I've seen enough startups from the inside and outside to now know that:
- there are all different paths to take to success
- you can do a lot of things wrong, bad things and still be successful
- the power of, and value, of cult-like fanatical users / supporters
- marketing looks very different these days, but brand (what the outside world thinks about your company) is hugely important
Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
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Re: Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
#12This question I asked when YC company Amplitude went public a little while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28700409
It confirmed that these days if a startup is successful the founder gets almost all of the reward, the first handful of engineers get a few million bucks, and the thousand+ people that follow simply get a regular salary. There are only two real paths to wealth in tech nowadays: start your own thing or work for FAANG.
Re: Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
#13Not an HN thread, but HN videos. Particularly Michael Seibel's videos while jogging were very insightful. A lot of what he said in those videos were so obvious after the fact that it's crazy how there are teams that do the polar opposite and fail. I highly encourage you to watch them all.
got a link to those videos in particular?
Here's one of my favorites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C27RVio2rOs
It's really good!
Re: Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
#14I recall many threads of where a product/service/startup got shut down / closed its doors. It's ironic because sometimes it's my first time hearing about that product/service/startup, and I often ask: 'Why didn't I know about that earlier?'. Turns out it's just as well I didn't hear of it before because they're no longer sustainable or operational in the long run. This is why I only concern myself with 'stayups' or p…
Out of curiosity, did you come up with 'stayup' or where did you come across it? I'm really liking it.
Re: Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
#15Patio11's posts on the Bingo Card Creator journey, particularly the methodical and quantitative way he went about his marketing
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#17The one that said "Dropbox will never work because I can do the same thing with rsync"
My favorite is "What's the point of this product? This is very easy to do today. All you have to do is (insert very complex series of steps and tools)"
I feel like this is the story of everything that succeeds wildly.
Re: Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
#18The one that said "Dropbox will never work because I can do the same thing with rsync"
There are lots of comments like that on HN every day.
I feel like a lot of them are just people who see something getting praise and need to put it down to make themselves feel better.
Seeing other people be clever somehow threatens them.
Re: Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
#19Not an HN thread, but HN videos. Particularly Michael Seibel's videos while jogging were very insightful. A lot of what he said in those videos were so obvious after the fact that it's crazy how there are teams that do the polar opposite and fail. I highly encourage you to watch them all.
Yeah a link to that would be great
Re: Ask HN: What HN threads most influenced your thinking about startups?
#20The one that said "Dropbox will never work because I can do the same thing with rsync"
I guess it's this one?[0]
For me, as a tech-guy, rsync (or similar) _is_ actually better than Dropbox. :)