring Goals, and Productivity Tips
An Interview with a Fintech founder on scaling a product, measuring goals and practical productivity tips.
311. What Are The Most Common Mistakes New Startups Make?
Newbie startups fly HIGH and then fall hard! Here’s why.
312. What You Can Do If Your Startup Does Not Get Traction
Startups might sound cool but they are not easy!
313. Ship First, Scale Never: Marvin’s Anti-Overengineering Guide
Your 12-service microarchitecture impresses nobody. A depressed android explains why boring stacks ship products and clever stacks ship README files.
314. 10 Questions for Cybersecurity Firm Resonance Founder Charles Dray
Charles Dray is founder and CEO of Resonance Security, a full-spectrum cybersecurity firm.
315. Naming Your Startup: 6 Considerations for First Time Founders
Naming your startup can be a tricky and time-consuming process. This article breaks down some tips and stories from VC Partners and CEOs to get you started.
316. Startups Dilemma: Build vs Buy
To buy or build is a tough choice entrepreneurs have to make. But how do you know what the right choice is? Here's an article to help with that.
317. What Is Your Leadership Style
Leadership comes in many shapes and forms, sizes, titles or lack thereof, and has a profound impact on whoever and whatever follows. Google defines leadership as "the action of leading a group of people or an organization", and to lead as "organize and direct", "be the principal player of a group", or "set (a process) in motion" among many similar definitions.
318. From Zero to Hero: A Defi Startup Story
DeFi security is a booming sector as we protect against an ever-increasing amount of hacks, and Immunefi has had a metaphorical rise in the blockchain sector
319. What Developers Should Expect From Working in a Startup
We continue sharing our team's ideas and opinions. This time we talked with Alexey Simatov, our senior developer. He has come a long way and gained profound career experience in both startup and corporate.
320. A Rule Book for Crisis Communications
A rule book for crisis communications - from MVPR founder Tom Lawrence
321. Meet the Founder of Cascadia Carbon: Alex Wick
Alex Wick is the founder and CEO of Cascadia Carbon, which is building a verifiable offset database of individual, geotagged trees.
322. How Fine Went From Producing a Web Series to Building a Startup
The journey of Fine, a startup born out of a unique approach to identifying developer challenges through a web series.
323. Riders on the Storm: Leading an Engineering Team Through Turmoil Towards Triumph
In this article, Cheslav Novytskyi, an Engineering Manager at Innovecs, describes how to lead an engineering team during challenging times.
324. If Composable Commerce is the Future, Where is it?
Composable Commerce was predicted to be the future, but remains out of reach for most companies. Integrations will be key to ensuring this approach succeeds.
325. 24 Tactics for Startups To Unveil The Chicken-and-Egg Dilemma
We gathered 24 marketplace tactics used by well known Startups. Let's check out how to solve the chicken and egg problem to launch own startup company.
326. Recycled Ventures: How to Drive your Startup out of Stagnation
Startups lose billions of dollars in VC funding every year, but they can still succeed by “recycling ventures."
327. Courier is Moving to Remote-first: Here's Why
We wrote a blog post about why Courier would never be permanently remote. This post covers why we changed our minds and Courier is now a remote-first company.
328. 7 Tips for B2B SaaS Startup Growth
Get advice about how to grow a B2B Saas Startup from a start-up founder that grew his Saas product into a unicorn. Tips on B2B Saas sales, marketing and growth
329. Hackathons Are Broken. Here’s How We Fix Them.
Hackathons produce cool demos—but most projects die in days. Here’s why the system is broken and how we can turn them into real startup launchpads.
330. How to Hack Your Workspace for Sustained Productivity
Can you imagine that clearing up your desk can make a world of difference in your productivity?
331. Rethinking the Hiring Process: How to to Stand Out and Delight Your Candidates
In this hiring climate, you need to differentiate to attract candidates.
332. Optimize Your Startup Ideas for Low Competition
"Our main competitor is Microsoft, but we are very smart, so I’m sure our product will win." Famous last words...
333. Operational Intelligence: The Real Moat in Venture-Backed Startups
Teams that deeply understand their costs, performance, and systems make faster, better decisions.
334. How To Create Personal Breakthroughs By Mastering EI: Interview With Matt Kursh
A recent nationwide survey aiming to better understand the “before and after” of emotions in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic has found that people’s #1 emotion now is anxiety, and before the outbreak, the #1 emotion was calm.
335. Startup Interview with Josh Herst, Joon Care Co-Founder and CEO
Joon Care is a teletherapy practice for teens and young adults, providing quality mental health care from the convenience of home.
336. 5 Key Tips for Raising Funds in a Niche Industry
5 Tips for fundraising in a niche industry from personal experience building a dating app for Africans
337. Startup Branding Process: How we decided on Look & Feel, Logo, and a Mascot
Startup branding is as opaque as it is necessary. We wanted to give people a window into the process that we went through to update Speakeasy's branding.
338. 53 Stories To Learn About Product Market Fit
Learn everything you need to know about Product Market Fit via these 53 free HackerNoon stories.
339. How I Used Hackathons to Grow My Startup
We did 7-8 hackathons in first couple of years that helped us get around 1000 users. Read how we did it and key takeaways if you want to do one for your startup
340. Redefining the Traditional Startup Model: Spain's Venture Builders Lead the Way
Venture builders, organizations that create and scale startups from scratch, are wielding a growing influence in the Spanish startup ecosystem.
341. Approach Your B2B Sales Launch Like Another Startup: 5 Tips to Accelerate Growth
The first and foremost rule to succeed is to treat the creation of a B2B department like a startup, even if you aren’t introducing a new product.
342. TRASTRA's Founder & CEO Roman Potemkin on disrupting the Paypals of the world with crypto
Trastra was nominated as one of the best startups in London in HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year. Learn more about the journey of its Founder CEO in this story.
343. How an iOS Bug Triggered a Near Death Experience for Our Startup
Discover the shocking story of our startup's brush with failure when an iOS app update caused a data-corrupting bug.
344. Understanding Startups Growth for Better Management
Once you begin your startup business, then comes the toughest part! To sustain and grow to a leading organization by managing the same with some brilliant ideas. Many of the leading management gurus have written a lot about how to achieve the same.
345. 15 Common Product Discovery Mistakes I Made (And How You Can Avoid Them)
Avoid product discovery pitfalls that cost time and money. Learn 15 common mistakes and proven strategies to build products users actually want.
346. 6 Most Common Product Marketing Mistakes Founders Make
At this point, my co-founder and I have helped over a dozen software companies with their product marketing (both as an agency, and freelancers).
347. Top Reasons For Tech Startups Failure And What To Do To Avoid It
The millennials are too tired of 9 to 5 jobs and a monotonous lifestyle for a decade now. They have a good skill set and corporate experience, which pushes, them to open startups with the knowledge gained from their work environment. But does everyone see success in venturing startups, and what are the difficulties they face to be consistent in their entrepreneurial dreams? Let us see the top 10 reasons for tech startups fail and how we can recover and be ready with measures to overcome the failures:
348. Our AI Coding Tool Went Viral, Then Everything Broke. This is What We Learned.
Our AI coding tool went viral at the wrong time, forcing us to pivot and build smarter, learn hard lessons, and ultimately develop a groundbreaking AI Engineer.
349. EdTech: How Dutch Secondary Schools Are Transforming With Tech
It's been 2 years since I joined a Dutch EdTech company as Lead Dev and in this article I'll explain how we are transforming communication for Dutch schools.
350. Why Flat Organizational Structures Drive Innovation in Startups
For startups and midsize organizations, flat structures boost efficiency and innovation while fostering a dynamic work environment.
351. Supercharge Your Team with the Right Project Management Tool
As a compact team of two or three founders, it’s easy to stay organized… But when you’re doing well the team grows. Suddenly you’re managing a team of 5! Keeping track of everything, such as projects, tasks, new features, marketing campaigns, and more becomes much more difficult.
352. Under The Hood Of The Unit Economy: How To Create A Successful Startup
Exploring the unit economy and its role in successful startup ventures.
353. How Craft Health is Driving Healthcare Innvovation Using 3D Printing
Craft Health is a healthcare company building the platform for personalized 3D printed healthcare.
354. How to Give Employees Stock Options: Tips From Founder to Founders
If you're a fellow founder, you've likely already googled how to issue stock options. Here, I offer tips from my own journey.
355. The 3 Tools You Need to Need to Get Your MVP From Idea to Launch
Over the last 20 years, our Project Manager, Pedro, has helped build many startups.
356. Mentors Are Like Magic Mushrooms
I explain why mentors are like magic mushrooms and share six of the main ways that getting a mentor can help you develop professionally and personally.
357. Share Dilution for Startups: Balancing Funding and Ownership
Getting a new investment for a startup may also result in reduced ownership and voting power due to share dilution. But, it's not that scary as it sounds.
358. 5 Major Mistakes Startup Owners Make After Getting Funded
Article focuses on five major mistakes Startup owners make after getting funded.
359. The Default State is Failure - Don't Give Up!
In 2018, I built a team of 21 product managers, designers, and researchers to build a digital gym. Find out what we learned about human nature.
360. The Benefits of Idea Validation and How to Conduct It [Part 1]
Idea validation is the process of gathering evidence around ideas through experimentation to make fast, informed and de-risked decisions.
361. Startup Studios: Why Founders Aspire to Join and How They Foster Company Building
Discover the power of startup studios - co-founders that provide expertise, funding, and tailored teams for successful business launches.
362. An Interview With The Founder of Maven Cluster: How Faheem Hasan Turned The Business Profitable
I started my journey as a 15-year-old kid who was curious and fascinated by the world of technology. I started by reading about designing and building websites.
363. Why You Should Be Building in This Crypto Winter
The bull market favors investors that take good advantage of the bear market to accumulate assets at cheaper prices.
364. Why The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is a Cornerstone Strategy for Startups
Understand the philosophy behind MVPs, their role in risk reduction, and the challenges businesses face in their development.
365. Optimizing Your Development Team's Growth in a Startup Environment
How to efficiently scale up your development team as a startup, by Martyna Lewinska, CTO of Fiat Republic. Building, hiring and company culture.
366. Why We're Pivoting After Making $109,000 in Revenue Last Year
It’s Time for a Change
367. 5 Things I’ve Learnt From Working at Web3 Startups
Funded by VCs, the promise of remote work and lots and lots of networking parties- sounds like quite a dream right? Kinda. But also not really.
368. "Insurers Miss Out On Millions Of Dollars In Business", Manuel San Miguel, Ignatica CEO
Ignatica CEO and Co-Founder Manuel San Miguel discusses why he founded the company, AI and Machine Learning and why he should have gone to Japan sooner.
369. What to Know Before Joining an Accelerator
Starting a business is hard and requires making tough decisions. More than that, most startups struggle to find the necessary investment. This is why many startup founders seek to join an accelerator that will make the initial investment and provide quality mentor support.
370. Shaping Tomorrow’s Product Teams: Noonies Nominee Timoté Geimer
Read the backstory behind Timoté Geimer's career and the growth of dualoop, a product management consulting firm.
371. How to Launch and Sell a Fintech Startup in Less Than 4 Years —Interview, Ankit Singh
From “challenger banks” to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, fintech startups such as Stripe & Paypal continue to revolutionise the financial industry.
372. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Musty Mustapha, Co-Founder & CTO of Kuda
Peace Interviews Co-Founder of Kuda Bank, Musty Mustapha on his journey as a tech entrepreneur, experiences and lessons.
373. How We Launched Our First MVP in the iOS App Market
Follow the six-month journey of Max Nechaev, an iOS developer turned startup founder, as he shares insights and challenges involved in creating a startup.
374. The Most Important Lessons for a First-Time Entrepreneur
The Most Essential Things to Teach a First-Time Entrepreneur
375. How to Create an Effective Influencer Marketing Strategy for Your StartUp
The power of influencer marketing can’t be denied. Although the industry is still relatively new, it is set to reach $10 billion by 2020.
376. The Four Cornerstones of Mindful Leadership
Mindfulness: Paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, without judgement.
377. 4 Ways to Celebrate Company Successes and Milestones — Virtually
If you’re looking for ideas for being more creative or intentional about celebrating successes and milestones with remote teams, here are four tips.
378. This is Why Your Startup is Failing
Top 5 failure reasons for the majority of startups.
379. The Product Discovery Phase Can Make or Break Your Startup
Product discovery is a proven way to minimize uncertainty.
380. How to Turn Your Ideas Into Innovation
What makes some ideas change the world? The simple answer is it's about turning your ideas into real solutions. Not enough, isn’t it? Okay then, keep reading.
381. From Startup to F@*kup: How To Protect Your Online Reputation
Reputational problems hit startups more painfully than established companies. And the matter may not be limited to only a scandal - the business often fails.
382. How Mobile Weather Apps Help You Survive the Hurricane Season
Mobile weather apps have evolved a lot, raising awareness and allowing people to plan their time with the weather in mind.
383. 5 Important Things We Should Stop Neglecting When Hiring
The peril of vague job descriptions
384. The Evolution of Our Tech Stack: Lessons, Optimizations, And Outlooks
How to build a tech stack if you run an early-stage startup.
385. Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Business Strategy
Companies of all sizes and industries increasingly prioritize technological development in their business strategies.
386. Bet on the Jockey, Not the Horse: What Angel Investors Look for in Startups [Expert Interview]
To find out exactly what angel investors look for in entrepreneurs and their startups, we sat down with angel investor Armando Biondi.
387. 7 Tips for Managing Startups Through Troubled Times
The pandemic of 2020 has tested most sectors of the economy, and like the two most recent downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups.
388. 3 Successful Examples of Using an MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
A concept first introduced on the Lean Startup book, MVP means minimum viable product and it is a way to get the most knowledge about the target of your project
389. How to Combat Persistent Hiring Problems
In 2021, the ‘hire to fire cycle’ has almost become the norm for recruiting and managing talents in the general startup sphere – especially in the tech space.
390. Early Tech Due Diligence: Key PR Considerations for DeepTech Initiatives
Aleksei Skorik, the founder and CEO of Nanga Agency, explains the PR Specifics of DeepTech Projects
391. 'Contemporaries Are Always Good for the Industry': Vijay Pravin, CEO of BitsCrunch
Vijay, Founder & CEO of bitsCrunch talks about the importance of securing the NFT ecosystem.
392. Saying 'Yes' to Money is Costing You Money.
The most profitable entrepreneurs learn to say no to bad clients first. It’s not just a strategy, it’s a neurosurgical shift in your business identity.
393. Solve for the Edges and Get The Middle for Free: Innovating for Inclusivity
Innovating for inclusivity in tech startups: How solving for edge cases leads to better solutions for all users, illustrated through legal tech advancements.
394. 8 Lessons For Building Data Companies On Solid Ground
You can learn about financing and in general running start ups everywhere, but the following eight lessons are specific to the data market.
395. From Bribing Customers with Food to a Universal Secrets Manager: 5 Lessons from a First-Time Founder
Doppler's Brian Vallelunga shares five lessons he learned about raising capital and creating sustainable partnerships.
396. Startup Interview with a Serial Fintech Entrepreneur Shan Han, CEO of Zetl
We’re called Zetl because we help our customers ‘settle’ their bills!
397. 8 Important Learnings from 9 Months of Product Development
As Decentro turns one, here are the 8 things we learnt over the first 9 months of our product development cycle. Grab these takeaways, especially founders!
398. My College Startup Failed; This is What I Learned
College is a great place, you make new friends, try new things, and have no shortage of homework. During my freshman year at Iowa State, aside from doing normal college things, I spent my time learning as much as possible about how people have made technology solve problems for society and everything that goes into making these ideas a reality.
399. Layoffs: Making Sense of Your Future
Hello Everyone,
400. 4 Crucial Elements to Get Right When Launching a New Startup
I’m in the process of launching a new startup. The competition there is fierce, with the top company getting roughly 60,000,000 visitors a month. At scale, it has the potential to make $15 million+ in revenue. We’re fighting an uphill battle and I love every minute of it.
401. 12 Product Design Principles While Working in Small Startups
If you are aware of the values of carrying out the Product Design Process, then you are halfway through the success!
402. 51 Stories To Learn About Startup Hiring
Learn everything you need to know about Startup Hiring via these 51 free HackerNoon stories.
403. PSA: Stop Using the Word "Growth Hacking" in 2020
OK guys, here's the thing:
404. What Happens When Purpose Is Assumed, Not Discovered
A cautionary tale of ambition, denial, and the costly consequences of building a startup without a clear problem to solve or customers to serve.
405. Bouncing Back From Storya's Shutdown and Rekindling Our Creativity
A personal story by the founders of the now shut-down startup Storya reflecting on how they are aiming to reignite their creativity.
406. 8 Key Traits Of The Perfect Co-Founder
Since leaving the corporate world, and jumping into entrepreneurship I’ve founded three startups. In that time, I’ve seen my fair share of co-founders.
407. A Business Strategy for Success
A road map that matters
408. Back on the Market: Could It Be Time to Sell Your Small Business?
Read on as we evaluate the challenges of small business management post-pandemic and decide whether it could be time for you to say goodbye to your venture.
409. Lessons Learned Building A Golden Kitty Award-Winning Product
Here's the whole story of how I built One Word Domains from scratch, grew it to 50,000 users, and end up winning the coveted Golden Kitty Award.
410. Startup Interview with David A. Smith, Founder & CTO, and John Payne, CEO of Croquet
The Croquet Collaboration Library and Frameworks are the easiest & most powerful way for developers to create instantaneous shared experiences.
411. Growing a Startup is all About Decision Making
I love reading the insights of successful entrepreneurs contemplating on their decision-making evolution and try to draw insights from my own experience as a startup owner. The more I’m into it, the more I realize that growing a startup is all about decision making.
412. Startup Advice: Zebra, not Unicorn.
Focus on creating products that the market needs and chasing customers, not on creating the perfect pitch for investors that see you as a commodity.
413. Ivan Huerta, Parabeac CEO, made every mistake in the book until he pivoted the business
Our startup is called Parabeac, and we make it easy for both designers & developers to make accurate and responsive designs.
414. 🎓 How I am Learning Sales as a Technical Founder
As a first time founder embarking on my (intended to be a VC-backed) startup journey 🚀, I quickly realized there are a lot of skills that I need as a founder that I didn’t have. I was comfortable with talking to customers & product development due to my engineering background but I massively struggle with copywriting, marketing, and the most important one — Sales 💸.
415. Scarcity Mentality May Be Stopping You From Seeing the Size of the Pie
The market for ideas (the pie) is bigger than we can imagine. PIEces of the pie are bigger than we can imagine, so don't let people say it's small.
416. How Outsourcing Company Can Be Your Startup’s Best Friend
As a founder, you are a specialist in your industry. You’ve had your “lightbulb moment”, the idea that will disrupt your industry with the use of technology.
417. How We Pivoted 3 times In The 1st Month of YC
If you ever think about joining YC, be intentional about the value you want to get from it.
418. Is this New macOS Dock the Answer to Virtual Collaboration?
Charley Ho is Co-Founder and CTO of Remotion, a virtual office that puts your hybrid or remote team on your desktop.
419. "Success means making a difference in the world", says Furqan Aziz, CEO of InvoZone
We named our startup InvoZone (A zone full of innovative people). leading innovators in web and mobile development using AI, IoT, blockchain.
420. The Feedback Fairy 🧚♀️
Shouldn't feedback be one of the easiest things we do as designers or developers? Just look at Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. When you get stuck, just phone-a-friend and make a million dollars. Easy right?
421. How we Increased Paying Customers by 7x
3 ways we increased conversion from free to paid by 760%
422. 5 Commandments for Designing Award-Winning Hardware Products
Learn how to design an award-winning hardware product from Evgeniya - an experienced and tech-savvy Head of Design at Concepter, and winner of 3 RedDot wards.
423. India’s Decade of Tech Startup Growth
India marks a decade of storied growth in its startup ecosystem, with an explosion of tech companies, increased funding, and thriving entrepreneurial landscape
424. Lessons Learned From Successful Founders Building in Public
Valuable Lessons learned from 5 successful public building founders.
425. 'At the Coalface of Implementing Data Stacks': kleene's Co-founder & CEO Andrew Thomas
2-minute look at the building of kleene.ai through a founder's eyes.
426. AttachBack So Far: The Story of My Early-Stage Startup
Can a brand new startup forever change the way we use our phones? I think I know the answer. In this post, I’ll share the story of my fledgling startup that aims to do just that.
427. How a Founder’s Passion Can Hinder Startup Success
It is common advice for founders to build only things they are passionate about. But, there's another side to that story.
428. Creating a Winning VC Fund Strategy: Tips and Best Practices
A breakdown of vital steps that startup founders can take to position their products a valuable investment objects.
429. What Makes a Successful Product Launch: 6 Lessons for First Time Founders
Launch is neither the beginning nor the end. It is a series of overlapping sequences. A typical one may include pre-build, pre-launch, launch, and post-launch.
430. Tech Leaders Need First Principles Thinking Now More Than Ever
First principles thinking is breaking down complicated problems into their basic, underlying facts.
431. Which Challenges Are Breeding in the Startup Ecosystem?
But for many new entrepreneurs, especially in developing nations, the dream is short-lived.
432. 6 Ways to Know if You're Ready to Lead 2 Startups Simultaneously
In this article, entrepreneur and dual-CEO Misha Rudominski offers his expert advice on running two companies at the same time.
433. Why and When to Automate Media Buying
Should we automate media buying, and when?
434. Linguix's Co-Founder Alex Lashkov on Empowering Writers Through AI
How an AI-based writing assistant can boost your communication and improve your writing skills.
435. Introducing Stark Drones: Propelling into the Future
The purpose of this article isn't investment advice. It isn't to sell a product. However, it is to sell a vision. I am writing about my startup known as Stark Drones that is working on some quite innovative technologies. In the age of copycat products and the whole Silicon Valley bugs, comes some startups wanting to build truly disruptive technologies.
436. Startup Mantras (Not the "HBS" Kind)
I used to think mission statements were laughably gratuitous and "frou-frou". Over time I realized a good mantra can save your company.
437. Busy but Not Better: How Fake Tech Strategy Slows Real Progress
Most companies mistake a list of tools for a real technology strategy. True velocity comes from clarity, alignment, and deliberate architectural choices.
438. How Early Stage Startups Can Leverage Startup Incubators
A Startup Incubator is a collaborative organisation designed to support new startups that are looking to validate their formed product vision.
439. The Inner Workings of a Team at a Startup
My story of building the Gemoo team from 0.
440. "Rationality at the expense of another person’s mental health is not worth it", says Elesaro CEO
An interview with Johnpaul Nobodo - the Co-Founder/CEO of Elesaro: a full suite crowdfunding protocol built on Binance smart chain.
441. "Do what you love and love doing it": Colby Tunick, ReFocus AI Co-Founder
"I don't believe it’s possible for someone to ‘just do a startup.’ It's a mission you fall in love with, again and again."
442. Tips For Creating A Long-Lasting Partnership Agreement With Your Startup Cofounder
Here are a couple of useful tips you can find to be helpful for your future startup business partnership.
443. How Founders Can Adapt to the New Normal
The ongoing pandemic has impacted not only our lives but also the global economy. COVID-19 will stay with us for months to come and it is unlikely that our world will ever look the same. This is the time to adapt.
444. How We Built Arengu — Story and Vision of Our Startup
Arengu was officially founded in May 2018, but we had to come a long way before finding our value as a company. Today, we'd like to share our road with you, so you can get inspired and learn from our story.
445. How We Built This: Launching our Flight Alerts Service with No Financial Backing
We often pay for air tickets more than necessary. And most of us know about that. However, we sometimes just have no time or patience to find better deals. That’s the reason why email subscribing services, sending their users notifications about advantageous flight deals, have recently become popular. They commonly work as freemium services offering free or paid subscription plans. Since this market is relatively young, we saw an opportunity to enter it with our product and launched our Manyflights system in late December.
446. Startup Interview with Oona Rokyta, CEO and Co-Founder, Lance
Lance is the first financial guidance account for creators and flexible workers.
447. Why Communication Is the Backbone of Growth for Startups
Miscommunication in the workplace can lead to everything from poor team morale and high staff turnover to a direct loss of sales and revenue.
448. The Importance Of Staying Humble And Strong Company Culture: Stephen Goldberg, HarperDB CEO
Harper DB is a startups of the year nominee from Denver, Colorado. Stephen Goldberg, CEO, shares the origin story and what makes their company culture relevant.
449. The Best Leadership Advice? Don't Create Chaos
One of the most harmful behaviors I’ve observed in ineffective leadership is a tendency to add chaos when one enters a room. Chaos comes in many flavors: A decision was reached about an important architecture question weeks ago, but someone suddenly insists that you revisit the project’s fundamental goals at the 11th hour. An executive insists that their project is most important, and pushes it onto the roadmap. Or maybe you leave a productive meeting without concrete next steps, and are right back where you started in a week.
450. Time Off Isn't An Issue: The Key Practices Helping Me Lead Remotely Right Now
I’ll not deny it. I love being in a physical office with coworkers. I love being around people with the same objectives and challenges. It gives me strength and motivation.
451. 90 Stories To Learn About Startup Strategy
Learn everything you need to know about Startup Strategy via these 90 free HackerNoon stories.
452. From Big Four to High-Flying Startup: Navigating a Digital Tech Career with Georgy Babilashvili
Silverbird co-founder Georgy Babilashvili about navigating transition in digital tech career
453. Experience vs. Expense? Hiring Strategy 101 — For New Entrepreneurs
Most of you would agree that building a successful business is contingent on hiring the right people. Product, price, and market matter, but without the right team in place, even companies with incredible potential can stall out. However, most startup founders focus heavily on “what” they’re building, without a similar amount of attention being paid to “who” they plan to build it with.
454. What Can Tesla, the Company, Still Learn From Tesla, the Inventor?
It is pretty much obvious why Elon Musk named his company - Tesla, isn't it? But, did Elon Musk do his homework research on Nikola Tesla thoroughly?
455. 8 Questions Startup Founders Ask Too Late
Recently I’ve been able to interview several startup founders, ranging from very early stage to actively scaling, bootstrapped to funded. Along with the lessons learned from my own hands-on work with startups, I’ve put together my highlights on key points that could make or break your startup venture.
456. Sales Pitch Shake-Up: Part One—3 Pitfalls To Pull The Plug On
3 "gold standard" sales pitches all tech startups NEED to avoid. Here's why.
457. 'Step out of your comfort zone and don't be ashamed of your code': Vedran Cindric, CEO of Treblle
Treblle makes it super easy to understand what’s going on with your APIs and the apps that use them.
458. On Rebuilding the Future Of Medical Imaging: Mircea Popa, Medicai Co-Founder
An interview with the founder of Medicai, a medical imaging startup. On helping coordinate doctor-patient care, the future of AI in medicine, and more.
459. The Engineering Approach to B2C Growth: How I Grew My Bootstrap Startup to 1M Users
A 4-channel marketing strategy that has proven effective for my products and can help you avoid wasting your promotional budget.
460. 35 Stories To Learn About Startup Ideas
Learn everything you need to know about Startup Ideas via these 35 free HackerNoon stories.
461. 66 Stories To Learn About Lean Startup
Learn everything you need to know about Lean Startup via these 66 free HackerNoon stories.
462. Cracking the Code of Content Marketing ROI: A Bold View for Leaders
Discover how to measure B2B Content Marketing ROI effectively and avoid common mistakes that creates deep harm to your overall marketing game.
463. How a Ukrainian Startup CodeGym Managed to Enter a New Market During the War
Our company faced enormous challenges when the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine started.
464. How to Create an Employee Engagement Plan: The Key to a Happy Staff
Make your employee incentive plan focused on each team member because your staff can only succeed when the incentives resonate with them.
465. Building Notification Systems for Scalability and Reliability.
The Developer's Guide to Building Notification Systems: Scalability, Reliability
466. Startup Wrappers Can Be Insanely Valuable
SaaS businesses (particularly ones for technical users) sometimes have to deal with a vocal outcry that their product “is just a wrapper around” something. The implication is that ‘a wrapper’ is inherently not valuable, and it’s impossible to build a great business around such a product. This logic is a product of lazy thinking and myopia; ‘wrappers’ can be insanely valuable.
467. Product Management Experience: Corporate vs. Early Stage Startup
Work in a corporation can blind a product manager's eyes, due to the safety provided. Why it is necessary to gain more experience by building your own startup?
468. Tech Startups Need to Manage Financials Well - Now More Than Ever
Recent trends and economic challenges mean startups need expert financial management now more than ever.
469. 7 Tips for Successful Startup Launch
If you've never started a business, you might be a little scared the first time around. Mainly because it requires a lot of work and planning. Furthermore, only about half of all activities last longer than five years.
470. HackerNoon & The Wild West of Startups
Amy Tom chats with David Smooke (co-founder and CEO of HackerNoon) about his founder's journey with HackerNoon, and with Storm Farrell (Software Developer at Ha
471. 'Time is the Most Valuable Resource': Michael Skoblov, CEO of BITLEVEX
Startup interview with Micheal Skoblov, founder and CEO of BITLEVEX.
472. Startups: Stop Romanticizing Your Brand and Tailor it for Early Adopters
Don't worry if your startup has a poor brand. Just make sure it is appealing to your audience and focus on branding that speaks to your early-stage customers.
473. HackerNoon COO and CEO Discuss Entrepreneurship, Working With Your Spouse, and More
HackerNoon CEO David Smooke and HackerNoon COO Linh Smooke are business partners and real-life partners. Learn more about how they juggle both in this interview
474. Breaking the Startup Myth: More Work Doesn't Equal More Growth - Here's What It Does!
Uncover the truth behind startup success in this insightful article, revealing how strategic focus, not just hard work, drives growth, with examples from Levy.
475. The Power of Open Source and JavaScript: The Journey of Globalping
Globalping is an open source platform for running networking tests and performance testing from anywhere in the world built to be reliable and nonbiased
476. The Art and Science of Crafting a Job Position in the Startup Stage
When hiring, especially for start-ups, you can and should collaboratively design a position that honors your colleague's aspirations.
477. A Simple Framework to Assess Co-Founder Fit
According to Paul Graham, about 20% of YC startups have had a co-founder leave. How do you de-risk this? We share the simple framework we used to assess co-founder fit when we decided to start Shuffle. Notion template here.
478. Things You Should Know When Choosing Technical Partner
Building a Startup? Hopefully, that means you’ve found a problem or inefficiency, you thought long and hard about it, and now have a vision on the best way to solve it.
479. 4 Important Tips to Help Scale Your Startup in 2021
From a business perspective, 2020 has made one thing clear: the world is going digital at an accelerated rate. If you think about it, this is the first time in history when most business is happening virtually, offering a unique position to companies worldwide to create a footprint and legacy like never before.
480. Raising Capital For Your Business: First Steps To a Great Deal
Money, or lack of it, can make or break a startup. Period.
481. Numbers Don’t Lie But They Can Quietly Kill Your Startup Pitch
10 must-know finance metrics for startup founders—explained simply, with wit and real talk. Nail your pitch by owning the numbers that actually matter.
482. Why I Rebuilt My Team’s Entire Data Stack and Would Do It Again
We had all the usual suspects,Snowflake, Databricks, dbt. But behind the scenes? Rogue scripts. Abandoned dashboards. Hidden dependencies. It was chaos.
483. Strategies for Overcoming Customer Experience Challenges in the FinTech Startup Ecosystem
Customers expect seamless app experiences while performing transactions. Learn how top fintech startups are enhancing the overall user experience on their apps.
484. From Rejections to $21M in Funding: A Founder Story
Launching a startup is a huge undertaking that will test your personal and professional relationships to the limit.
485. How To Be A Successful Millennial Entrepreneur
Five actionable steps Millennials can take to help them overcome obstacles and forge their path to business success.
486. Seven Things Angel Investors Want To See In A Startup Before Investing
Startups are not only facing a more grueling consumer market but lackluster investor support and opportunities have further added more obstacles.
487. Overcoming Technical Hurdles for Shopify Excellence: The Story of Our "Built for Shopify" Badge
Discover our journey to the coveted 'Built for Shopify' badge, an odyssey of technical innovation, resilience, and strategic adaptation.
488. How To Save Time Building Authentication, Notifications, and Payments In Your App
In this post, we use Auth0’s post-user registration hook and Courier’s automations feature to learn how to help a user sign up for your product.
489. How Two College Students Are Solving The Problem Of Food Waste
Paran Sonthalia, DeWaste CEO and a college student, shares his experience of what it's like working on a food waste solution in the middle of the pandemic.
490. Winding Down Olympia. What We Built, What I Learned, and Why..
Olympia was an AI “virtual staffing” app built in Ruby on Rails. The app peaked at $7.4k MRR in May 2024, then slid to $1.9k by mid-2025.
491. 5 Recession-Proof Startups Founded Around the Time of Our Last Collapse
If we are to date back to the calendars of recession, we would immediately loop into the 2007-2009 recession period that took us on an unprecedented rollercoaster ride. Every passenger seat had a forced audience representing every corner of the globe, but the journey itself was something else. It was unearthly because the economy of our planet shook to its core as if some Decepticon alien galaxy hacked us. Countries like the U.S had to part way with eight million job segments that significantly contributed to its economic stamina. Corporate bankruptcy filings then followed suit as numerous business closures soared like ravens through the economic landscape.
492. Can Offering Equity Help in Hiring Great Talent for Startups?
A crucial success factor for Startups is the skill to manage finances. Almost 80% of startup founders bootstrap their way in. They operate with limited resources, ensuring optimization at every step.
493. “Grow or Die” or 8.5 Tips on How to Survive on the Startup Planet
Discover essential strategies for startup success. Learn how market research, prioritization, early customer engagement, and diversification can boost your chan
494. 3 Things That Can Prevent a Startup From Failure
More than 30.2 million people in the U.S. own their small business.
495. 8 Ways Startups Are Changing The Way Businesses Work
The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company.
496. 7 Cap Table Mistakes That Kill Startups
Most founders don’t lose their startups to competition. They lose them to bad cap tables. Here are 7 painful, real-world mistakes that destroy equity & control.
497. Dear Entrepreneurs, Here's How to Love Fundraising
If you are an Entrepreneur and have a pulse, fundraising is one of the worst things that you have to deal when you are running a Startup.
498. TON and the Importance of Time in Blockchain
It is shortly after a successful bitcoin halving, that the news come in on Telegram stopping further development of TON blockchain, that it has been working on for the last 2.5 years. According to Pavel Durov’s official Telegram channel, the move is explained by US Court ruling, stating that TON blockchain is considered illegal, due to how easy it may be for US citizens to buy GRAMS, the token on which the TON blockchain is designed to run.
499. #FoundersConnect with Damilola Olokesusi, Co-founder & CEO of Shuttlers
Peace interviews Damilola Olokesusi, Co-founder and CEO of Shuttlers, a platform that enables its users access efficient shared transportation in Lagos, Nigeria
500. Your Kids Should Start Coding Early and Here's Why
There are good reasons to believe that children that explore code early can develop more complex thinking processes.
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