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I made a database of TL;DR business strategies/case studies

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Re: I made a database of TL;DR business strategies/case studies

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Post by throwaway_pdp09 »

brador wrote: post #20
eps wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A valid nitpick actually. It's either about growing thunts or about growth of unts. Names made out of two words overlapping with a single letter are next to impossible to pull off. They are confusing at best and comical at worst. They might be memorable because of that, but ultimately they leave a negative impression.

Other classics include: expertsExchange, penIsland.

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Post by joshxyz »

eps wrote: post #17
maddyboo wrote: post #8

Business Suggestion: fix your name.

A valid nitpick actually. It's either about growing thunts or about growth of unts. Names made out of two words overlapping with a single letter are next to impossible to pull off. They are confusing at best and comical at worst. They might be memorable because of that, but ultimately they leave a negative impression.

Pardon the LQ comment but LOL

Re: I made a database of TL;DR business strategies/case studies

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Post by arminiusreturns »

Offtopic, but I found this interesting tidbit from the how to get on hn frontpage article:

  To get to the front page, you only need 5 or 6 upvotes, within the first five to ten minutes
Is hn really this easy to game? I wonder what all has changed on the backend since 2013... I'm sure quite a bit, given the increased presents of sockpuppetry/bots on the net.

edit: A quote of dang that evokes great irony given the source:

  Articles that try to make a system out of how they succeeded on HN always miss this point.

Re: I made a database of TL;DR business strategies/case studies

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Post by derekmh »

There is a good book on this called “Traction” by Gabriel Weinberg (the founder of DuckDuckGo) where he outlines 19 “channels” for getting traction [1]. I’ve also seen the guy from FPU [2] do a good job at extending this list.

Also, why is nobody focusing on unsuccessful “growth strategies”? I’ve often learned more from people who failed at something and told me 10 things to be aware of vs. someone who succeeded and didn’t recognize the role luck played in their success.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Cu...

[2] https://firstpayingusers.com

Re: I made a database of TL;DR business strategies/case studies

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Post by ozim »

justiceforsaas wrote: post #19

This is a nice start, but I think you should also try to summarize them all. I did this with acquisition channels from reading 482 founder interviews [1]. The thing is, not many people have 20+ hours to spend reading through these articles. Also, some categories are overlapping (AppSumo & Lifetime deals, for example, isn't AppSumo a lifetime deals website)? [1] https://firstpayingusers.com

I up vote that. Just like there was real estate investing advice to go and visit 100 units firs and then buy your first one. Now you are talking about serious time investment before doing anything.

I think law of diminishing returns hits after around 20 units, because you still will buy something with issues, there are no units without some kind of issues. The same with going through all those articles. Summary would help or just not going through all of them.

Re: I made a database of TL;DR business strategies/case studies

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Post by monkin »

victorantos wrote: post #18
blauditore wrote: post #16

This was posted here already two days ago as "Show HN". Then, it had no activity but two fake comments (new users who were just created at the same time as OP and their only action was that comment). Two days later this is on front - I hope OP did not use even more fake accounts for vote manipulation this time.

Is this against TOS? I think this is called growth hacking.

This is not growth hacking, it’s faking and tricking people to force entry to another worthless website crated by “neomakers”.
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