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I have to think "has external funding" is a minimum.
Why? GH already had 1M repositories when it raised its first round, were they not a startup before?
No, they were a small company.
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#112Hi Everyone, I'm Smakosh and I spent 24 hours coding my REST api, React app and a Gatsby site. Obviously this needs more improvements but here's a funny fact: -Rest API is deployed on Heroku for free -Db is on mlab for free -React app is deployed on Netlify for free -Gatsby site is deployed on Netlify for free -Design made with Adobe XD for free -Illustrations from Undraw.co for free Please slow down on my app hahaha…
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#113Not a startup but I spent the past day making a place to share short command-line snippets: https://snippets.shodan.io
Hah at first I thought Shodan started hosting projects github-pages style, then realized you're the founder. Actually, hosted pages on Shodan would be kind of cool.
Hmm, haven't looked at doing that yet - any thoughts on what would make that appealing? It feels like a somewhat crowded space already.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hah at first I thought Shodan started hosting projects github-pages style, then realized you're the founder. Actually, hosted pages on Shodan would be kind of cool.
Hmm, haven't looked at doing that yet - any thoughts on what would make that appealing? It feels like a somewhat crowded space already.
I think it would be a nice place to host a collection of infosec-related materials, tutorials, white papers and write-ups. I'm not sure if there's a go-to place for the security community to host static pages for these types of things, but it seems like the kind of thing I'd enjoy browsing.
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#115"Hey, I worked on a project for a few hours, give me funding" Please folks - we need new terminology. This initiative is all fine and good, but maybe we need new words, because these are not startups. This seems more to fit the term 'Hackathon' than anything. 'Microstartup'? 'Microproject' ? 'Microfab' ? 'Micro-op' ? Ok maybe not so great ... Something that communicates that it is authentic and innovative, but at the…
It used to be called "a website". And you don't "launch" it just publish it. website != product && product != business. But props to these guys for focusing 24h on their side-projects and for the one I've browsed with very impressive results.
>these guys
*People. Women participated too. ;)
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#116This is so cool. More than the startups themselves, I'm more interested in the dev tools/techniques and pace at which other devs code. Not surprisingly most thumbnails look like..... VSCode :)
>Not surprisingly most thumbnails look like..... VSCode :)
I'd say 99% of my viewers always ask "Oh! Ubuntu!" and we chat about Linux or open-source till they leave.
So yes, code streaming is heavily macOS and Windows (for good reason). Streaming software, specifically OBS, is way behind on Linux and is missing a key feature (VSTs) and has been for a year+, along with lots of other streaming software shrugging when asked for Linux support.
Story of Linux, I guess, hah.
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#117Can someone explain what kind of exposure livestreaming like this brings? Is it actually beneficial, what are some success stories (eg something interesting happening due to the stream)?
It motivates you to make quick progress, as you have a clear deadline and potentially people looking over your shoulder.
>potentially people looking over your shoulder.
It's good motivation to not slack off. You can't look at Reddit or get distracted by YouTube. :)
Re: Show HN: Founders launching startups on Twitch
#118"Hey, I worked on a project for a few hours, give me funding" Please folks - we need new terminology. This initiative is all fine and good, but maybe we need new words, because these are not startups. This seems more to fit the term 'Hackathon' than anything. 'Microstartup'? 'Microproject' ? 'Microfab' ? 'Micro-op' ? Ok maybe not so great ... Something that communicates that it is authentic and innovative, but at the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Startup_Financing_Cycle.p... . If you look at the above graph on startup financing cycle, it starts before there is any investment -- with cofounders and an idea. The terminology and process beyond that point comes from MBAs and money men. A VC will probably invest in any company that will satisfy whatever objective they have for investing. This is a 24 hour project sprint by a foun…
>The hashtag #24hourstartup is good branding that conveys that.
You're one of the few who "gets it".
I don't think anyone who participated actually believes they made a startup. Startup just implies something greater than project and start-to-monetization.
It's absolutely a misnomer and even Pieter who largely popularized the "Startup in " idea even admits it, it's all a marketing ploy for laypeople to get it instantly.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
I recently wrote about this discussion here: https://www.indiehackers.com/@jessems/its-not-a-startup-the-... The term startup is ambiguous and the fact that Steve Blank, Eris Reiss and Paul Graham have their own definitions says something. It's hard to not call Pieter Levels' Nomadlist a startup.
I dont see how nomadlist is a startup. I understand your want to redefine things, I myself am working on a small side-project indiestyle, but its not a startup.
>I dont see how nomadlist is a startup.
It's infinitely scalable and makes a profit.
I'm not sure your qualifications of a startup, but that's better than 90% of TechCrunch startups who are reliant on humans to scale and burning cash.
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#120Oh no, this is setting a bad precedent. If founders can launch a startup within 24 hours, then sometime soon a sadistic tech company will replace their coding challenges with making a startup. \s
Probably better in every respect to consider each product as its own mini-startup rather than having (slow) top-down control.
Like Alphabet but on a smaller scale.
Could be pretty great setup for a startup.