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Why successful startups stumble at 40 employees
Original EnglishI consulted with, we (me, two founders) put together SOPs, defined the hell out of everything, hired like crazy (30+ in 3 months), and they …
Having no experience can be better than having the wrong experience
Original EnglishI tried, failed, and bounced to create room for someone else.
Why Founders Fail To Market Their Products
Original EnglishThey generated tons of press because hardware is much easier to understand, show and write stories about than software.
App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too)
Original EnglishWe decide every byte that gets included, and manage to score 100% on all page speed tests.
Ask HN: Has attracting a blog audience become harder?
Original EnglishOf course it's not impossible to build a blog in 2017 and make a lot of profit from it, but I personally wouldn't waste my …
Ask HN: How do you find freelance/contract gigs?
Original EnglishI spent that on living expenses over the next year after it ended because I am not so good at the business end (leads, billing …
A mistake that killed Japan's software industry? (2023)
Original EnglishWe wrote a lot of "feature requests" that were really bug reports."
Sublime Text 2 Build 2181
Original EnglishI paid my $60 and I would easily pay another $60 if he'd open it up :).
Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription Software
Original EnglishI used to pay for Photoshop, etc. because SaaS conversions generally involved splitting the old upfront price as if customers were on a 2 year …