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"It takes humility to realize we don't know everything, not to rest on our laurels, and to know that we must keep learning and observing. If we don't, we can be sure some startup will be there to take our place."
— Cher Wang
1. A Handy Tool Kit for Choosing Your Startup Destination
Explore the world of startup immigration programs and discover how to choose the best country for your business venture.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. From San Francisco to London: A Designer's Tale of Two Tech Hubs
A designer's journey from big tech to small startups and working from San Francisco to London.
5. How I Turned a Family Hobby Into a Successful Business
In this article, I’m sharing my experience of how I brought together a team and turned my family hobby into a successful EdTech product range.
6. Unbundling New Markets: Who is Doing What Airbnb Did to Craigslist?
Every great empire in the history of mankind eventually disintegrated and fragmented into smaller states. Some of those states became empires of their own, sometimes larger than the predecessors.
7. Meet Leadige LLC, Startup of the Year 2024 Nominee—Where Strategy, Creativity & Data Drive Revenue
Meet Leadige LLC, Startups of the Year 2024 Nominee—Where Strategy, Creativity & Data Drive Revenue.
8. 7 Pro Writing Tips for Devs, Founders and Other Non-Writers
When I started my business of making SEO packages and helping businesses rank, I didn’t know that an unpleasant scenario will come knocking at my door only to leave me feeling crippled.
9. Checklist for FinTech Product Growth: Channels, Trends, and Tools
What metrics should be tracked and improved upon in FinTech products during the user acquisition, activation, and retention stages?
10. Lazerpay: An African Decentralised Dream
African startup called Lazerpay is the blockchain and web3 solution to Africans banking problems since colonisation. They are a decentralised finance company.
11. Product Hypothesis Validation: Best Practices & Examples
Follow these simple steps to clearly formulate your product hypothesis and test it quickly and affordably.
12. 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.
13. 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
14. How Mobile App Developers Can Save Millions on App Store Fees
Mobile app developers can now save millions on app store fees by using alternative payment channels.
15. If your goal is to be a software engineer, you've set the bar too low
When I started coding, it was partially because I thought it’d be cool to make a computer do my bidding.
16. Launch a Product in a New Market Is Hard, So I Made a 4-Step Framework for Success
42% of startups fail because there’s just no real demand for what they’re offering, according to CB Insights.
17. Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, B, C: How It Works and How to Get Funding in 2020
For any startup, finance is a key issue. Attracting financing is not an easy task due to the high risk factor and the complex process of launching startups. There is also another problem — finding the right way to work with investors interested in your project.
18. Lean AI Can Revolutionize Venture Capital Investment
Lean AI can revolutionize venture capital investment by identifying successful startups and helping founders avoid challenges with economic uncertainty.
19. Nailing your first months as a new Engineering Manager
Congratulations! You’ve been hired or promoted into a management role, and need to quickly transition from being an individual contributor to actually leading, inspiring and managing people. Not so confident about what to do next, and how to ensure your team and you are successful?
20. How to Use Digital Marketing to Boost Your Startup's Success
When used wisely, digital marketing can accelerate startup growth without requiring a significant investment.
21. Pecan.ai Raises 11 Million to Bring Machine Learning to Business Analysts
Pecan.ai has just come out of stealth, raising an $11M Series A, to enable business analysts to build machine learning models automatically. Dell Capital led the round, joined by S capital and bringing the total funding of the company to $15M.
22. Deconstructing A Billion Dollar Newsletter Business: An Agora Case-Study
How this company generates over $1B every year with newsletters.
23. What Will VC Investment Look Like in the Year Ahead?
The crises of 2022, which came in the form of geopolitical instability, economic recession, and inflation, have taken a toll on the venture capital investment.
24. 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.
25. The Ultimate Playbook for Getting More GitHub Stars
Spilling the beans on some of the most creative growth actions that you can use to grow your open source repository and get more traffic and GitHub astars
26. Is Lumin PDF Safe to Use?
A spate of data breaches in the past year has refocused user attention on online security, particularly on cloud platforms.
27. How Discord Became the Most Successful US Consumer App in the Last 5 Years
I recently came across this very interesting Twitter thread which claims that:
28. ChatGPT: The New Platform for AI Marketing
Learn how ChatGPT can work alongside your marketing team to harness the power of AI to achieve unprecedented growth and success.
29. A Brief History of Jack Ma's Ant Financial - the $150B Unicorn
Image: crowdfundinsider.com
30. Startups That Help Construction Companies
Let's take a look at a few construction startups that simplify the work of construction companies through artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation.
31. Meet Clique: An Identity Oracle That Brings Web2 User Behaviors to Web3
The founders of Clique, an identity-oracle protocol connecting web2 and web3, are proud to announce its first alpha launch this winter.
32. Lessons from a Product Manager at Google
Quick background
33. Startups of the Year 2024: General Interview
Discover the top startups of 2024 across various industries, showcasing their innovation, growth, and impact on the future of business and technology.
34. Too Many Product Managers End Up as Project Managers
Transitioning into product management can feel like being air-dropped into a war zone. From the moment you hit the ground there are new people and ideas bombarding you from every angle, and everything seems to be on fire. There is no clearly defined way to reach your destination, but you know you can’t just sit there. For most new product managers starting out, this is a critical moment for your career and the habits you build out as a product manager.
35. The Funding Ask Slide: How to Make it Better?
Asking for money isn't always as straightforward as it seems. Ask for too much, and you can end up looking for funds for months or years on end. Fail to show ho
36. Top 3 Online Mentoring Platforms For Startups And Individuals
Stop passive learning and hack your growth with a mentor
37. Harnessing AI: 28 Innovative Marketing Strategies.
Inspired by Aki Ito's new article CheatGPT & Hubspot's 2023 State of Marketing Report, author Darragh Grove-White shares 28 new ways to apply AI to marketing 🔎
38. Netflix Tech Stack Has No Chill: How To Account for 15% of the World's Bandwidth
Disclaimer: This is NOT a press release by Netflix. Just my honest review of tech that helps us binge great content without hassle.
39. How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Business from Scratch Without Investing in Marketing
Anton Tkachev, the founder of Browsec VPN, explained how he built a successful business without relying on marketing investments.
40. How an AI Logo Generator Can Help Start-up Businesses
Discover how AI logo generator can help start-up businesses create distinctive logos quickly and affordably.
41. The Top 4 Startup Accelerators: Is Y Combinator Still the Best?
Where is the next Facebook, Google or Postmates coming from and why you shouldn’t choose Y Combinator? A comparison of the world’s top 4 startup accelerators
42. Learn How To Drive Sustainable Revenue With Product-Led Growth
Product-led growth is achieved through exceptional product experience, resulting in customer acquisition, engagement, and increased revenue.
43. 5 Web3 Startups That Deserve Your Attention
I've worked with Blockchain & Web3 startups consistently since 2017. I've seen teams come and go, businesses flourish only to fail, and bull and bear markets prop up, or kill great ideas respectively.
44. 🏆 Startups of The Year 2024: Celebrating the Top Cities Driving Innovation
Explore the top cities from HackerNoon's Startups of The Year 2024—where 4.3M+ votes crowned the global hubs driving innovation forward.
45. A Game-Changing Blockchain Startup for DApp Development with No Code
Bunzz is the world's first platform that allows software developers and businesses to develop DApps (Decentralized Applications) in a few minutes without knowin
46. I Interviewed 20 Developers to See Whether They'll Work for a Startup—Here's What They Said
In this article, I’ll explain how startups can attract and keep talented developers by focusing on what truly matters to them.
47. Part 2: Developing Software Requirements, A Case Study
This is Part 2 of a 4 part series. Part 1: Why Software Requirements In The Real World Are Hard discusses the challenges of developing requirements and what good ones might look like. This post looks at the requirements development process and its outputs on a real-world project.
48. 7 Giant Businesses That Started in Garages and Basements
When we think of the world's most successful companies, we think about large offices and employees that were there from the very beginning. In fact, many companies started their business in the founder's bedroom or garage.
49. 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.
50. AI GTM Strategy: Why AEO Is Replacing Traditional Search
AI GTM strategy is shifting from SEO to AEO. Learn how creator-led trust and AI visibility drive growth in the era of answer engines.
51. Why Women Are Paid Less: Reflections on a Netflix Episode of 'Explained'
The Gender Pay Gap can be interpreted differently by different individuals on the basis of the lens through which it is viewed. In recent times, pay equity has been thrust under a glaring media spotlight. The #MeToo movement of 2018, which began as an exposé of sexual harassment and assault, cascaded into the analysis of various prominent issues, one of which being gender inequality in workplace, encompassing not only pay inequity but also barriers to advancement and representation of women in leadership.
52. Why We Rewrote Ockam in Rust
In the early days of Ockam we were developing a C library. Here's the story of why we decided to abandon tens of thousands of lines of C and rewrite in Rust
53. How I started my IoT Company
A biological marvel, the human itself known as homo sapiens. In the Latin language, it stands for a wise man. A wise man that survived about 200,000 years of evolution and extinction. There are many perspectives towards its survival and today I would like to share my perspective, slightly vague but different. There is a concept of what drives you that has become popular within the last decade. Certain presumptions about the driving force are based upon raw emotional aspects such as passion and rage. I find to myself that these aspects are reactions to our stubbornness to keep on going on but the negative aspect is that these reactions are short-lived and eventually man settles with peace. I would like to share a certain experience in a short period of my life that has produced results beyond my expectations. It is a small story of how I created my IoT Device converted into a product and made a company out of it.
54. 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
55. Crypto.com partners with LeBron James and LeBron James Family Foundation to Bring Web 3 Education
LeBron James and the LeBron James Family Foundation (LJFF) have partnered with Crypto.com to offer educational and workforce development.
56. 5 Startups Using Funny Marketing to Stand Out
Can humour make marketing more effective? We review recent success stories of brands using humour to stand out.
57. How AI Automates Data Scraping and Data Analysis
There are numerous ways that AI can help us in data scraping and data analysis. Check out these tools and methods!
58. Top Ten Startup Ecosystems in the World 2019: Flat Earth Ahead
We skipped last year, but this year SparkLabs Group is back with our fourth
rankings and report of the Top Ten Startup Ecosystems in the World.
59. 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.
60. Startups Need a New Option: Exit to Community
Founders create startups for all sorts of reasons. Often, the motivation is a mix between the founders’ desires to do well for themselves and to do something worthwhile for others. Dreams of greatness might figure in there too. Rarely, however, is the overriding reason to build a company people want to get rid of. But that is what the startup pipeline is designed to produce.
61. 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.
62. Why I’m Jealous of Today’s Builders
It's now possible to have an entire AI product team, which empowers solo founders to build faster, reduce cognitive load, and scale smarter with automation.
63. How Drones Are Transforming Big Data Analytics
The world is transforming right before our eyes. We’ve heard about drones for a long time now, especially with big companies like Amazon using them for more efficient package delivery, a major trend in modern e-commerce. Instead of your local delivery man, a drone may drop a package right on your doorstep. The true power of drones goes well beyond that, though. They provide businesses with data that’s difficult to collect otherwise. In addition to taking aerial photos and videos, drones can collect information about everything from the health of crops to thermal leaks in buildings.
64. The CEO of my company, Genius, must be Black
When Tom and I started Genius in 2009, we wanted to build something that would grow bigger than rap lyrics. The first 4 songs I annotated on RapExegesis, as it was originally called, were rap songs. However, the 5th one was Elton John's "Rocket Man", the 6th was The Eagles' "Hotel California", and the 7th was a poem, the first non-lyrics post on the site - Emily Dickinson's "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?"
65. Startups of the Year 2023 Interview Series
Welcome to the free interview series for all of the nominations of the HackerNoon Startups of the Year 2023.
66. 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.
67. What happens to employee equity when they leave a startup?
Learn why employee equity is important and things you need to consider or know about equity when you leave the company.
68. The New Tools Rewriting the Web
Publishing in 2025 isn’t just about writing, it’s about building a publishing system.
69. Pump.fun - 2024's New Memecoin Playground
Pump.fun: Instantly tradeable memecoins without seed liquidity. Solana and Blast integration. $5.2M revenue in 38 days.
70. The Startup Idea Matrix: How to Brainstorm New Startup Ideas
Ideas are the new currency of the 21st century. Ideas can be more valuable than money.
71. Why the $70 Million ai.com Domain Could Become the Front Door to AGI
ai.com launches autonomous AI agents for consumers, founded by Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, with a Super Bowl LX ad premiere on February 8, 2026.
72. Is Upwork The Next Wework?
What do Upwork and Wework have in common?
73. 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.
74. Short on Budget? Use These Design Methodologies to Build Your First MVP Without a Full-time Designer
An early-stage startup doesn’t always need a full-time designer. Product-oriented founders can often build their first prototypes on their own.
75. Startups of The Year: Nominations Date Extended!
We are extending the deadline for Startups of The Year 2024 nominations. It has been one month since the launch, and we've already surpassed 1,074,900 votes!
76. No-Code is Eating the World
Recently, Amazon released a new tool, called Honeycode, which lets customers quickly build mobile and web applications — with no coding required. This came a few months after Google’s acquisition of the no-code mobile-app-building platform, AppSheet. While these moves surprised many, they’re in line with a larger trend I’ve observed, one that’s growing strong in all sectors, even amidst economic turmoil.
77. Text-to-Voice? No, It’s Something More: Text-to-Emotion.
How a new wave of AI voice models are turning text into emotionally rich, real-time performances. This is the future of voice: programmable and persuasive.
78. Say Goodbye to Scrum and Kanban: Welcome 6-week Product Cycle
Up until pretty recently my company’s tech team managed its projects through a Kanban-board. In practice this entailed that we’d come up with a product roadmap for the 12 months ahead and would start working on this from top to bottom, moving tickets through the usual swimming lanes as we went.
79. Dot-Com Bubble 2.0: How Did We Get Here?
An in-depth explanation of everything you need to know about current tech events. Especially Layoffs and loss of valuation.
80. Innovation in The Yachting Industry: What to Build in a Not-So-Known Industry
What's the main digitalization trends in the yachting industry and points to specific areas of improvement where AI-based solutions should be applied?
81. Everything About Product-Market Fit: And Why You're Probably Confused About It
Many people talk about product-market fit, and how important it is in the early days of a startup. Actually, most people agree that product-market fit is fundamental to a startup’s trajectory.
82. The Rise of E-commerce Roll-ups & New Business Opportunities
Today, there are new companies that consolidate independent private label brands with decent revenue. They are the aggregators of e-commerce brands.
83. 10 Tools to Create Illustration in 2020 for Graphic Designers & Art Lovers
Illustration by Nahuel Bardi
84. Top 3 Trends in the Creative Industry
How can entrepreneurs reach their target audience, which no longer responds to traditional advertising and PR?
85. Summarizing Youtube Videos and News/Blog articles
I made a new app/service that lets users summarize the deluge of info that comes our way every day. Its unambiguously named MakeMySummary.
86. Startups of the Year Voting FAQ
HackerNoon's Inaugural #Startups of the Year vote covers all 4k+ cities in the world above 100k+ people. Vote today. Powered by HackerNoon's voting software.
87. 6 Solo Entrepreneurs That Have Changed Their Lives
A Solo-Entrepreneur is a person who sets up a business venture and assumes full responsibility for the associated risk. Which traits will make one a good founder?
88. What is Online Gifting And How This Market it Disrupted by New Tech
Recently, online gifting has become a hot topic in many media. Journalists and bloggers are discussing the new potential market, its volume, and emerging trends. I decided to tap into the subject as well and study some numbers, global problems to be solved there, and what technologies can do it. Let's go!
89. What OpenAI’s GPT-4 Means for the Future of Software Engineering
OpenAI's GPT-4 could impact 80% of US workers' jobs, but is the end for software engineers?
90. Introduction to Circuit Breaker Pattern: How to Build Better Software
In any application, different sets of services/third-party APIs communicate either asynchronously (out of score from current context) or synchronously or sometimes both (rare cases).
91. Are provably fair games going to be the next big thing in the online gambling industry? [Interview]
“I have a dream” that one day all forms of online gambling will be possible on the blockchain and users won’t need casinos or anyone else to withdraw, deposit and bet/win.
92. Busting AI Myths: "You Need Tons of Data for Machine Learning"
Leading researchers like Karl Friston describe AI as "active inference" —creating computational statistical models that minimize prediction-error. The human brain operates much the same way, also learning from data. A common argument goes:
93. Unleashing the Power of Technology and Kindness: the Moving Tale of Volunteering
Developers, we have a super power: with a few lines of code, we can make a difference for so many!
94. 5 Great Tools To Create an MVP Without Coding [Bonus Included]
How to build a start-up or product MVP without coding
95. How CMOs Win CFO Buy-In at Scale
How CMOs win CFO buy-in using incrementality, trust, AI, and capital allocation to drive margin expansion and revenue durability.
96. 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.
97. Exclusive Interview with Billionaire Entrepreneur Ryan Breslow
Welcome to my Meet The Entrepreneur Interview Series, where I interview impactful leaders and ask them to share tips and techniques that have benefited them, bo
98. Unlocking the Potential of Product Management in Resource-Constrained Startups
In an era of economic uncertainty, startups face the challenge of delivering more value with fewer resources.
99. How I Built a Mobile App to Manage My Subscriptions Without Code
Do you know that feeling when you come up with a cool idea for a product?
100. Startups of The Year 2024 is Live With 150k+ Nominees Across 100+ Industries, Nominations Now Open
Now in its 3rd edition, Startups of the Year by HackerNoon powered by the platform's proprietary voting software celebrates startups, tech, & innovation spirit.
101. Everything you need to know about YCombinator S19 startups
It is not a secret to anyone that YCombinator is the most successful accelerator in the world. They have made well over 2,538 investments.
102. 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."
103. 🚀 Ultimate Startup Launch Checklist: 2020 Edition 🚀
Over the past few years, I've had the great chance to help some awesome SaaS startups with their digital marketing.
104. Slide by Slide Analysis of My $1.4 Million SaaS Seed Funding Pitch Deck
See the actual pitch deck we used to raise our 1.2M seed round including my comments on each of the slides, feedback from VCs, and pitching tips
105. 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.
106. Supercharging Your Sales Pipeline: A Comprehensive Guide for Marketers and Business Owners
This article provides a comprehensive guide on how to leverage marketing strategies to enhance your sales pipeline with a digital marketing strategy breakdown.
107. How Android App Development Became Kotlin-first?
If you clicked on the article, you might have a fair idea about where I’m headed. At the annual I/O developer conference, Google declared its lovefor Kotlin android to the applause of the Android app development community.
108. From 1-on-1s to Insight: How Moving Motivators Fueled My Team´s Drive
Discover how Moving Motivators transformed team management through 1-on-1s. Learn to identify what drives your team and turn insights into actionable results.
109. Deep Dive into Validating Your Side-Project & Startup Ideas
Thanks to Juan Betancourt you can read the article in Spanish as well now!
110. No-Code Machine Learning inside Google Sheets
Introduction
111. Tech Made in Ukraine: The People Behind the Platforms We Use Every Day
Discover how Ukrainian tech talent is driving global innovation through success stories like GitLab, Revolut, Grammarly, Wise, and Moss.
112. Why 2022 Will Be the Year of the DAOs
DAO developers believe that they can eliminate human manipulation or error from how companies work. This way, decisions are geared towards profitability alone.
113. Why Israel Has Become the Startup Nation
A look at how and why Israel is building itself up to be the startup nation
114. Product-Market Fit Tips for Startups: Insights From 20 Experts
In this article, we'll explore the concept of product-market fit, drawing insights from product marketing experts who have successfully achieved it. We'll also
115. YellowCard, The Crypto Ambition of Africa
This article is about a Web3 company called YellowCard that has a crypto exchange app platform for bitcoin, ethereum and others, based for the African market.
116. The Unbundling of Excel: How SaaS Businesses Are Replacing Excel
Weekly tech analysis, market deep-dive & strategy. Today’s post is about the future of SaaS.
117. When Burning Man Gets Boring, Silicon Valley Should Worry
Burning Man 2002. Photo: Phil Gyford
118. The Product Manager’s Decision Making Dilemma
How many times have you heard PMs say “data-driven” when asked about making roadmap decisions? This data-driven approach is easier said than done.
119. How to Scale Business Development with Smart Automation
Artificial intelligence is moving sales enablement from the realm of support to a true revenue-driving function.
120. IT Arena 2022 - Ukrainian Tech Braves the War
This was my third invitation to attend IT Arena in Lviv, Ukraine. But this was the first time, and indeed a first for me overall that it happened during a war.
121. A Framework on How to Find your Co-Founder
Roughly three and a half years ago, we started working on Tara AI, however the genesis of the story begins much earlier. It all began when I had the good fortune of meeting Syed Ahmed in freshman year of college, our company’s current co-founder and CTO. Everyday, I continue to meet with founders and hopeful entrepreneurs that are starting companies with enormous potential, and I find that the first hurdle they have to cross, is finding a partner-in-crime. I truly believe that going about building a company is an arduous journey, and its nearly impossible to build a lasting high-growth company without a co-founder (kudos to those who have achieved this as single founders). I’ve also come to realize, that if you can convince another human being to invest all of their time and energy in building this “thing” that doesn’t currently exist, then other obstacles start to become easier (even if it’s by a factor of 0.0001%).
122. Venture Capital: What is the Price of Freedom?
Entrepreneurs love being their own bosses. They want to build a company that fits the mission and vision that got them started in the first place. Following one’s passion is very satisfying and, if done right, can make a founder rich. But building a dream is demanding, with endless hours of work and no vacations.
123. Product-Led Growth: Not a One-Size-Fits-All Solution for B2B Companies
124. The Problemeter: A sheet that helps startups solve the right problem
A quick and easy way to figure out if your startup is solving the problem that really matters. Just update a Google Sheet.
125. Startups of The Year 2023 Winners: North America
The wait is over! After a very exciting competition throughout this past year, the results for the 2023 Startups of the Year, North America are here!
126. The Best Companies Built On Top Of Slack
Entire companies are being built on top of the worlds fastest growing software.
127. Stand Up for the Champion Startups of the Year!
The Startups of the Year 2023 winners are announced!
128. 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!
129. Top 9 Business Valuation Calculators You Can Try in 2021
Here are the top 9 business valuation calculators you can try for your business in 2021.
130. Understanding How Uber Works
The taxi industry's revolution is divided into two parts: before and after Uber's existence. In this blog, we will look at Uber's business model.
131. This is How I Won Pioneer, A Fully Remote Accelerator
This is a story about how I won ‘Pioneer’ and what I learned during this program. Pioneer is a fully remote accelerator and it’s a community where entrepreneurs/indie makers help each other improve their own businesses.
132. Implement Authentication & Security Using SuperTokens in Your React and HarperDB App
133. 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.
134. Yes, You Can Start a Tech Startup With Any Level of Technical Proficiency
Like most absolute statements, this one simply isn't true:
135. My Time at NUS, Singapore
Singapore is home to some of the best schools in the field of Computer Science, specifically Artificial Intelligence. The cutting edge research going on there is unparalleled. Colleges like Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) have a great reputation all over the world for their CS programs.
136. I was the Blockchain Architect for a dozen projects. This is what I learnt.
It’s been a hell of a ride.
137. 78 Experts Share Their Remote Working Tips
Productivity is a concern for modern management. As offices have seen productivity benefits of traditional, standardized and documented practices, these companies have also imposed key performance indicators to better gauge employee production and productivity. At the same time, the people themselves, from the employees up to the owners realize that they need to work better, as well as improve their working environment.
138. How to Create a “Killer Pitch Deck”
How to build a 'Killer Deck' investment presentation.
139. The Myth of Early Moats in Startups (And What To Do Instead)
Dismantling startup myths: Prioritize Product/Market Fit over early moats and insights on market dynamics & value creation.
140. Node.js Background Jobs for Modern Developers – Interview With Startups of the Year Nominee, Defer
Defer has been nominated in HackerNoon's annual Startup of the Year awards in Paris, France. Here's how.
141. Artificial Stupidity: 7 "Innovations" Which Will Make You Question Human Intelligence
A guided tour through seven of the dumbest "smart" AI inventions currently around, proving that when it comes to technology human stupidity wins every time.
142. The Secret to Great Products? Mastering the Messy Middle
Great product management happens when teams “think big, work small” — staying anchored to a persistent strategy while being agile in their day-to-day execution.
143. Why I Stopped Working for Free (And Why You Should Too)
144. Fix Your GTM Stack: Data-Driven Alignment Between Marketing and Sales
In fast-scaling tech companies, misalignment between product, sales, and marketing isn’t just inconvenient — it’s expensive.
145. Taking on “12 Startups in 12 Months” Challenge in 2022
I am doing the 12 Startups in 12 Months challenge starting from January 2022. That means I need to build and launch one startup every single month of 2022!
146. 5 Common DevOps Myths Debunked
Debunk the most common misconception around DevOps and implement them in your organisation now!
147. How to Build Your Own App Store
Building Your Own App Store Platform
148. 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.
149. Trust Building is Simple - Here's How
Win trust, not volume: be helpful and transparent; use interviews, data, and community; avoid salesy fluff.
150. Ho, Ho, Ho, HackerNoon: Clever Holiday Gift Ideas From HackerNoon
Sometimes a small gesture can go a long way in creating genuinely positive emotions for both gift giver, and gift receiver.
151. 6 facts about Scrum you need to know before you consider adopting it
As the popularity of Scrum grows, so do the expectations and myths surrounding its capabilities. Exaggerated expectations often incur serious disappointments. In this post, I’ll attempt to objectively evaluate Scrum’s real capabilities, advantages, features, and, of course, limitations.
152. The Unseen Layers: Why User Interviews Are an Irreplaceable Asset
Mastering user interviews is essential for startups. They bridge the gap between user needs and product value, driving innovation and reducing risk.
153. D2C 101: Why the Future of Retail is Vertical Commerce and D2C Brands
For as long as humanity has existed, so has commerce in the form of sharing, bartering and selling resources. Even before currency in its most rudimentary form has come into existence in Mesopotamia in 3000BC, economies were created through bartering where people would exchange goods/services based on perceived value (Person A would want to sell Item A to Person B who finds Item A valuable in return for Item B which holds more value to Person A than it does to Person B).
154. Top Software Development Companies 2022 That Are Growing Fast
Top software development companies that are growing fast in 2022. Hire the best software developers for your project today!
155. Increase Your Profits By Creating Valuable Products — Here's How
In this guide, I will share strategies to help you create great value in your product, which can ultimately lead to increased MRR or profits.
156. How to Build a Scalable Tech Stack for a Growing SaaS Product
In this article, I describe the main technical components of a SaaS product, and best practices around each one of them.
157. UXCam Mobile App Heatmaps: What They Are and Why They Matter
Mobile App Heatmaps: What they are and why they matter. UXCam mobile app heatmaps are one of the most powerful tools for mobile apps.
158. The Subtle Mailchimp Trick that Gets Their Customers Emotionally Hooked
You know which company I really jam with? Mailchimp.
159. The Inflection AI Story: How a Secretive Unicorn Reached a $4 Billion Valuation
Discover what Reid Hoffman and Mustafa Suleyman, veterans of tech and AI, have been working on over the last year, along with their vision, mission, and thought
160. The Tools You Need to Master Your Startup’s Metrics
For many years I have been obsessing about startups and especially their management of metrics and KPIs. Just check my Medium profile and you’ll see :) It has led me to understand that knowing which KPIs to measure is not the first problem to tackle when you want to be a metrics-driven startup.
161. Background BLE scan in DOZE mode on Android devices
Hi there! We are the Navigine team. For 8 years we have been providing integrated positioning mobile technologies that enable advanced indoor navigation and proximity solutions. Today we decided to open the doors to our technology and talk about how to scan BLE devices when the Android application is killed and in background mode.
162. The Stripe Atlas Review: How we Started a US Company as Non-US Residents
Here’s our end-to-end experience: how we incorporated Rapidr, Inc., a C-Corp with Stripe Atlas, and got set up with a business bank account, mailing address.
163. How Creati Quietly Hit $10M in AI Revenue
Here’s where Creati pulled a move that shouldn’t be radical but somehow manages to be here in 2025: they asked their users what they actually wanted.
164. Meet MobileGPT: Nominated for HN's Startups of the Year
Revolutionize your WhatsApp with MobileGPT. Experience advanced ChatGPT tools, AI-powered document creation, image generation, and deep PDF analysis & chatbot
165. How the Brazilian Startup Ecosystem Is Driving Innovation in the Space Industry
I have close Brazilian friends. Talented, tech-savvy, and extremely creative, my friends come from a diversity of professional backgrounds in software engineering, project management, information technology, design, and marketing. Rarely a dull moment when we connect, they have become like an extended family to me. When I told them I was researching and writing about the space industry in Brazil, they were both enthusiastic and a bit surprised. Space efforts at home emerge in the media on a relatively sporadic basis…
166. I Launched 6 Startups in 8 Months (And 5 of Them Failed)
A story about founding several startups, funding, investor relationships, writing software and winning hackathons.
167. Be the Project Manager Your Team Needs With Good Gantt Chart Tools
When you begin working on a complex project, the sheer number of tasks can be overwhelming. Especially if different tasks are assigned to different people on the team, and each has its own deadline. How do you keep track of who must do what and by what date? The answer lies in specialized Gantt chart software.
168. 9 Startup Metrics For Tech Founders To Track
In this post, you will find nine essential metrics that you should know about and measure. Your KPIs can change as your startup grows.
169. 8 Startups That Became Tech Giants via Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails is an established, battle-tested technology that served as an excellent framework for software developers. But what’s the secret behind the success of Rails? One good reason is that ever since it appeared on the tech scene, it’s been part of projects launched by companies that have become some of the fastest-growing and largest startups we’ve ever seen.
170. The Red Death of Flutter
Explanation of how Google's Flutter UI startup app was debugged and made to work again and connect with it's central Firebase Database through hours of work.
171. An Overview of Kazakhstan's Fintech Ecosystem
Here is an overview of Kazakhstan's fintech ecosystem, reflecting all global fintech trends.
172. Now We Know: Exit to Community Is Possible
There is widespread craving for a better kind of exit—and the creativity to back it up. But better exits will require structural change.
173. Data Leak of $1B “Tech Unicorn” Gorillas Shows How Far Venture Capital Has Fallen
VC money is spilling out onto the streets, and despite millions of dollars of investment tech companies still neglect their security.
174. How Didactic's Move to Crowdfunding Signals Opportunity for All
Didactic's crowdfunding will change the crowdfunding space.
175. You Shouldn't Launch A Startup Without AI-Based CMS Workflows
Photo Credit: evenkolder Flickr via Compfight cc
Launching a startup comes with a lot of difficulties and could prove very unnerving. You definitely will want to come up with lots of content and managing this will cost you a lot in financial and human resources if done manually.
176. 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.
177. 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.
178. E-Commerce Development Trends for 2020
As we have entered the digital age, where everything from purchases to sales can be done using mobile devices, there’s one solid conclusion we all can draw: e-commerce development is here to stay.
179. Hacker Noon Product Update 2019-2020
Now that we're a few days into 2020, it's time to take a few steps back and reflect on some of our accomplishments from 2019. First of all, I'd like to thank the community and our team for not only surviving 2019, but continuing to build momentum into the new decade. Let's celebrate our accomplishments and keep the delivery train rolling! 🚂🎉
180. 10 React Admin Dashboard Templates For Your Next Website
React is one of the most popular tools found in the web development library, but like anything you need to learn how to use it properly. React is used with native. The main purpose is to bring the power to react to native mobile app development.
181. Building a Recommendation Engine using Ruby on Rails
Just to give you some context, we were working on the new Diabecarp App a few days ago. I can't talk much about the new features, but I am going to extrapolate 2 interesting solutions during the process, give you why, explain a bit and, as always, put together a demo with Rails ♥️.
182. How to Create a Marketplace: Pay In and Pay Out
In the current era of the internet, we tend to shop online more often than ever before. We can attribute it to the fact that it’s infinitely easier to compare products from different sellers this way.
183. The 40 Under 40 Fueling Spain's Startup Economy
This article explores the impressive achievements of these ambitious entrepreneurs and their innovative business ideas.
184. How We Iterated on 10 Ideas in a Month
After a discussion (that lasted 30 seconds, as it was an obvious decision for us), we decided to share our complete journey with our new startup, Dataline, with as much transparency as possible. Learnings should be shared! Anybody can leverage our journey, and it’s also a good way for us to take a step back and understand what we did right and what we could improve upon. So here is our first story: how we iterated and sorted through 10 ideas in our first month of working on a new startup.
185. LLC vs. Corporation: What’s the Best Structure for Your Startup?
Source: Zuza Gałczyńska, Unsplash
When starting your own business, it may be challenging to choose between an LLC and a Corporation. Here is some information that may make the decision a little less taxing.
186. Startup Interview: Questions for Nominees of Startups of the Year Hosted by HackerNoon
Startups of the Year, hosted by HackerNoon, honors over 40k startups all over the world in cities with 100k+ population. Visit startups.hackernoon.com to vote.
187. 6 Signs that Your Software Project is in Danger
According to CIO study, 50% of software projects fail. The Global Project Management Survey conducted by PMI reports that 27% of them run over-budget. Annually, these statistics change but the overall negative trend remains the same, which makes the problem of bringing potential threats to light especially important.
188. Why Business Owners Should Pay Attention to Sustainable Startups and Entrepreneurs
Why sustainable startup initiatives are becoming more popular among younger investors and why business owners should take notice of this growing trend.
189. Top Startups and Enterprises Using ReactJS
React is a framework released by Facebook for creating Single Page Applications (SPA). What is a Single Page Application? Most web applications are traditionally server-side applications. The server holds the business logic, stores data, and renders the website to the client. When a client clicks on a link, it sends a request to the server, and the server will handle this request and send back a response with HTML code which the browser will render and be viewed by the user.
190. How To Track All Your Side Projects in 1 Notion Template
Note: This article is part of my toolkit newsletters↗️ where I share resources about building things. Join me :)
191. How I Didn’t Raise $150K in Antler UK — and Whether You Should Try: My Experience
My experience with Antler UK accelerator: pros, cons and how likely you are to find a cofounder and raise investment for your startup.
192. Introducing Notion to Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Startup Executives
This long-form article is an informal introduction to Notion for entrepreneurs, founders and startup executives. It covers the basics and explains what makes this company truly special. It’s a 17 minute read full of film and pop culture references because why not. Also, this is my first blog post on the internet.
193. Meet the Winners of Startups in North and Central America
Startups from all over the world were nominated, from North America to East Asia. In total, 44,000 startups were nominated in over 4,500 cities.
194. Managing a Bad Product Strategy
How to Identify and Navigate Chaos in your Product Strategy
195. Facial Recognition Login: Is This The New Security Standard?
Facial recognition could help your business enhance security standards 10X. We explore the business challenges the technology can solve.Thirty thousand. That’s the number of infrared dots used by the latest standard today to create a map of your face for authentication and enable you to securely access your device. The process is as simple as it can get - look right into the camera and the facial login system does the rest. Today, facial recognition login isn’t restricted to unlocking phones, tagging people on social media or scanning crowds for security threats. It’s made its way into gaming, grocery stores, airports and payment platforms. Facial recognition login software and biometric technology are making inroads into building robust security platforms - with a system that’s designed to prevent spoofing by masks or photos. It’s permeated into security and law enforcement, even making paperless travel a reality.
196. How to Launch Without a Product
Or, the No-Product Framework
197. State of Hacker Noon 2019-2020
Photo Credit, Giphy.com/HackerNoon, where we have 1.7M impressions since creating our account in October.
198. Technology Trends for 2021: A Forecast from Hacker Noon’s Top Writers
I asked 10 of Hacker Noon’s Top Contributors to weigh in with their strategic tech predictions for 2021 — you can expect a 14-minute briefing on everything from recession startups and (self) edtech, to AI applied to end Covid-19 and the commoditization of Machine Learning.
199. Startup 101: From Idea to Business Model
We all from time to time come across an idea for a Startup. A company that can be a million or billion or maybe trillion-dollar worth. A company that can be next Tesla or Amazon, but sadly, 99.99999% of us don’t take the next step. That idea remains just a fragment of our memory.
200. To Remote Work or Not to Remote Work? That is the Question 🤔
Every once in a while people approach me and ask what it takes to start working remotely, so I figured I could turn my talk into a short post.
201. AI Tools Can Now Write Like You—Here’s How That Changes Everything
New MCP tools enable programmatic SEO that’s actually useful, combining context and your knowledge base to create scalable, high-quality content.
202. Startups of The Year: How to Nominate
Nominate your favorite startup and boost their winning chance for Startups of The Year 2024.
203. Economies of Specificity
Local economies generate more wealth then economies of scale. The money just goes different places. Tech can help us build mutual networks globally.
204. Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 5-11, 2025
AI startups raised over $4.1 billion this week, with watershed moments in open-source AI, legal technology, and energy infrastructure.
205. San Diego is Quickly Becoming the Next Silicon Valley
San Diego has long been hailed as the home of tech startups. Undeniably, it has become the hotspot for entrepreneurs looking to lay the next big thing's foundation.
206. 4 Ways Startups Can Overcome Implementation Challenges of Machine Learning
Machine learning is the best method of data analysis. It also automates the creation of analytical business models. This is the reason why machine learning plays an important role in the growth of a business. Hence, your business will probably need new and highly inspired ideas to deploy machine learning solutions into your business. However, the implementation of machine learning can bring several challenges.
207. App Metrics 101: What You Should be Measuring
Whether you’re serving your colleagues with an internal company app or you’re dreaming of topping the charts, some would say the hard work is only just about to start. No matter how much testing and research you’ve done, nothing compares to real world usage.
208. Founder-Led Business Development: How to Sell Before You Scale
Business development can be used as a blueprint for market validation. Instead of asking, “How can we sell here?’ — we asked, ‘What can we learn here?'
209. Zoom's Nine Year Path to Overnight Success
Zoom has been in news a lot lately. It has gone from being an enterprise solution to a household name pretty fast.
210. How We Applied Twice for the Same YCombinator Batch
Back in September, we were iterating on many ideas. We had come up with a 2-day invalidation process to make sure that we were not wasting too much time on bad ideas.
211. Your Voting Power Ends Next Week
Voting for BOTH Noonies and Startups for 2021 will end next week.
212. Founders at Work: 150+ YCombinator Founders’ Stories
Jessica Livingston's book "Founders at work" (2007, 32 stories) inspired thousands of founders to start their startups.
213. The Problem With Promotion-Obsessed Cultures
The problems with promo-culture
214. How Gamification is Changing Dating
Online dating has changed over the past decade, so why are most people still using it in much the same way that they’ve always used it?
215. How We Got the First 100 Customers for Our Tech Startup
It’s been said that getting your first ten customers is hard but getting your first 100 customers is the hardest. It’s also the milestone that many startups never get to because of the competition, their skillsets, and so many other factors.
216. Shadow Mode: The Dark Side of Outsourcing That Nobody Tells You About
Note: Although there are many articles about the pros and cons of outsourcing, I found nothing useful to inform the product owners about fraud prevention. It's about time to fix this. Imagine the situation: you find a suitable developer, work with them for a few weeks, then you end up seeing their code quality become poor. What is that? Lack of motivation? Dark times personally which reflect in their work? The stars aligned wrong? Or is it shadow mode?
217. Busting Data Science Myths: "You Need a PhD, Extensive Python Skills, and Tons of Experience"
DJ Patil and Jeff Hammerbacher coined the title Data Scientist while working at LinkedIn and Facebook, respectively, to mean someone who “uses data to interact with the world, study it and try to come up with new things.”
218. Best Chatbot Development Companies For SME's and Startups in India, USA| Hire Best Chatbot Developer
Which is the best Chatbot development company in India & the United States? This is the most confusing question for modern developers and business owners. But, not all chatbot companies are fully perfect in terms of quality.This is what creates an uproar among people to find the best when Chatbot is already a hot topic among us.
219. Why You Should Be Obsessed With Dogfooding
How dogfooding has evolved from its humble origins as a marketing gimmick to a central part of tech companies' product strategy
220. Why The Best Entrepreneurs Care More About Results Than Hours
Successful people measure their productivity by work accomplished instead of hours spent on it. This holds true even for very accomplished entrepreneurs.
221. JUST LAUNCHED: Startups of the Year!!!
Who will be your city's startup of the year? Vote now at: https://startups.hackernoon.com/
222. Eleven Trending AI Chatbot Platforms
The artificial intelligence of the chatbots is revolutionizing the customer experience. They can provide useful information to customers when they need it. Hence, a number of companies that use AI Chatbots have grown exponentially. It provides them with proactive assistance to their customers.
223. My AI Resume Maker Website Passes $1k in MRR 🥳
From unemployed to SaaS founder. My AI Resume Maker Website Passed $1k in MRR.
224. 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.
225. Profitable SaaS Business Ideas For Developers
Today, I'll share three powerful frameworks that I frequently used in my consulting to help identify untapped market niches.
226. Best Free Resources for Devs Bootstrapping Indie SaaS Startups in 2020
A breakdown of the best free resources I've found for developers bootstrapping their own indie SaaS businesses in 2020. 🔥
227. Success Has Nothing To Do With Luck
Success is not about being lucky or born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
228. Meet the Winners of Startups in Europe
Congratulations to all of the startups that made it to the top winning list for Europe!
229. How Do Code Reviews Work at Google?
Code reviews at Google play an important role as an engineering practice and have been adopted already in the early days of Google. Still today, they are used to keep the code base clean, coherent and to ensure no arbitrary code is committed. Even though the code review process looks similar to code reviews at Microsoft, there are some Google specifics that allow for a particular lightweight code review process.
230. A Manual For Leading Scrum Teams To Maturity
If teams are not disciplined about the process, or not technically mature enough to actually deliver the work committed to a sprint, scrum processes are bound to fail.
231. The Future of Marketplaces: Reinventing the $10 Trillion Service Economy
[I co-wrote this essay with my a16z partner Andrew Chen. We’re excited about the future of marketplaces and the service economy. Hope you enjoy this glimpse into our thinking, and let us know if you have any feedback!]
232. Why Startups Publish With HackerNoon
HackerNoon understands the struggle and pain involved in running a startup. I mean, we are also ONE OF YOU!
233. Nanotechnology in Clothing
A new kind of fashion has hit the fashion industry called nanotechnology. From active membranes to heat protection, you don't want to miss out on these pieces.
234. I Quit My Job at the Age of 36 to Be Happy
Hi! my name is O. I am the founder of Goodnight Journal, where people come to write their own private and public journals. In this blog article, I want to share my own story about quitting my job and working on the app that I’m passionate about while traveling.
235. A Guide to Startup Funding Series Stages for Product Managers
The role of a product manager varies across the startup spectrum, from early-stage to the expansion stage. And knowing the stage of a startup when taking on a product management role can help you set the right expectations.
236. Decentralizing Financial Instruments with Programming: Interviewing Boris Povod of Dfinance
We want to become the Robinhood of financial products, letting any regular person to experiment with our protocol or try to find profitable opportunities. One of the use cases would be a financial platform-oriented at mainstream users, that we are going to launch on top of dfinance.
237. This Is Software Engineer's Nightmare
This is a true story of a software job turning into HELL.
238. I Built and Sold a Newsletter for 5 Figures - Here's How!
My Journey Growing a Business in the Midst of A Pandemic
239. Is Saga the future of stablecoin and a new monetary regime? [Interview with Ido Sadeh-Man]
The most essential difference between Libra and Saga is a governance mechanism. In Saga, the owners of the currency and its "fate" so to speak are the SGA holders. Saga has a built-in democracy to prevent the case of plutocracy.
240. Blockchain is Not Trustless or Decentralized
If you ask the average person in the blockchain industry what the benefits of blockchain are, they'll probably mention trustlessness and decentralization.
241. Build an Effective MVP in 5 Steps — An Algorithm for Startups
Imagine you have a business idea and it seems very good and feasible. No rush to order full cycle development with tremendous investments and the same uncertainty. Test your business hypothesis with an MVP.
242. How to Waste Money and Time in the Most Painful Way
TL:DR: Wake up with a startup idea, Imagine yourself to be Steve Jobs, Talk to people who appreciate your idea, Kill yourself building a product without a validation plan, learn nothing & perish.
243. Why Good Products Feel Broken
Lost $240K to a slower competitor. Users said our 400ms queries 'felt too fast to be real.' Started adding artificial delays on purpose. Trust isn't speed.
244. Founder Interviews: Max Krohn of Keybase
What's your background, and what are you working on?
245. Choosing AI Marketing Assistants For Your Early Startup
AI-powered writing tools can help early-stage startups with marketing. The author reviews ChatGPT, Copy AI, and Writesonic and points out their limitations.
246. How The Heck Did Robinhood Become So Popular? A Data Driven Analysis
Robinhood launched over seven years ago as a stock prediction app, before it became the brokerage we have today.
247. The Inconvenient Truth About Adam Neumann That No Tech Journalist Will Tell You
Neuman wasn’t failing at traditional business; he was attempting something altogether different: bridging multiple planes of consciousness in an outdated system
248. How Adfolks Made the Pivot from Services to Product
Unlike most cloud consulting companies that are US or EU based, Adfolks is a Middle East-based cloud-native engineering company that has been making great strides in recent years. This post is about their transition from a consulting services company to a product company.
249. “Looking For My Next Challenge”: How Tech Executives Should Do It
We try, we fail or we succeed but we always learn.
250. "When You’re Humble and Have Humility - You Rise to the Top"
Michael Gaizutis is the Founder of RNO1 – Experience Design Agency for Tech & Web3 Brands of the Future.
251. A Simple Growth Marketing Plan For SaaS [Free Template]
Use this framework to successfully distribute your SaaS product online!
252. I Built a Mental Health App While Stuck in My Tiny Studio in NYC
Mental health has been a rising issue lately since the pandemic and it caught my attention right away since I was going crazy being stuck in my tiny studio in New York City that has no view. Also, I was consistently looking for ways to help users on Goodnight Journal who expressed depression and anxiety through public journals. Some of the public journals really got me concerned and think more about features that I can implement to help them feel better. It kind of came naturally that I want to do something about it. I ended up playing around with a bunch of mental health and meditation apps out there and came up with the app called Happy.
253. The Marketing Budgets Survey Winners Are: Events, PPC, Content Marketing, SEO and Scalability
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted – the trouble is, I don’t know which half.”
254. Interview with Rene Reinsberg, founder of Celo
During dAppcon, a recent conference in Berlin, I had a chance to talk to Rene Reinsberg, founder of Celo.
255. Startups of The Year 2024: 1,233 Startups Nominated in São Paulo, Brazil
HackerNoon is pleased to announce the nominees for Startups of The Year, featuring the most innovative companies in São Paulo.
256. 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.
257. How to Leverage Machine Learning to Improve AdWords Efficiency
Recent issues surrounding racial inequality in the United States have led to direct action in the digital marketing world as well. More and more companies are pausing their Facebook ad campaigns because of the social network’s inaction on discrimination and hate speech.
258. Building an E-Sports Empire: How John Fazio Took Nerd Street Gamers from Bootstrap to $25 Million
John Fazio built Nerd Street Gamers into an in esports and gaming infrastructure by finding premier investors who align strongly with his vision.
259. Warp: The Terminal For the Modern Developers
Today, I’m proud to officially introduce Warp, a from-first-principles reinvention of the terminal to make it work better for developers and teams.
260. Elon, I'm Bored [Part One]
This Slogging thread by Arthur Tkachenko and Mónica Freitas occurred in slogging's official #random channel, and has been edited for readability.
261. 10 Resource Directories to Submit Your Startups and Boost Your Visibility 🚀
Discover 10 top resource directories where you can submit your startup to boost visibility, gain exposure and ultimately gain organic traffic to your site.
262. So You Want To Be On A Startup Board of Directors
How to join a startup board of directors, from pre-seed to IPO. Understand the roles, positioning, and compensation at each stage.
263. Top Challenges Faced by UK Startups
Are you starting a business in the UK? Learn about the most common problems faced by startups and how to overcome them.
264. Five Crypto Music Startups To Keep an Eye On
Let’s have a look at some crypto music startups who are trying to disrupt the music business in one way or other. There were dozens of crypto music startups popped out in icomania of 2017. But many didn’t deliver or turned out to be outright scams and exit scammed the investors. I am listing only few startups which i know are in operational state and looks genuine. Still I can’t gurantee if these projects will deliver as promised so please do your due deligence if you think of investing in them. So let’s start with some crypto startups that maybe could have a chance to compete or replace Spotify or Youtube or Napster.
265. Top 10 NFT Marketplace Development Companies for 2023
As the NFT sector expands, entrepreneurs have a choice to make. Especially if they plan to enter the NFT space.
266. 3 eCommerce Tech Trends to Keep an Eye On
The B2C landscape is heavily affected by eCommerce and online shopping
267. [Writing Prompt] Thrilled to be Recognized as [Insert Award Title Name]
This list of questions is compiled for the Noonies or Startups campaign winners or runners-up.
268. 6 Signs That You’re Ready To Invest In An Early-Stage Startup
Here's a look at the six signs that you may be ready to invest in an early-stage startup.
269. 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.
270. Why Startups Should Start Small by Focusing on a Niche Market
Instead of generating a startup idea from thin air, you can approach it from the market problem perspective.
271. Startups of The Year 2023: 38+ Startups Nominated in Tokyo
TOKYO, JAPAN - HackerNoon, the technology publishing company, is pleased to announce the nominees for its annual “Startups of the Year” award.
272. The Ultimate Guide to One-On-One Meetings for Managers
All managers struggle with the fine balance between doing work that achieves short term goals vs investing time in activities with long term benefits.
273. Startups of The Year 2023 Winners: Europe
This year's hottest startup region was Europe, with huge startup hotbeds in the UK and Germany.
274. Synchronous Communication is the New Cocaine in Silicon Valley
This blog from Paul Graham beautifully articulates why meetings kill productivity for people in the "maker's schedule":
275. My Journey of Breaking into Big Tech (Or How I Ended up Joining Microsoft)
Is Big Tech all it’s cracked up to be? Are the stereotypes true? How the heck can someone get into these big companies?
276. Disruptive Innovation in Sports Training Technologies
The COVID 19 pandemic has made the necessity for technology in all aspects of life undeniably evident: from online education software to AI technologies to self-train at home.
277. Innovation Has No Boundaries — Meet the Champion Industries of Startups of The Year 2024
Explore top startups per industry from HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year 2024—4.3M+ votes crowned the sectors driving global innovation forward.
278. Why Uber for Babysitters is the Best Way for Entrepreneurs to Generate Good Revenue?
In a fast-paced world, where the cost of living is high and time is scarce, affording time for quality parenting has become a luxury. This has, however, given rise to a new segment of service providers called nannies or babysitters. While traces of hesitation still exist, most of the trouble or doubt associated with babysitting has disappeared. In fact, babysitting has become so essential that some parents who move into a new locality find it difficult to zero down on the most reliable babysitter.
279. Top Industry Trends for AI Marketing
Companies that embrace AI will be able to test, learn, and iterate much faster, raising the competitive bar for learning.
280. Meet Algomo: The AI Chatbot Platform with 92% Model Accuracy
Algomo, uses generative AI chatbots to improve customer service and support.
281. How to Do Marketing in the Age of Coronavirus
The outbreak of covid-19 is rapidly hitting supply and demand and it’s becoming clearer and clearer that no business will remain unaffected. Only those that make smart choices and take timely action will be able to stay ahead of the game and avoid potentially threatening losses.
282. Meet TakeProfit: The Ultimate Platform for Self-Directed Investors
TakeProfit.com: The Ultimate Game-Changer in the Trading Research
283. How to Market Your Startup as One Worth Joining
Most startups have many good reasons to join them, but fail to communicate them well. I explain how to do that, and show how some Y Combinator co’s do it.
284. 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.
285. Books to Billions: How Sachin and Binny Bansal Built Flipkart to 100+ Million Customers
It is hard to imagine that one small company can completely transform the way we shop. But that is exactly what Flipkart has done. In 2007, e-commerce was still considered a niche business and most Indians did their shopping offline. Internet was taking over the world and Steve Jobs had just launched the world’s first iPhone in 2007 which was about to disrupt the entire smartphone industry in the years to come.
286. Automating Pull Request Merges with Mergify
Mergify is a tool that helps prioritize, queuing, and automatically merge your pull requests.
287. How will Proptech change the way we deal with real estate?
You've all heard of Fintech - a portmanteau of 'finance' and 'technology' - companies disrupting and changing the way we think of finance, from contactless payments to instant home loans. But what about its cousin Proptech?
288. 7 Essential Skills Every Entrepreneur Should Possess
An entrepreneur is a proud name for people who have the courage and wit to kick off their business and cruise through the world of financial ups and downs.
289. Scaling to Infinity: Innovating the Worker Queue
When building applications, it's common to be coordinating frontends, databases, worker queues, and APIs. Traditionally, queues and APIs are kept separate; queues handle long-running or CPU intensive tasks and APIs serve quick responses to keep applications snappy.
290. 5 Steps to Find an Investor Through Cold Contacts
Due to the tough situation in the market, many startups nowadays need to start looking for funds via cold outreach.
291. Exploring Product Insights: Interview with Vadim Glazkov, Founder of a Product Research Agency
Vadim Glazkov shares the important aspects of the research approach, talks about the challenges and gives successful use cases for launching new products.
292. How To Fight Imposter Syndrome As a Programmer
I’ll never forget the time I spent a summer at Facebook. I had an opportunity most people can only dream of. I stepped into a robust engineering culture and a community of mission-driven people. The perks were everything you’ve heard of and more. I ate at gourmet cafeterias, rode free commuter buses with Wi-Fi, and had all the free tech gear I wanted.
293. 25 Startup Tips From 25 Venture Backed Founders
A collection of insider tips from our "How I Raised It" podcast
294. Intro to SAFe®: Scaled Agile Framework®
Scaled Agile Frameworks can take some figuring out. Let's understand SAFe. We'll see why to use it, its core elements and how it works.
295. We're collecting AI problem statements to crowdsource solutions to data scientists
As technology penetrates every facet of life, and continues to grow exponentially, the solution potential becomes enormous. At the same time, we're in a world where billions live in poverty, and millions are on the brink of famine. In order to support an ever-growing populace, we need to leave no stone un-turned in the search for solutions. AI provides many potential solutions to humanity's greatest challenges."AI" is a vague, even confusing term. If you hear the phrase "artificial intelligence," you might wonder why there aren't sentient robots walking around, or why everyone isn't in self-driving cars already. The reality is that "AI" is just a marketing term for a set of computational statistical tools, or more simply, algorithms.However, as versatile as mathematics is, so is AI. AI is limited by (primarily) a couple things: data and computational power. Both the data and the compute power we have available are growing exponentially, so AI is becoming more and more powerful.With this increase in data and computational ability, AI is now being used in a wide variety of applications.For example, bitgrit (disclaimer: I'm CEO), collects meaningful AI problem statements to crowd-source solutions to data scientists. Some problem statements include saving animals’ lives, increasing agricultural yield, and speeding up healthcare claims processing.Michael Suttles, CEO at Save All The Pets, explains how data and AI can be used to save shelter animals:
296. Semantic vs. Keyword Search for Finding ChatGPT Context
Last week we’ve added a Q&A bot that answers questions from our documentation. This leverages the ChatGPT tech to answer questions from the Xata documentation.
297. Building Scalable Blockchain Solutions To Support Dapps of Tomorrow - An Interview
Lower transaction fees and settlement time is crucial for the success of any decentralized application, and for that, you need to have a scalable blockchain framework
298. Interview with Ivan Medvedkov, CEO of C-Robotics KZ: Underwater Innovation for Search and Rescue
Ruslan Madinov emphasizes that underwater robotics has a huge potential in marine safety, inspection of structures and environmental monitoring.
299. Growth of Vertical SaaS Challenges Market Leaders, Benefits Startups
Devs have been championing the benefits of the SaaS (software as a service) model of application delivery for years now.
300. How to Precisely Validate and Test Startup Ideas through MVP
Techtic lists down 6 ways to validate & test business startup ideas through MVP. Also, know the advantages of MVP and how MVP assists businesses.
301. Startups of the Year 2024: 377 Startups Nominated in the Blockchain Industry
HackerNoon is pleased to announce the nominees for Startups of The Year, featuring the most innovative companies in the Blockchain Industry.
302. Going From Idea to Client in 6 Weeks [Here's What We Did]
In January 2020, we met with about 45 companies. This enabled us to refine our vision (3 pivots in that month), understand our go-to-market, and start to build a list of potential clients. Once we felt confident about the product, we entered into full implementation mode.
303. How Developers Can earn a Side Income by Online Courses and Coaching
As a mentor and author of a programming blog, I often receive queries like should programmers and software engineers create an alternative source of income?, or should developer create their own blog or website?
304. TAM Mastery: Learn How to Maximize Your Market Reach Using Top Down or Bottom Up Approaches
The Total Addressable Market (TAM) is a crucial concept for businesses of all sizes, especially for startups.
305. Can You Join the Startup World Without Quitting Your Job?
(a.k.a. How to Invest Like a Sophisticated Poker Player)
306. #FoundersConnect (Music): Interview with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music
I sit with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music, a startup music company, on his journey, insights and plans for the future.
307. The Truth of Female Founders in a Male-Dominated Startup World
Female entrepreneurs have a tough time succeeding the startup world due to multiple preconceived notions about them.
308. Reddit's Origin Story and Persistent Path to Product Market Fit
Welcome to the first edition of Product Stories. The first product that I have chosen is Reddit — a company that thousands of startups have tried to emulate but always failed to do so. Let’s look at why that is and what’s so special about Reddit.
309. Why Traditional Investment Bankers Don't Work Well with Startups
by Harry Friedberg, partner, BX3 Capital
310. $BMBL: Swipe Left or Right? An Insight Into One of the Hottest Tickers in 2021
Tinder-rival Bumble made its debut on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ‘BMBL’. It was initially priced at $43 per share.
311. How I Build a Personal Website With Monetization (And Without Coding)
These are 10 no-coding tools for building, marketing & monetizing a personal website. Here we discuss different business models, marketing strategies, and more.
312. Here's Why Journalists Won't Write About Your Startup
The media is a key point of contact for the marketing team of any startup. As a tech journalist and freelance writer, I talk to hundreds of SMEs, startups, fortune 500 companies, investors and industry experts every year. I receive thousands of press releases and invitations to events and conferences. Many businesses do themselves and their product a real disservice meaning we can't or won't write about them. Let's walk through some of the most common mistakes so you can avoid them:
313. 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.
314. After a "Red Alert," Experts Use AI to Predict Extreme Weather
How experts are using Transformer models to predict extreme weather - with a hands-on Python demo.
315. AccuFit Founder Logan Koshenka is Making Personalized Workouts Free for Everybody
Logan Koshenka is a software engineer who graduated from Ohio University in 2018 and founded AccuFit, a custom workout app.
316. Painkillers, Vitamins and Misunderstood Startup Lessons
If you’re a startup founder, you may be short of many things : funding, sleep, the will to live.
317. Startups of The Year 2023: Nominations and Voting Now Open
Startups of The Year (SOTY) 2023 has officially started, and with it nominations and voting for the best companies around.
318. How Does Stockholm Syndrome Look in the Corporate World?
The Stockholm syndrome is an emotional response that happens to some abuse and hostage victims when they have positive feelings toward an abuser or captor.
319. How to Hack a Huge Career in Tech with PR Expert & Founder Sarah Evans
I sat down with Sarah Evans—tech industry PR legend and strategic communications startup founder—to talk all things branding and influence: from personal to B2B. You can watch the Youtube version of this podcast right here in this post, or grab the audio-only on Spotify, or over at podcast.hackernoon.com.
320. 36 Questions Every Software Developer Should Ask Potential Employers
“Do you have any questions for us?” the interviewer asks. This is your chance to find out if the company if a good fit for YOU.
321. WTF is Startups of the Year 2023 and Other FAQs
Startups of the Year 2023 is HackerNoon's annual flagship event, where 30,000+ startups across 4200+ cities participate in a bid to be crowned the best startup
322. How We Find A Way to Grow our MRR by 800% in 6 Months
At the end of 2018, my co-founder Steve and I sat down and reflected on the year. We had grown 100% across many key metrics during the previous year and usage of doopoll had increased 300% in a matter of weeks.
323. Community-as-a-Service Concept: How You Can Monetize Access
324. The App That Lets AI Agents Hire You: Human API Goes Mobile With a $65mn Long on Human Data
Human API launches its mobile app on iOS and Android, paying contributors for audio tasks that AI agents cannot replicate — backed by $65mn from Polychain.
325. An Interview With Fabian Vogelsteller: Founder of ERC-20 and LUKSO
While Vitalik Buterin is the most well-known name in the Ethereum space, the birth of Ethereum was a collaborative effort, as were later developments like ERC-20. Fabian Vogelsteller is one-such early Ethereum developer and thought leader on blockchain technology. He has built many Ethereum user and developer-facing projects including the Ethereum Mist browser, the Ethereum Wallet and web3.js - the Ethereum’s space most used JavaScript library.
Together with Vitalik Buterin, he proposed the ERC20 token standard, which initiated the world ICO wave and redefined investment and crowd ownership as we know it. Today Fabian is leading the concept, design, and development of the LUKSO Blockchain.
326. Fight Telegram Impersonators With A Bit Of Common Sense And A Dash Of Vigilance
The number, frequency, and scale of scams involving impersonations are growing like fungi. It’s probably the sign of our times and it’s worrisome.
327. Ten Underground Tech Masterminds You Probably Haven't Heard Enough About
The history of technology, intended here in a narrow sense as the history of information technology, rests on the shoulders of a small handful of giants.
328. Why Clubhouse’s Invite-Only Strategy is (Still) a Great Growth Hack
Analysing the growth strategy behind exclusive social media platform Clubhouse - which achieved a $1B valuation in less than one year.
329. Start with a Prototype, Follow with an MVP and Then Get to the Final Product
Your Guide to the Main Stages of Tech Startup Development
330. Israel is Swiftly Becoming the World’s Leading AI Hub as Investments Continue to Surge in 2022
Israeli startups embrace AI across multiple industries with great success – meanwhile investment in these companies exceeded $25 billion in 2021 alone.
331. How I Started My Own Business at 19
Hi there. My name is Mandy, and I'm 24 this year. I don’t have many years of wisdom to preach about, but I do have something interesting to share for those who are afraid to take the leap of faith – the story of how I started my own business at 19.
332. Unlocking Opportunities: The Power of Part-Time Work with JobSparkle
JobSparkle is the go-to platform for finding part-time jobs in the Netherlands.
333. What DevOps for Data Really Means
DevOps for Data is not about fixing pipelines or deploying models. It’s about designing systems that remain reliable, secure, and predictable.
334. The Trek of a Solo Founder
The first time I’d considered working at a startup, I was still in college, commuting from my parent’s house to save on student loans.
335. Facebook’s Not-So-Happy Birthdays Offer New App Opportunity
Facebook, once king of the social media birthday, has fumbled: birthday posts are down 90%+. A new app promises to breathe life and happiness into birthdays.
336. Tech Founders Are Using These 5 Resources to Build Their First Prototype
Useful sources for founders and early tech entrepreneurs for building their first prototype.
337. Are You Ready to Start a Startup? Ask Yourself These Six Questions
Fundings, Acquisitions, Success Stories.
338. 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.
339. Learn The "Disagree and Commit" Exercise for Better Leadership
What can make us incredibly valuable at work - our willingness to disagree openly and commit to helping others succeed or sticking to our arguments even when others have moved forward and a decision has been made.
340. Migrating from DC/OS to Kubernetes: The Challenges You May Face
This blog will discuss DC/OS and Kubernetes and what challenges you might face when migrating between these container platforms.
341. Startups of the Year 2023: Remote/Misc Winners
Startups of the Year 2023: Remote/Misc Winners.
342. Vote Now for the Worldwide Web Startups of the Year 2021
4500+ cities, 35000+ startups - Who will be crowned Startups of the Year by HackerNoon?
343. How to Prepare for your Y Combinator Interview
Tick tock, it’s the day the YC interview invitation is sent out. I remember anxiously waiting for my startup’s (Cotter) invite.
344. Approaching in-house Modern UI Library: Startup`s Guide
I can list down the reasons for “why” to do in-house, but I’ll refrain. Since you are landing here I assume you will know your why’s.
345. Let’s Know the Key Aspects of Building Single Page Applications using Angular
As an IT Software Consultant, I keep looking for new Angular development frameworks and AngularJS development tools, recently I have been looking for the best Angular development framework to develop single page applications (SPAs) for businesses. And, I got this:
346. Increase Your Conversions with these Pricing Models
There are many pricing models that you can use to increase your conversions, here is a list of 5 pricing models you should be using.
347. How we hacked Hacker Noon's "Most Exciting Startup" award and won
A cautionary tale of democracy online and why identity-based security is critical for elections large and small.
348. An Introduction to MaaS; Marketplace As a Service
349. Will the Travel Industry Bounce Back From Covid-19 Like it Did From 9/11? [Interview]
"While Q2 2020 is expected to recover slowly, I’m personally expecting the major recovery to take place from Q3 mainly for domestic travel with a full recovery, including international travel, towards Q4."
350. 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.
351. Meet The Entrepreneur: Alon Lev, CEO, Qwak
Meet The Entrepreneur: Alon Lev, CEO, Qwak
352. What I Learned as an Entrepreneur in the Past 11 Years
The past 11 years as an entrepreneur changed my life.
353. 479 Founder Interviews Later: Here are 15 Sure-Fire Acquisition Channels
This is a post that took almost 240+ hours to research.
354. From Minimum Wage to $75k a Year: Making Google Sheets
From Minimum Wage to $75k a Year making Google Sheets tutorials, tools, and templates. The story of writing one piece of google script that got me a huge raise.
355. Why an Executive MBA Program Was Right for My Tech Career
When I first started applying to MBA programs a few people suggested I look into Executive MBAs as well, which I thought had a negative connotation to it. A bunch of C-suite execs in suits, which turned out to be completely wrong.
356. 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.
357. Notion CRM template: How I use it to Grow My Career
How to build a CRM tool to grow professional relationships and your career
358. 5 Storytelling Tips That Improve Pitching for Startups
A very concise article with 5 tips for storytelling when fundraising for a startup or pitching at a competition.
359. 4 Business Trends: 2020 Edition
Let's look at important trends happening in the business world, that have the potential to affect and reshape current industries.
360. Airtable: 26 Firms Offering Non-Dilutive Funding Options to Founders
Raise money without giving up a piece of your company
361. 10 Startup Ideas Spun Off Product Hunt's Business Model
This time I have prepared a bunch of ideas (more ideas - less data) based on the same or similar business model as Product Hunt. Next week you will receive one idea that is bouncing in my head for you but I have to make more research on it, so stay tuned….
362. The Power of Tech Communities
And how it led me to a Software Engineering job at one of India’s largest online grocery company.
363. A Genius, a Deceiver, or a Naive Dreamer? Deep Tech Explained
In 1943, the American aircraft engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson received a call from the Pentagon: the US Air Force needed a fighter jet. Johnson ran Advanced Development Projects (ADP), a closed division of the Lockheed Corporation aircraft manufacturing company. It was located in a separate room, and only employees directly involved in the development of ADP could go in there.
364. The Metaverse is Eating the World
The metaverse started as the simple idea of immersive digital spaces. Now, it's taking off like a rocket with the likes of Facebook and Apple getting involved.
365. Power of Sentry + Expo: Catch Bugs Before They Bite and Supercharge Your Startup's Success
Catch bugs in your app and take realtime action for your startup's growth
366. Startups of The Year: How To Vote
Vote for your favorite startup and boost their winning chance for Startups of The Year 2024.
367. 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
368. Startups of The Year 2024 Winners: Asia
Meet the top Asian startups in 2024! With dynamic cultures and rapid growth, Asia has become a global entrepreneurial hub and development.
369. 5 Online Business Ideas You Can Start From Home (Ecommerce)
In the wake of the recent global Coronavirus pandemic, most of us have gone into self isolation to protect ourselves, our loved ones and others.
370. AI-Powered Personalisation: Five Platforms to Try in 2020
Voted by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) as the Marketing Word of the Year, 2019 personalisation is more than just a passing fad that has captured the imagination (and marketing budgets!) of digital brands across the globe.
371. Breaking Into Product Management: A Guide
Over the last 2 weeks, 7 friends have asked me how they can break into Product Management. Additionally, I have got an opportunity to interview several people from product management roles over the last year where I see first time candidates making the same mistakes over and over again.
372. Promoted from Dev to Team Lead: 8 things they didn’t tell me
I was 24 years old. A baby.
373. Carve Out a Niche of AWS
About Unbundling AWS
374. Startups of the Year 2023: RASK AI Startup Interview
Meet Rask AI and read our success story on how we ended up as one of the Startups of the Year 2023 by Hackernoon 🔥
375. 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.
376. The Noonification: Best Examples of Apps Written in React.js (9/10/2023)
9/10/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!
377. Startup Fundraising, Fake VCs, and an Actual Stalker: My Founder Horror Story
How one pitch turned into a rabbit hole of fake VCs, emotional manipulation, and FBI threats. A survival guide for women navigating investor landmine territory.
378. Why Product Drops Are the New Brand Growth Strategy
Learn why product drops drive demand through scarcity, storytelling, and community—and how brands turn launches into cultural moments.
379. Best Working Environments for Devs: A Hierarchy of Needs
Developing and coding are incredibly tough. There are hundreds upon thousands of lines of code, and a single error can leave you trawling to find what exactly went wrong and why.
380. Top 5 Machine Learning Platforms to Watch in 2022
Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) is a form of DevOps in a growing area. In this article, we'll discuss the top 5 Machine Learning Platforms to watch in 2022.
381. UX For Startup Founders: How to Grow Faster With Less Marketing Spend
Are your sales coming too slowly? Maybe you’re spending some money on Marketing, just to realize that you are not getting a return on your investment… Ugh, that feeling of powerlessness is painful. Right?
382. Startups of the Year 2023: BlueCloud - What The Global Digital Transformation Company Has to Offer
BlueCloud is a global digital transformation company delivering best-of-breed cloud data and analytics services to partner clients.
383. The Origin Story of WhatsApp
Brandon Arvanaghi details the origin story of Whatsapp.
384. Can You Improve Your Mental Health with Psychedelics?
Pushing the Boundaries: Healing Mental Health with Psychedelics
385. Bootstrapping vs. Venture Capital: The Pros and Cons
This thread explores both sides, the pros and cons, and what it takes to make either path a success.
386. Deno🦕 - Is it a threat to Node?
Deno 1.0 is launched on 13th May 2020 by Ryan Dahl — the original creator of Node.js
387. AI Startup Financing: 6 Best Seed Funding Options in 2022
So you have a new cutting-edge AI product/service idea.
388. How No-Code Can Save Your Startup
The trick of being an entrepreneur is to extend your runway long enough to become profitable. If you haven’t nailed product-market fit by the time you run out of cash, the jig is up.
389. AI Is Changing The Future Of Online Dating
Discover how AI-driven dating apps can help users escape information overload, avoid inappropriate content, and find compatible partners faster.
390. The Top 100 Trending Startup Cities
HackerNoon's open sources original data about where startups are trending relevant to population in cities all around the world.
391. #FoundersConnect: Marvin Coleby, Co-Founder and CEO of Raise
Marvin Coleby is building Raise, an equity management platform with a vision for Panafrican unity. He shares his background, startup and experiences with me.
392. I Built a Tool to Help You Sketch Out an MVP Proposal in Minutes
How would you go from an idea to a potential product?
393. I'm Failing at Building a Startup and Here's Why - Part 1: The Problem
The problems faced and the lessons learned working on a startup and launching an app.
394. Startups of The Year 2024 Winners: Europe
Meet Europe’s best startups of 2024! From healthcare to green energy, across 450+ cities, and voted by millions in HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year 2024.
395. 10,000+ Personalized Business Ideas Using Heuristics
Heuristics are used by Nature (and some computer scientists) to solve really difficult problems.
396. What Makes A Venture Studio So Successful at Building Startups?
As an increasing number of venture studios break into the entrepreneurial scene, it’s time to analyze what makes this model so competitive.
397. An Open Source Starting Point For Abstracting Common Backend Tasks
Appwrite Is a New Open-Source Backend That Strives to Make Programming Less Painful
398. 8 Gadgets Every Start-up Must Have
The start-up companies of the present time seem to have some great ideas to share in a larger platform. But the main problem in doing this is the lack of modern gadgets and technologies and being a start-up company, it’s not abnormal.
399. The Space Tech Startup Making Our Internet A Better Place With Lasers🖖
Greetings, humans. I remote chat this afternoon with Rohit Jha, the CEO & Co-Founder of Transcelestial Technologies, a startup building light speed communications infrastructure for the next 100 years.
400. 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.
401. I Built a €500K Neobank for Immigrants—It Didn't Go As Planned
I built and shut down a €500K neobank for immigrants in Portugal. Here's a post-mortem.
402. Fundraising In A Falling Market Might Be A Good Opportunity For Startups And Investors
Raising capital is crucial for any startup, regardless of overarching market conditions.
403. How Latin American Startups Can Make Their Own User Data Their Growth Superpower
Investors are increasingly cautious when contributing to the growth of startups through personalized support. So, what can founders do about it?
404. How To Keep the Spirit of Teamwork During the #Coronavirus Outbreak
The shock-wave caused by a coronavirus has already rolled around the globe several times. Today's businesses feel the growing anxiety and concerns about how it will impact all the processes.
405. Q&A with Brendan Playford, Founder of Masa Finance
406. Open Source Myths and Half-Truths: Part 1
Back in 2001 an ideological battle was raging: Linux and open source against Microsoft and proprietary enterprise software (the then-standard model). At the peak of the battle Microsoft’s then-CEO Steve Ballmer called Linux and its open source philosophy a ‘cancer’.
407. Confessions of a Serial Interviewer
I bombed completely at my first big job interview. It included whiteboard-coding and questions about multithreading and I hadn't prepared nearly enough. Instead of saying I don't know, I ranted on for a good couple of minutes about anything tangential I could come up with, hoping I'd get in the vicinity of the answer–I never did. Fortunately when the ego takes a hit, a willingness to improve kicks in.
408. Five Big Myths Surrounding Technical Debt
In a software company, people often talk about tech debt, usually blaming it for something bad that is happening, such as
409. Startup Idea: A Ticketing Platform That Works for Fans
A vision of a new kind of ticketing platform that works for fans, creators and event managers. In this case, in that order.
410. What Will Happen to Zepto?
What will happen to Zepto (India's 10min delivery startup valued at $900M)?
411. Leadzai - The Startup of the Year that Democratizes Access to Online Advertising
Leadzai's AI-powered platform is paving the way for a new era of customer acquisition, by helping SMEs to grow effortlessly.
412. I Built An Online Subscription Tracker App in Coda—Here's The Template
Simple app to manage your online subscriptions in one place.
413. A Step by Step Guide to Early Customer Interviews
As soon as you have a new product idea that you think is worth pursuing you need to workout whether the problem you plan to solve is worth solving. Early Customer Interviews are one of the best and fastest first steps to figuring out whether your new idea will succeed.
414. Why We Don't Want to Sign-up for The Paid Version
Price-tags are the first filter. Obviously features and benefits are important, but one thing hasn't changed and that is in the majority of time: value is still the determining factor.
415. 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.
416. 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.
417. 🏆 Startups of The Year: 2 Months Left to Cast Your Vote!
HackerNoon's Startups of The Year voting ends March 31, 2025. You still have time to support your favorites—cast your vote today!
418. Passion Economy is a Consumer Enterprization Movement
419. How We Manage Editorial At Hacker Noon
At Hacker Noon's first All-Hands company meeting for 2020, CPO Dane Lyons talked the team through how the North Star framework applies to Hacker Noon. Since the term is pretty self-explanatory, I'll get straight to the story of how we're using this framework to prioritize activity.
420. 103 Stories To Learn About Saas Startups
Learn everything you need to know about Saas Startups via these 103 free HackerNoon stories.
421. The Top 100 Trending Startup Cities
HackerNoon open sources original data about where startups are trending relevant to population in cities all around the world.
422. User Personas in Product Management - Why They're Necessary
Why a PM should care about the particularities of the users? Well, that is the irrelevant part of a product development, as you should know what the users demand.
423. Work Culture Toxicity In Tech Field
I have a confession to make: I was on Twitter over the winter holidays when I should have been spending time with my family. What was the trending topic that caught my eye, you might ask? Last minute Christmas gift ideas? Pictures of pets in Santa hats? No, but I wish I could say it was one of those things. Instead, it was about work culture toxicity in tech.
424. Polygon Crosses $29.8 Billion in Monthly Stablecoin Volume: A Deep Dive Into Web3 Payments
Polygon processed 94M stablecoin transfers in one week, the highest of any blockchain. Here is what is driving the surge.
425. Frequently Asked Questions about Startups of The Year 2024
Questions about Startups of The Year 2024? Check out our FAQs for all the deets on voting, nominating, claiming, and more.
426. 27 Lead Generation Tools Analyzed: Pros, Cons and Pricing
Lead generation is way more than getting traffic and make people visit your website. But, If you are able to collect information of people and drive a good communication with your website traffic to convert them into loyal customers, you are on right track.
427. The Freemium Model's Reciprocation Effect
Spotify is a music app, Adobe provides apps for creatives to draw and design, Fortnite is a game. These three products are completely different when it comes to what service they provide. But they all have same revenue model: a subscription model. To be precise: The Freemium Subscription Model.
428. Why Your Tech Project Can Fail and How to Avoid the Failure
Project Management Institute claims that one out of four organization’s projects failed outright. The numbers are far from being encouraging.
429. Why storyarb Pivoted From Ghostwriting for Founders to Producing Niche Content for Customers’ ICP
We pivoted Storyarb from a ghostwriting agency for founders to B2B companies' outsourced Head of Content Marketing. Here's our journey and lessons learned.
430. My Prediction for Indie Makers in 2024-2026...
My prediction for indie makers for 2024-2026: Exponential growth of quantity, everyone will be a maker, maker labels, monopolies, rip startups, and more
431. Open Banking for Startups: From Choosing a Provider to Seamless Integration
Here, we discuss practical tips for open banking integration, choosing an appropriate provider, and navigating the world of open banking as a startup company.
432. Demand Generation is the Real Moat!
Demand generation and what it means to create a long-term competitive advantage for a digital, tech business model
433. A Systematic Approach to Building Products (Template)
If you’re working on something new, there are so many directions your work and product can take.
434. Dear Young Entrepreneurs: Skip College, Do This
When I see a stereotypical graduation ceremony photo, I think to myself: "I hope the 6 years and $100,000 of debt was worth it."
435. Startup Metrics: The Dynamics of Network Effects
[This essay was co-authored by my colleague D’Arcy Coolican (@dcoolican) and me. We also compiled a list of metrics to measure your network effects.]
436. How My Startup Got New Funding from Andreessen Horowitz
We are very excited to announce that we have raised a new round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Y Combinator Continuity.
437. Li Jin: My Path to Venture Capital
438. Innovating ESOP Distribution: An Interview With Eqvista Founder Tomas Milar
I sat down with Eqvista founder Tomas Milar for his insights on ESOP distribution in modern-day businesses.
439. Startup Interview with Alex Cojocaru, CEO of Licenseware
Licenseware is the first open app ecosystem for software license management. Reduce software costs and manage licensing risks, PAYIG, completely modular.
440. 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.
441. Pitch Perfect: 7 Design Mistakes Startup Founders Make in Pitch Decks (Again and Again)
How to make a good pitch deck for a startup to secure investors' attention by avoiding common design mistakes frequently made by startup founders
442. How Organizations Can Build Trust And Security Through Digital Identities
Exploring how we can solve the issue of trust by securely identifying people online, while providing digital convenience and a seamless customer experience.
443. 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.
444. Meet ForestVPN, Startups of the Year Winner in Dubai
George Kutsurua, founder of ForestVPN, shares insights on tech trends, sustainability, and innovation in an engaging HackerNoon interview.
445. 18 Common Legal Mistakes Small Business Owners Make
According to a study conducted by smallbiztrends, of all small businesses started in the year 2014:
446. From Graduating College to Raising $1+ Million Dollars in 9 months
I was studying Mechanical Engineering in my final year at college in the UK when I joined my roommate and his friend in building an app called Cluttr they started developing in the Summer of 2017.
447. Why you Need to Hire a CTO-as-a-service Company
Find out when and why you need CTO for your company.
448. The Rise of Tech Influencers, Monetization, and the Future of LinkedIn
Today, we share our thoughts on B2B influencer marketing, efficiently managing multi-channel distribution and the future of content creators on LinkedIn.
449. How Blockchain Could Automate Low-Level Accounting Jobs
The deployment of robotic process automation (RPA) is starting to threaten clerical and back-office jobs as well.
450. The Ultimate Guide to Strategic Thinking for Data Scientists
While HBR declared "Data Scientist" the sexiest job of the 21st century, let's admit that the prevailing view is that it's a geeky, highly-technical field.
451. 6 Practical Ways Products Get Their First 100 Users
Many product teams and startup founders buy into the theory of the Lean Startup, and want to “do lean” but don’t know where to start.
In this blog series, I will provide a practical guide on how to apply these principles.
452. Getting Into Tech: 7 Golden Tips For a Career Change
If you are reading these tips on how to switch your job to IT, then below you will find some golden tips which I wish I had got at the start of my career back t
453. GITEX GLOBAL is Back and Bigger Than Ever
HackerNoon is proud to be a media partner for this year’s GITEX GLOBAL at Dubai World Trade Centre, on October 16-20, 2023. Read on to see what you can expect.
454. Eugene Lisovskiy, Level up Basket Founder: “Community Is the Core of Everything; It Inspires Growth”
Read for opinions on growing a robust community in any niche, adapting your product to the metaverse, the power of outsourcing and the future of AI.
455. How to Launch a Successful Startup and Keep it Blooming: 25 Great Tips
Learn to think critically about your ideas
456. 3 Ways To Reach the C-Suite
You can find your way to success from an entry-level to an executive-leadership position. You just have to take the route that compliments your attributes best
457. Technical vs. Non Technical Marketers: Why You Need Both
In 2015, I had the chance to work closely with the CMO of a $100 million company. As CMO, this individual was an extreme “performance marketer”, leveraging SQL and database skills to drive metric-driven performance to clients and his company. If something wasn’t backed by data or metrics, it was dismissed. It was my first taste of technical digital marketing.
458. Startups of The Year 2023: 130+ Startups Nominated in San Diego
HackerNoon is pleased to announce the nominees for “Startups of the Year”, featuring the most innovative companies in San Diego.
459. 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
460. Startups of The Year 2023: 800+ Startups Nominated in San Francisco
HackerNoon is pleased to announce the nominees for Startups of the Year 2023, featuring the most innovative companies in San Fransisco.
461. How a Non-Experienced Person Created an Event for 3,000 Participants with Oakly
Discover Oakly, a revolutionary tool transforming the event industry in 2023. From seamless event management to unparalleled analytics, learn about Oakly .
462. Microsoft: A Worthy Competitor Or A Killer Of Startups?
An investigation into what Microsoft's new Designer app means for other startup products, especially Canva because of how it can effect product advertising.
463. Behavioral Psychology Hacks for Product Managers
464. Growth Hacking Is Dead. Trust Is the New Growth Engine.
Growth hacking once drove startup traction, but customer trust now powers sustainable growth. Learn how trust, retention, and community drive startup success.
465. From Zero to Manic
I am 36 years old and have long felt disconnected from the world. Not so much the natural world — that I’ve been lovingly drawn to and constantly in awe of as far back as I can remember.
466. How to Find Minimum Viable Product-Market Fit (PMF)
Focus on the problem, not the solution
467. 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.
468. From a Cold Email to a $2.3 Billion Startup: The Story of Relativity Space
This is the story of a rising startup that aims to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX by harnessing 3D printing for rocket manufacturing.
469. The Ultimate Guide to Angular for Non-Technical Founders
In this guide, I’m going to give you in-depth knowledge of a very popular and widely used client-side framework called Angular. This guide intends to help founders of non-technical background who wish to learn the basic idea behind Angular. It will also help you make a decision if it’s the right choice for your upcoming project, and, subsequently what a front-end developer must know about Angular and how to hire angular developers in the current scenario.
470. How to Choose a Blockchain Accounting Solution
To thrive in a volatile economic environment, blockchain accounting tools are needed that boost efficiencies and cut costs. Here's how to find the right one.
471. Build Your Product Roadmap for 2020 Today With One of These Great Tools
What is a Product Roadmap?
472. Here’s How the Team Chat App Pumble Was Built: An Interview With Nikola Bosic VP of Engineering
We talked to the VP of Engineering at Pumble about building a team chat app, the challenges they faced and how they made it work.
473. "Our Biggest Growth Goal is to Double our Revenue Year-over-Year," says Secureframe CEO Shrav Mehta
10 Questions with Shrav Mehta, Founder and CEO at Secureframe via [The HackerNoon Startup Founder Interview Template].
474. 5 Things to Consider Before Joining a Startup
Thinking of changing your career by stepping into the startup scene? Here are a few things to consider before joining a risky early-stage venture.
475. 5 Business Growth Hacking Tips to Adopt in 2023
5 Business Growth Hacking Tips to Adopt in 2023
476. How To Name Your Next Open Source Project
These are some AI-generated project names, courtesy of Namelix.
477. Autonomous Agents and the Next Managerial Revolution
An investigation of startup opportunities in the personal agent space.
478. Top 15 Outsourcing Software Development companies in India & USA for Startups & SME's | 2019
We are living in the age of IT revolution where almost all industries in the world have found that implementing software solutions for their key operations brings operational efficiency and enhances their business productivity by a huge margin. This report by Gartner Says Global IT Spending to Reach $3.8 Trillion in 2019.
479. 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.
480. How to stop prioritizing and start working
It is believed that product managers should help a company do something that makes sense and advise against doing something that doesn’t.
481. 3 Benefits of Low Touch SaaS from a Product Manager's Perspective
I am a Stripe fanboy. Back in 2014, I remember being mighty impressed at the ease with which we were able to implement a seemingly complicated thing - the billing infrastructure at Zinrelo - using Stripe. Right from the discovery to on-boarding, the API docs to the error messages, everything with Stripe was a cakewalk. And not a single time did we have to interact with a human being at Stripe’s end. After a couple of years, I had a similar experience with another product - Intercom. Integrating Intercom and the whole product experience in general was exceedingly simple requiring no human interaction.
482. Minimum Viable Tool (MVT)
There is a lot of talk about the Minimum Viable Product — a prototype with just enough features to satisfy early customers, and provide feedback for future development. But feature creep often starts much earlier, in the design & development, if not the ideation stage of a project.
483. Why Pricing is Important for B2B SaaS Startups
Anton Zagrebelny, Co-Founder & CTO of Stigg, discusses pricing for B2B SaaS enterprises and why it's vital.
484. Top 20 Fintech Startups to Watch in 2022
Here is the list of top 20 fintech startups that are shaping the future of finance and transforming financial services.
485. We Screened Product Hunt Launches With 100+ Upvotes And Learned Things
I was recently involved in launching Epiloge a community for students and professionals to connect with people in the same field of interest by sharing not just where you work or study, but by also sharing what you're working on.
486. Growing a Startup Without the Bank: Comparing Equity & Revenue-Based Funding
An entrepreneur needs a roadmap for growing his or her business into the “next big thing,” but the road ahead is a dead-end path without capital funding.
487. 5 Actionable Ways to Boost Your Email Engagement Rate
Looking to get more people to engage with your emails? We have you covered with 5 actionable tips you can start using today!
488. Ukrainian Tech Startups Carry On: How We Are Enduring The Invasion
Though my life and the lives of all Ukrainians have drastically changed, we all stay strong and fight for our country on various fronts however we can.
[489. "You Have to Distinguish a Startup From a New Business" says Paul
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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:
490. The Quintessential Work of Remote Developers
Building and supporting software does not require you to be in the office every day. Companies like GitLab, Digital Ocean, CircleCI, InVision, and Stripe have realized that remote work gives them a recruiting and productivity advantage over the competition.
491. Uber Wants to be an Amazon
Just like how Amazon is no longer about books, Uber is no longer about booking a car ride.
492. Startups of The Year 2024 Winners: Africa
Meet Africa’s best startups of 2024! From fintech to agri-tech, across 100+ cities, and voted by millions in HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year 2024.
493. How One Feature From a Failed Startup Can Become a Billion Dollar Idea
I will go through a summarized story of a well-known startup and share my notes from this lesson.
494. On Product and Parkour
Product, Parkour, and Pioneering: how the role of product management varies by stage of company
495. How Dropbox Grew 3900% Using Referral Marketing
Dropbox’s referral marketing campaign is infamous. The company grew 3900% in 15 months between 2008 and 2010. How did they do it? Learn how in this Dropbox case study – and what you can learn from their example.
496. This CFO Wrecked His Mercedes Trying to Kill the CEO & 3 Other Entrepreneurial War Stories
The word insane is drastically overused for everything from mild moodiness and irritability to emotional changes. That's not what this article is about...
497. Scraping with Selenium 101: The Big Hole on Data Scientists Toolset [Part 1]
Usually forgotten in all Data Science masters and courses, Web Scraping is, in my honest opinion a basic tool in the Data Scientist toolset, as is the tool for getting and therefore using external data from your organization when public databases are not available.
498. 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.
499. How Threads Raised A $10M+ Series A Led By Sequoia Capital
Four fundraising tips from Rousseau Kazi of Threads.com
500. A Step-by-Step SaaS Marketing Roadmap
This article is meant to serve as a step-by-step SaaS marketing workbook that will walk you through the entire process of building a full-funnel lead generation platform to enhance your marketing campaigns.
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