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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. For the love of God, please tell me what your company does
Meltwater is a <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/company" target="_blank">company</a> with a simple product: A database of media contacts. These contacts are otherwise hard to find, as most reporters don’t want every “disruptive” startup out there calling them to beg for a story. Yet for a few thousand dollars a year, Meltwater will give you reporters’ emails and phone numbers — placing you one step closer to that elusive “Featured On:” banner.
3. 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
4. My fav 63 Business Movies for Entrepreneurs 2000 →2016
My fav 63 Business Movies for Entrepreneurs 2000 →2016
5. 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.
6. 5-Hour Rule: Why you Should Spend Time Learning
Michael Simmons wrote a great <a href="https://medium.com/the-mission/the-5-hour-rule-if-youre-not-spending-5-hours-per-week-learning-you-re-being-irresponsible-791c3f18f5e6?_lrsc=367a8963-f057-48e9-9b62-e1500f3b5216" target="_blank">article</a> about the importance of intellectual capital. We fully agree on his opinion and added our comments to the original article related to the blockchain space.
7. 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.
8. Do VCs really add value? — Founders say sometimes.
9. The Ultimate Checklist for B2B SaaS Business Development
Let’s take a closer look at the most important steps of B2B SaaS business development (early stage)
10. The Notion Dashboard that "Gets Things Done" and How I Built it
11. Building a Twitter Bot to Automate Posting Cryptocurrency News with Python [A Step-by-Step Guide]
Be kind.
12. 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.
13. The SaaS Apocalypse and How AI Will Give Birth to One-person Tech Giants
Is the SaaS industry on the brink of collapse? Explore how AI is reshaping software creation and pricing.
14. 10 Questions to Ask Every Startup Founder
I’ve been with a startup from 5 to 100+ employees, I’ve grown <a href="http://artmapinc.com/" target="_blank">my startup</a> though it’s first six digits of revenue (mostly by <a href="http://artmapclients.strikingly.com/" target="_blank">serving startups</a>), and have published <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startup" target="_blank">a good bit about startups</a>. These are the first 10 questions I use to gather the information I need to evaluate a company.
15. This Guy Thinks Wearing Pink Will Get You to Like Him
Edward Sturm wants to be the nerd Gary Vee and is getting there by going all in on content optimizations and automations.
16. I Was Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Hacking Back - My Story
Jonathan Manzi: My journey through digital ethics, policy, love and fear, and intention, which started with a homeless lady in San Francisco.
17. Meta & Africa: A True Love Story or an Attempt at Monopoly?
A blend of curated thoughts, and experiences on Meta’s (Facebook) Influence, dominance, and contributions to the growth of Africa's tech ecosystem.
18. Tall or Flat: Choosing the Right Model for Your Business and Yourself
How to choose the right model for your business and yourself
19. How did Grab Beat Uber as the Top Ride-sharing App in Southeast Asia
In the last few years, Southeast Asia has seen a rapid increase in ride-sharing apps. One of these companies is Grab.
20. 7 Giant Businesses That Started in Garages and Basements
21. 8 steps to become a successful non-tech founder.
I got a lot of love on my article <a href="https://hackernoon.com/9-things-that-i-learnt-from-the-most-successful-non-tech-founders-9525efd2716" target="_blank">9 things I learnt from the most successful non-tech founders</a> and I realised that there are not much resources for non-tech founders. This blog is in continuation to the same topic.
22. I started my own T-shirt company in 24 hours and made $0
Want to make some money? Have you heard the news? The easiest and quickest way to become a full-fledged “entrepreneur.” Start a T-shirt company! A few weeks ago, I stumbled across some articles:
23. Founders, ditch your long presentations. Here’s how to make a 5-slide pitch deck
Investors spend less than 3 minutes on each deck. Use these tips to turn your 20-slide deck into a short 5-slide presentation.
24. 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.
25. Choosing the Right Side Hustle That Actually Works
A practical guide to choosing the right side hustle, focusing on performance-based income and smart steps to long-term freedom.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 5 things I learnt from Steal Like An Artist
Sometime back, I wrote a review of <a href="https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/book-review-steal-like-an-artist-by-austin-kleon/" target="_blank"><strong>Steal Like an Artist</strong></a><strong> by Austin Kleon</strong>. There wasn’t much to write about the book in the review that could satisfy my fascination towards it. Many things had been said by many people on creativity and getting ideas, before <a href="http://www.austinkleon.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Kleon </strong></a>came out with his manifesto. Being a writer and an artist he is a keen observer and a participant of the creative economy in this age of digitization. So I believe being a part of creative economy himself, Kleon’s manifesto is a better outcome of his wisdom. Thus, I decided, why not post the top five things from the book that I learnt and I tend to implement in my daily ritual.
29. Considering Multiple Businesses Under a Single LLC? Here's What You Need to Know
Considering running multiple businesses under one LLC? Learn what you need to know about legal and financial implications to make informed decisions.
30. Bani Singh’s Journey From Building Side-Projects To Starting Her First Company
This story is a look into the transformation of a promising entrepreneur as well as the technological and social changes she is trying to make.
31. 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.
32. This 2-Year-Old Artist Has Her Own NFTs
Two-year-old Xenia Rose has already started working towards her dream of being a professional artist, with the launch of her first collection of NFTs.
33. 7 Monetization Options to Consider for Your Blog
Looking for ways to generate stable revenue through your blog? The article showcases a few noteworthy options for you to consider.
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a Newsletter and Reached The
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When it comes to building a successful business, the journey of Anthony Vennare, co-founder of Fitt Insider, offers invaluable insights. From leveraging persona
35. The Man Who Made $50 Million By Selling the Same App Twice
Luke Sophinos tells the story of Nikita Bier.
36. 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?
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. HustleGPT: One Man's Quest to Let GPT-4 Run His Business
In an interview with Jackson Greathouse Fall, we learn more about the man behind the viral experiment, the story of how it started, and AI's impact on humanity.
40. The Notion Template I Built for Optimal Personal Productivity
As a product builder↗️, I build micro tools to solve my own problems. For example article tool, event app, meal box app, finance tracker, SaaS tracker, Notion portfolio, and habit tracker.
41. Lessons From Our Story of Looking for a Working Business Model for an Online Consultation Platform
How we looked for a working business model for an online consultation platform with doctors and what came out of it.
42. Efficiency in the Q-Commerce Business: The strategic Overview
In this article, I will share my strategic understanding of efficiency in Q-commerce and how it is deeply interconnected with growth.
43. Substrata CEO Talks About the Subtle Art Of Dealmaking
A successful dealmaker needs two things to push a sale forward: the right attitude and a reliable, cutting-edge tool.
44. Planning Your App’s International Expansion
6 steps that will bring your app to new horizons.
45. 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?
46. Steal This Idea and Make a Billion Dollars: AI Video Game Accelerator Cards
AI is on the rise. In some ways it was always inevitable. But ask any researcher who suffered through the 1990s in AI research and they might not agree. AI and neural networks in particular were considered a backwater for researchers for decades. If you wanted a dead end career go into neural nets. In the 1990s, one of the leading thinkers behind neural networks, Geoffrey Hinton, could barely get funding. Nobody came to his classes. He worked on his ideas in isolation.
47. Essential Steps to Succeed with Your First Digital Product
In this article, I’d like to share working ideas on how to successfully design a product when you are just starting in the digital market.
48. The Paycheck Era is Dying
The paycheck era is ending. Learn why wages are collapsing, leverage is rising, and how to build a life where you're paid for impact, not time.
49. Can This 24-Year-Old Tech Whiz Make Spending Tracking Go Viral With Oops?
Developed by Gen Z for Gen Z, Oops Finance is led by Shaura, whose journey highlights the power of unexplored paths.
50. 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.
51. 5 Great Tools To Create an MVP Without Coding [Bonus Included]
How to build a start-up or product MVP without coding
52. 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.
53. 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
54. How to Become a Successful Digital Nomad Entrepreneur
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55. 7 Steps to Start a Software Development Company
To start a software company is pretty easy to compare to starting other businesses. For a software company, you do not need a place to store goods or you do not need to worry about the retailers, whole-sellers, or manufacturers.
56. 5 Low/No-Code Tools For Freelance Mobile App Development in 2020
In the growing world of low-code and no-code, dozens of app building platforms claim to offer the best solution for building native mobile apps.
57. Unleash Your Potential: Weaponizing Active Learning with David Novak
Get ready to rethink everything you thought you knew about personal growth and unlock the hidden potential within yourself.
58. Deep Dive into Validating Your Side-Project & Startup Ideas
Thanks to Juan Betancourt you can read the article in Spanish as well now!
59. STOP, Drop, and do NOT Sell Your NFTs Like a Noob
Find out why you fail so hard at selling NFTs.
60. The Killer Framework to Generate SaaS Ideas for Martech
When it comes to building SaaS products, every tool out there is a solution to a problem that an audience is facing.
61. The Future of Web 3.0 for Creators, Travel Apps & Low-Code Tools
3 startup opportunities for your next venture.
62. Startup Sales — How to Get Your First Potential Customers
After you’ve committed to an idea for your startup, get feedback from potential customers as soon as possible. Insights from your first potential customers help
63. The Most Important Skill of a Founder: Sales
After starting two companies, I’ve learned that sales is by far the most important skill for a founder.
64. 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.
65. AI Business Ideas for Startups and Entrepreneurs
AI has the potential to transform businesses and industries, and companies that invest in AI in 2023 will be well-positioned to reap its benefits.
66. How to Hack Awareness for Your Startup — Without Content Marketing
Startups usually focus on building their product first, and don’t even try to generate leads or interest until an MVP is ready. Some will just launch on ProductHunt hoping for some lead flow. But in the best case, they will get eyeballs for two days, and then no more leads come in. And building a lead flow is not that easy.
67. How to Reduce Communication Gaps at Work
Effective communication. It’s a key ingredient to working together, advancing your career, and making work a happy experience.
68. Never Send a Business Model Canvas to Your Investors
69. 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.
70. Data-Driven Validation for Business Ideas: A Step-by-Step Guide
Unlock the potential of data-driven validation for your side project. Discover how utilizing data insights drives informed decision-making and save some grief!
71. Pitching VCs? Use This Reverse Psychology Trick To Get Funded
You’re planning a big adventure — skydiving or swimming with the sharks, for example — you’ve probably got the details mapped out.
72. Subtle Culture Problems That Often Go Unnoticed
When Peter Drucker said in 2006 that “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” he did not mean that strategy is not important. Rather an effective strategy is crucial to organizational success. A good strategy is the key to successfully implementing the vision. But a strategy by itself cannot push any organization to achieve tremendous growth and success. What gives life to that strategy are its people.
73. The API-based Business Model
Nothing beats the success story of a visionary leader who decides to take a bold course that sets the standard for how an industry operates. In the realm of technology, one of these stories is the infamous API mandate that Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, sent out in 2002. For many technologists, the mandate wasn’t just the regular email, but it was the moment that the digital platform as we know it today was born. What is often overlooked, however, is that the interface-mandate (i.e., API-mandate) not only revolutionized internet technology development but it also changed how new business models came to be and how a wealth of new value was created.
74. 10 Business Models, 10 Companies, 10 New Ways of Working In A Pandemic
Covid-19 has revealed and keeps revealing holes in the economic and healthcare infrastructures worldwide as it spread and invades countries mercilessly. The gap between the rich and poor has become more obvious, especially in well-developed countries. The number of job losses in two weeks exceeded 10 million in the U.S. alone.
75. 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.
76. How Amazon Survived the Dotcom Bust - An Intro to Business Model-Market Fit
77. 10 Step Action Plan to Start an eCommerce Business
Learning the ins and outs of an eCommerce business requires you to learn many of the same lessons that you’ll need to create a new business in general. Still, there are also some unique aspects of the eCommerce model that you’ll need to wrap your head around if you want your eCommerce store to be a success.
78. 51 Stories To Learn About Decision Making
Learn everything you need to know about Decision Making via these 51 free HackerNoon stories.
79. 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.
80. Success Story + 1 = OnePlus
OnePlus went from zero to hero in a matter of a year and became the fastest-growing Android device company.
81. Learn by Concept: A New Way to Learn
A month ago, I embarked on a project to develop an AI-powered application named ‘Learn by Concept’, with the aim of demystifying the learning process.
82. How to Earn Revenue with Web3 Gaming
There are ways to make a living in Web3 gaming - but the industry is in need of analytics and has to mature further for maximum viability.
83. 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!
84. What I Learnt from Jordan Peterson
85. Top 5 Entrepreneurship Communities
Plug into entrepreneurship communities around the bay area
86. Startup Stories: The 'Uber Success' of Uber
How Uber became the world’s most valuable startup.
87. Lessons from Greek Mythology: How Hephaestus' Story Can Help You Build a Successful Tech Company
Discover the inspiring story of Hephaestus, the Greek god of technology and blacksmiths, and how his journey provides valuable insights for creators.
88. Decentralization of the Internet: The Frontier of the Internet
Developers and tech entrepreneurs have created a silent but consistent mission to try and decentralize the internet. The goal is to make it a safer place for people to transact and communicate.
89. 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.
90. Debunking Coca-Cola's Most Popular Business Motivation Myth
Here's one of the most heavily "exploited," and therefore, the most popular business motivational story that's not entirely true.
91. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Product Builders
Note: This article is part of my toolkit newsletters↗️ where I share resources about building things. Join me :)
92. 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.
93. 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.
94. Imposter Syndrome Is a Luxury Tax You Can No Longer Afford Because of ChatGPT
AI will effectively replace many of the skilled jobs we have today. That means, your job is in jeopardy.
95. If You Want To Be An Effective Manager You Have To Master These 3 Skills
Good management does not require being a superhuman with extraordinary skills. It only requires practicing these three essential skills.
96. 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.
97. My Best Employees Keep Leaving and I Know I'm The Reason
I keep losing my best employees. I know I'm the reason, but I refuse to change. So how do I screw up my best people? I challenge and provide them with feedback.
98. How to Elicit the Right Information to Get the Right Solution
For cloud architects and technology professionals in general, the most critical professional skill is communication. Why? To design an optimal solution.
99. 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.
100. How I Grew My Side Project to 20k Users Then Sold It for Six Figures
Learn how this hobby project turned into a growing SaaS product and then a six-figure exit. Dive into the highs, lows, and valuable insights along the way.
101. I Built a Product with a No-Code Tool and Pitched it to VCs
Don’t Let Coding Become a Necessary Evil
102. How to Launch Without a Product
Or, the No-Product Framework
103. What's your growth rate?
Guys! During the YC Startup School I gradually started to implement different ideas to track primary metrics and I have involved my team to set OKR (Objectives and Key Results) and track their important metrics too. Eventually it has been structured on a dashboard using just google spreadsheets and formulas and charts.
104. My Journey with ChatGPT for Business: Unleashing the Power of AI for Software Engineers
As a software engineer, I'm constantly searching for tools and technologies that can revolutionize the way I work. Today, I want to share my remarkable journey.
105. How to Launch a Tech Startup and Raise Financing in the U.S.
Starting a tech business in the U.S. can be a challenge and a privilege. While the market is large, the competition is intense and consumer standards are high.
106. 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.
107. Living On the Digital Edge of Innovation — A Q&A With Dmitry Volkov of SDVentures
Social Discovery Ventures (SDVentures), is an international
Internet holding group that has been around since 1998. With offices located in
New York,
108. Employee Resentment and the Power It Holds
The Immense Power of Employee Resentment
109. The Less Debt You Have, the More Risk You Can Assume.
Think about the level of focus you can have without the stress of losing everything.
110. Darwin's Hybrid Intelligence to Align AI & Human Goals for Startups & VCs
This post is part of the Hacker Noon Shareholder Series, where we interview some of the super-investors who made the site you're on right now possible.
111. How Do You Build Software That Makes Money?
Learn what systems really make the money.
112. How I Use Notion to Run Online Businesses as a Creator And Founder
The secret to staying productive while running multiple online projects
113. 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.
114. What Category Does Your Startup Fall Under? Is it Viable?
Finding Your Category: Are You Viable?
115. Dan Koe: My Creator Business Has Generated $1.7m in Revenue - 5 Thing That I Learned
In the last 365 days, my creator business has generated $1.7m in revenue.
These are the top 5 insights I've collected:
116. 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.
117. Three Lessons We Can Learn from George Floyd’s Case and Its Impact.
There is always a breaking point in anything that tests people’s limitations. Some take action to make a change. Others become tolerant. Still, some become wiser. We saw this happen in the face of the merciless pandemic (in this case COVID-19), which broke plans for billions and deprived millions of their family members, friends, relatives, and loved ones.
118. How I Designed And Launched A SaaS Product From Zero To The First 10 Customers
Creating a successful software as a service (SaaS) product is the dream for many entrepreneurial-minded programmers.
119. 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.
120. 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.
121. My AI Resume Maker Website Passes $1k in MRR 🥳
From unemployed to SaaS founder. My AI Resume Maker Website Passed $1k in MRR.
122. To go (or not to go) React Native way
123. 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.
124. How to Build a Winning Team: Advice from Experienced Crypto Entrepreneurs for Newbies
The launch of any project begins with three stages - market research, business plan development and team building. Building a team is the most challenging work for a founder as it deals with the most vulnerable material – human resources. For any project, an efficient and strong team is the key to success. Here are the main tips already successful entrepreneurs recommend to keep in mind when finding the right people to form the team.
125. Year in Review 2020: Profitable Side Project, Startup MVPs and more
My process in building things that can invent opportunities for our business and career
126. When Game Meets Blockchain — On Blockchain Game Economics
Blockchain gaming's in a nascent stage but poised for a massive Web3 gaming revolution. There are fundamental considerations involved when Game meets Chain.
127. Introductory Guide to Unit Economics and Financial Modeling for Early-Stage Tech Startups
Introductory guide to the unit economy for aspiring tech startups founders.
128. How Should an Early Stage Startup Structure Agreements and Expectations with Advisors?
“Startup advisors are crucial to the success of your business.”
129. How to build an effective MVP in 3 steps
130. Stop Waiting to Live your Life, from The Monk and The Riddle
131. The Secret Mindset of the successful Entrepreneurs
Successful entrepreneurs learn to seize opportunities as they arise, avoid pitfalls along the way, and engage employees to achieve their business goals.
132. 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.
133. 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.
134. Here's Why I Quit a 6-Figure GitHub Salary To Become a Solopreneur
Last week I left GitHub.
135. Your Bank Tried to Kill My Company
136. I Built and Sold a Newsletter for 5 Figures - Here's How!
My Journey Growing a Business in the Midst of A Pandemic
137. How I Went from a Failed Facebook Interview to Founding A Profitable Business in Under 12 Months
Here is the story behind the creation of Pixelixe.com, an online graphic creation tool I started creating in my free time 12 months ago after an interview failure at Facebook. The project quickly reached profitability, discover below how all started.
138. Constructive Conflict: How to Navigate Disagreements for Growth
The Art of Constructive Conflict: Navigating Disagreements for Growth
139. Artificial Intelligence in Mobile App Development in 2020
This is today's reality: Artificial intelligence has already made a lot of buzz in the mobile app development industry. More cheap and available screens, easy real-time access to the data robust analysis tools have become even more powerful - all of this is already a normal part of our daily routine in society.
140. Why am I Learning to Code at 31 after being Successful at Entrepreneurship
Well...
141. 13 Things You Should Know If You Are A Software Developer/Entrepreneur In 2020
13 different things that you can learn today if you want to be a tech entrepreneur or a better engineer to make an application and ship it to your customers!
142. Why Self-Taught Skills Are the New MBA in Today's Economy
Discover how self-education can help you build wealth, create businesses, and impact the world beyond the confines of traditional college degrees.
143. The Entrepreneurs' Guide to Better Sleep and Productivity
Sleep is vital for the human body to function. So why does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that more than one-third of professionals aren’
144. How I Pre-sold my SaaS Start-up Idea and Grew to 10 Customers in One Year
Here's how I stumbled upon an idea and turned it into a SaaS start-up with 10 customers and over 4000 users, and everything I've learnt along the way.
145. 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.
146. Turn your idea into a product that people actually use
<strong>We are all inspired by great ideas and thoughts towards which we strive to accomplish,</strong> but this doesn’t mean they will be done by the next day. If you are inspired by a great idea or you have thought about something you <em>really</em> want to do, you will also notice that you instantly get this urge to follow it through till the end to finally see the finished product. But how long does this feeling last? It’s these rare moments that give us such motive, and you should make use of this time before it starts fading away.
147. How to Think Like Elon Musk
When a South African school boy bullied for “being too smart” becomes a trailblazer for billion dollar companies in future — the world wants to peep into his mind.
148. 14 Small Productivity Principles You Can Start Practicing Today
Early in my career, I placed a lot of focus on doing more in less time. I thought I was being productive. The reality was I was simply scrambling from one task to the next without clarity on whether my work was effective or how I could do better. I focused on the end goal, the result I wanted to achieve without really caring about the process to get there.
149. 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.
150. The Fastest-Growing Service-Based Industries in 2021
Industry trends are constantly changing. The service-based industry has seen some interesting changes in the past few years that will continue to shape the now
151. 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.
152. It Is Important For Entrepreneurs to Take Time Off
Taking time off and spending time with family as an entrepreneur is important, especially for special occasions like anniversaries, birthdays or weddings.
153. Revolutionizing Healthcare: Andy Schoonover's Playbook for Disrupting Entrenched Industries
Andy Schoonover is the visionary founder of CrowdHealth. He's not just building another health insurance company; he's leading a revolution.
154. Confessions Of A Shitty Leader
Growing up with a speech impediment I was constantly in awe of confident leaders, and as a result, I spent the first half of my career trying to become one. In order to get over my fear of talking, I threw myself into sales, and within a year I had reached my goal, and I was promoted to the management team.
155. Monetize Your Website Without Ads
156. The Newest Tool in Your Marketing Stack: Your Payment Gateway
By leveraging a new type of payment gateway and embracing a crypto project or two, your e-commerce shop can tap into a whole new universe of customers.
157. 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.
158. 10 Lessons I Learned as a First-time Tech Product Founder
In this story, I am sharing the details of how we took Blockroll from just an idea to a launched product and what I learned as a startup founder in six months.
159. 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.
160. Designing a Game from Scratch - How I Did It [Part I]
Don't search too long for it, there is no silver bullet to build a great gaming experience. But if someone (even Blizzard or Riot) has found it, I will be grateful to get its recipe right now.
161. 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.
162. The Winner Loser Continuum; and 3 More Lessons from Jordan B. Peterson
Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and psychology professor at the University of Toronto who became a controversial figure in late-2016 for his critiques of political correctness. Peterson’s most recent book, 12 Rules for Life, has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Most recently, Peterson has suffered from health issues that necessitated a year-long reprieve from the public eye.
163. 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.
164. 25 Startup Tips From 25 Venture Backed Founders
A collection of insider tips from our "How I Raised It" podcast
165. 5 Ways We Can Work to Close the Gender Gap in Tech
It’s really not as hard as it sounds
166. Why We Must (Dare to) Change Higher Education Now
My experience from speaking at a career event for Millennials.
167. 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
168. What Problem are You Trying to Solve With Your Startup?
Many people kickstart their careers with a desire to start a business.
169. 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.
170. 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?
171. Why You Must Be Constantly Changing In Order To Succeed
172. A GitHub vs Git Functionality Comparison
Here you will find out the main differences between Git and Github by diving deep into their functionality and use.
173. Do Away With Command and Control: How to Change Your Work Culture
Despite articles and studies claiming it dead, command and control remain in around nine out of ten organizations.
174. 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.
175. How to Stop Analysis Paralysis and Make More Confident Decisions
Call it fear, perfectionism, laziness or lack of focus, spending all your time analyzing while failing to act leads to analysis paralysis.
176. Grant Michael Leingang founded BLVCK DIVMOND in his father’s garage when he was 23
A brief overview of digital entrepreneurship with Grant Michael Leingang, President of BLVCK DIVMOND.
177. 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.
178. 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.
179. How We Taught Artificial Intelligence to Sell
Introduction
180. How We Built a Debit Card From Scratch in Only 4 Months
The process of creating a debit card. Learn about the fintech ecosystem, partner selection, API integration, and the tech stack for your own fintech journey.
181. The 4.5% Success Story: Lessons From 70+ Projects
Most of those who succeed in the startup world often talk about the fact that it takes an average of ten failures to find the right idea.
182. How Carta is Capturing the Atomic Unit of the Entrepreneurial Stack
When founders, limited partners, and investors ask us which companies exemplify Tribe’s culture, process, and decision-making towards successful outcomes, we point to three companies: Facebook, Slack, and Carta. These companies track our trajectory from operators to investors culminating in our partnership with Carta, where we’ve doubled, tripled and quadrupled down on our initial investment. This article explains why at Tribe we say, “We make N-of-1 companies.”
183. Introducing The Triple Layer Business Model Canvas
The Business Model Canvas is a great tool for entrepreneurs, yet one that is not without flaws.
184. 5 Realities of Tech in China
From the well-known to the hardly spoken about.
185. How Do I Handle Ambiguity as a Leader?
Organizations that thrive are run by leaders who see opportunity in uncertainty, who cut through ambiguity, and who lead with the mindset to gain clarity.
186. 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.
187. What Are The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Startup Lessons From Netflix’s Movie “The White Tiger”?
What is “The White Tiger?" If you’re asking startup founders, the answer is - not just another Netflix movie, but a unique collection of great business lessons.
188. Which is More Important: Confidence or Doubt?*
*Doesn’t matter, either way, you’re probably not as great as you think you are (and neither am I), so let’s instead panic (just a bit) and keep going.
189. Are You Ready to Start a Startup? Ask Yourself These Six Questions
Fundings, Acquisitions, Success Stories.
190. 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.
191. How Snowflake Grew Into a $70 Billion Dollar Company
How Snowflake Became a $70 Billion Company with the Largest Software IPO in History
192. Navigating New RWA Horizons: Rick Schmitz on Bridging Blockchain and Traditional Finance
The third and last interview of Mickey Maler's mini-series about interviewing industry leaders. Real-world assets, DeFi, and blockchains made for business.
193. 10 FinTech Trends in 2021 [Part II]
You can read the first part of this article here. For those who for some reason don’t like to follow the links, let me remind you briefly: in the first part, we made a retrospective of fintech trends in 2020 and delved into the first 5 trends in 2021.
194. 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.
195. How to Disrupt the Corporate Immune System
The Corporate Immune System: How To Break Through
196. How We Built 10 Products In 12 Months
Brenden Mulligan, after selling his startup "LaunchKit" to Google, went all-in on his love for building products. He built ten products in 12 months.Just imagine, you have just successfully sold your startup that you worked on for years to a company like Google. What would you do next?
197. How to Set Goals for 2026 That Actually Stick
A practical framework for setting 2026 goals across career, money, health, and relationships—designed for focus, leverage, and long-term progress.
198. A Productivity Hack that Changed my Life as a Developer and Solopreneur
Do you find it hard to find motivation to finish your long-term goals or be self-motivated? This simple productivity hack will make 10x more productive!
199. Meet The Entrepreneur: Alon Lev, CEO, Qwak
Meet The Entrepreneur: Alon Lev, CEO, Qwak
200. On Building a Strong Founding Team
William A. Sahlman of Harvard Business School famously insists that most business plans waste too much ink on numbers while not paying attention to what matters most: the team.
201. What I Learned as an Entrepreneur in the Past 11 Years
The past 11 years as an entrepreneur changed my life.
202. How To Hire A Developer For Your MVP In 2020
You have an exciting new app idea, so let's make it happen! Hiring a developer can be a difficult task for someone with a non-technical background, especially if they have no plan with which to form their ideas into reality.
203. Notion CRM template: How I use it to Grow My Career
204. Networking is Not Working
Let’s face it, networking is hyper-popular. Just open Eventbrite and you will see thousands of business events until the end of 2020. Even now, in the time of pandemic, nobody stopped attending NETWORKING events. Instead, we gladly filled our calendars with online events, webinars, business breakfasts via Zoom not to miss the precious chance to meet a (yet another) new person. Networking promises to bring endless opportunities, partnerships, and a lot of fun, but in fact it often results in nothing except for the senseless waste of time.
205. 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….
206. What's Your Entrepreneur Persona?
Want to know which type of entrepreneur you are? Check out this list of 7 personas!
207. A Complete Guide To Build A Transport Business From Scratch
Transportation is among the very few industries that are part of a multi-trillion dollar range. So, it is definitely a very promising industry to start your business in.
208. 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
209. Easy to Start Online Business Ideas: Post COVID-19 Business Opportunities
Covid-19 has affected businesses and economies all over the world. A few industries have experienced an economic downturn and will take time to recover. But, fortunately, there are a few sectors that are experiencing a boom during COVID and have the potential to go from strength to strength.
210. The Secret Math Behind Every Creative Breakthrough
Stop relying on "vibes" and "hustle." History rewards those with better models, not better speeches.
211. Blockchain in a Post-Crisis Economy
Economies are in freefall. People are losing their jobs. Companies, large and small, are going out of business. Pension funds are taking a big hit. Consumer confidence is disappearing.
212. Eight Business Quotes That Shaped Me As An Entrepreneur
Behind every great business quote, there’s a book that could be written about the entrepreneur who said it.
213. Betting On Yourself: How to Do It and Why It's Important
Why We Don't Bet On Ourselves (And Why We Should)
214. 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?
215. 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.
216. 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.
217. The Noonification: Dear America, I Am Breaking Up With You (5/18/2024)
5/18/2024: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage!
218. 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’.
[219. Will Covid-19 Spur Innovation:
4 Insights for Entrepreneurs](https://hackernoon.com/will-covid-19-spur-innovation-4-insights-for-entrepreneurs-us8j3yj5)
The coronavirus pandemic has been life changing for all of us. National lockdowns, quarantines, the #stayathome campaign, remote work, interrupted travel plans, as well as struggling businesses and economies have accounted for a disruptive start to 2020. One industry that has been put to the test in the time of pandemic is healthcare.
220. From Bangladesh to Texas: Shakib and the Power of Hackathons
Overcoming illness and adversity, Mostofa Adib Shakib rose from a bedridden teen to a tech innovator, creating educational and tech opportunities for thousands.
221. Crypto to Crypto Trading is Stuck in the Stone Age and Here Is How We Can Fix It
222. Invert, Always Invert: Why a Problem Reversed is a Problem Solved
"All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." - Charlie Munger
223. 10 Steps to Build a High-Value Startup with $44k Free Credits
10 steps to build a high value start up with $44k free credits and the best tools out there
224. 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.
225. Growth Hacking Can Be the Difference Between Life and Death
Zac invested in a small side-gig blog called OutKick and within a year, built it up to seven-figure-per-month revenue and sold it to Fox for a massive exit
226. The 5 Web3 Startup Accelerators Worth Your Time
Discover the top 5 Web3 and crypto accelerators in 2023: cutting through the hype, breaking down pros and cons, and doing own research before taking the leap
227. A Deep Dive Into the Rise of Solopreneurship
Today, individuals are seeking to redefine success on their own terms and break free from the confines of generic corporate hierarchies.
228. 10 Lessons Learned From Being An Entrepreneur
Today more than ever, I strongly believe it's time for everybody to have a side hustle.
[229. KILT Protocol Introduces Web3name
Allowing Users to Have a Unique Digital Name in Web3](https://hackernoon.com/kilt-protocol-introduces-web3name-allowing-users-to-have-a-unique-digital-name-for-web3-ecosystem)
KILT is a blockchain-based decentralised identity protocol. Digital identity is defined by a decentralised identifier (DID).
230. Kempus is What Facebook was Intended to Be
An interview with a CEO you're about to hear a lot about.
231. 3 Business Lessons Learned from My Near-Failure Startup Experience
Reflections and lessons learned by Rihards Piks, a successful entrepreneur who was the co-founder of Grafomap, a profitable e-commerce business selling maps.
232. Making a Side Project
Yesterday I tweeted that I’d be making one more “big” app before the end of the year. I asked if people preferred if I document the process as I go, or do a recap post at the end of the project.
233. 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.
234. Clubhouse Is Just LinkedIn Built Better
LinkedIn may have been the center of business relations for the past decade, but Clubhouse is the Next Gen networking tool we've all been waiting for.
235. 5 Strategies to Overcome Confirmation Bias in Your Personal Narratives
We gravitate towards people who are like us and will most likely believe what we believe. Doesn’t it feel good when others conform to our ideas? Who likes being told that they are not right or what they believe is far from reality?
236. 6 Practical Ways Products Get Their First 100 Users
237. Leadership Ineffectiveness: Thinking Errors You Need to Avoid
In this article, I have covered the first 4 thinking errors. The next article will cover the remaining 4.
238. 3 Things That You Should Do Before Even Trying to Be Productive
Before you find the perfect productivity techniques, stop doing these simple things first.
239. 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.
240. Your Instagram Guide To Finding and Communicating With Your Target Audience on Instagram
Learn how to find your best target audience on Instagram and get a ton of new customers. Reach new or existing customers on Instagram.
241. You Need To Introduce Machine Learning to Your Business, Period.
Neural networks are often generated to be larger than is strictly necessary for initialization and then pruned after training to a core group of nodes. Today, machine learning is now considered to be one of the biggest innovations used in a wide range of applications.
242. Consumer Perception Can Make Or Break Your Business
Consumer Perception Can Make Or Break Your Business
243. Jason Calacanis Publicly Shot Down Andrew Farah’s Pitch — And It Helped Get His Startup $16 Million
The premise of Andrew Farah’s startup is pretty simple.
244. Psychological Hurdles Entrepreneurs Face Before Reaching Success
Starting your own business is an exciting proposition.
245. How To Explain Bitcoin To People Without Boring Them To Death
Bitcoin confuses a lot of people because they get lost in the jargon (decentralized, validator, etc.).
246. How to Find Minimum Viable Product-Market Fit (PMF)
Focus on the problem, not the solution
247. 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.
248. Why CBD and Cryptocurrency Convergence Continues to Generate Interests Globally
Other than the Internet of Things, the CBD and cryptocurrency sectors are the fastest growing industries in the world today. In the United States, the cannabis market value is projected to hit the $50 billion mark by 2026. The same projection is expected for the cryptocurrency industry. Now, it appears like the two sectors are converging.
249. How I Built A Conor McGregor Chatbot With ChatGPT
My short story about how I used ChatGPT's API to build a Conor McGregor chatbot on AskConor.com
250. What Does it Take to Be an Entrepreneur?
Many of us are obsessed with the idea of creating something cool and being our own boss though we often forget to ask ourselves the tough questions.
251. 5 Steps to Build a SaaS Product That Gets Funded
Roughly a decade ago I decided to move away from my corporate job in investment banking in London to pursue something I always knew I wanted: to become an entrepreneur.
252. Forget Authenticity – It’s The Age Of The Founder Story
Authenticity is dead. Gen Z rejects corporate 'realness'. Trust is hard to find. But here's why The Founder Story is now excelling where big business failed.
253. Naval Ravikant's 10 Entrepreneur Rules for Success
He credits 10 rules for his success. Here’re his ideas on building wealth while being happy:
254. 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.
255. 'Smart people with bad ideas can always pivot.' —LA MP Mark Tung
This post is part of the Hacker Noon Shareholder Series, where we interview some of the super-investors who made the site you're on right now possible.
256. Nitsa Nakos: Illuminating Success With the Art of Conscious Leadership
Nitsa Nakos is the guiding light for mission-driven entrepreneurs, network marketers, and business owners seeking a higher level of freedom and success.
257. Uber Wants to be an Amazon
258. No-Code Solutions for All: A Peek Into How Far We've Come
259. 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.
260. 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.
261. 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...
262. How Threads Raised A $10M+ Series A Led By Sequoia Capital
Four fundraising tips from Rousseau Kazi of Threads.com
263. How the Founder of “SaaS for Daycare” Raised a $4.2
For parents of toddlers and babies, finding the right daycare can be a huge challenge. Jessica Chang saw this as an opportunity.
264. Blockchain Mass Adoption: Expert Takes on What is Needed
The blockchain industry has reached new heights in 2019 with increased awareness and legitimacy. Industry titans such as <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/facebooks-cryptocurrency-wants-to-take-on-banks-not-bitcoin" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/walmart-china-teams-with-vechain-on-blockchain-food-safety-platform" target="_blank">Wal-Mart</a>, and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2019/06/25/salesforce-explores-blockchain-to-stop-racist-sexist-robots-from-ruining-1-trillion-opportunity/" target="_blank">Salesforce</a> have all publicized their intentions of utilizing blockchain technology in their day to day operations.
265. Startup Interview with Blair Silverberg, Hum Capital CEO and Founder
Hum Capital offers a single destination where companies can understand all of their financing options and be matched with pre-qualified investors.
266. Interview with Chatroulette Founder Andrey Ternovskiy
Topics Discussed: the “dick problem” // virtual reality for cats // the stupidity of going to mars // mathematical machines of evil // why being a god would be boring // creating your own country in the ocean
267. To Sell Software in 2025, Devs Must Think Like Marketers
Five years ago, software entrepreneurship was simpler—code hard, market minimally, profit. Today, the game has changed: Distribution has become the new moat.
268. How The Darknet Diaries Podcast Scaled from a Part-time Hobby to Eight Million Downloads
By Pam Moore
269. 5 Macro-Trends That Will Impact Businesses Over the Next 10 Years
The Big Picture: Macro-Trends That Will Shape the Next 10 Years... And how to take advantage of them
270. 273 Stories To Learn About Venture Capital
Learn everything you need to know about Venture Capital via these 273 free HackerNoon stories.
271. 10 Hacks to Pitch Your Idea and Have Stakeholders Love It
These simple steps will help you to avoid common mistakes during a presentation, catch stakeholder's attention and receive the green light for your project.
272. Ask These 10 Questions to Transform Your Leadership Approach
Discover key insights and strategies for leaders to tackle complex challenges, enhance team performance, and foster a healthy work environment
273. Practice This Second Order Thinking Hack to Start Making Better Decisions
While making decisions, how often do we optimise for long term gain at the cost of short term pain? A good process for making decisions requires second order thinking which unravels the implications of our decisions by thinking about its consequences in the future. It requires solving problems in a manner that avoids unintentional and unforeseen outcomes.
274. The Story Behind Raising $59 Million For Pilot
As a 3x founder, Waseem had multiple advantages when raising venture capital – yet it still wasn't easy.
275. This Editor Uses the Power of Storytelling to Help Diverse Tech Entrepreneurs Thrive
More than half of America’s cutting-edge companies valued at $1 billion or more were established by foreign-born founders.
276. 23 Free Digital Tools That Will Save You Thousands Of Hours
23 Digital Tools That Will Save You Thousands Of Hours
277. The Next Consumer Apps and How to Build Them (3 Frameworks)
Insights are builders’ best friends. They help you see opportunities, launch new products, and win the market before everyone else.
278. 10 Truths of Venture Capital That I Wish Someone Had Told Me
So, first the disclaimer…
279. 22 Simple Ways to Learn Faster
I know how it feels.
280. Sydney Bencriscutto on His Journey From Music Artist to Options Trader to eCommerce Success
In my recent conversation with Sydney Bencriscutto, founder of Double Oaks Essentials, we discussed just that- an A to Z guide on launching a successful busines
281. Why Your Startup Needs to Spend Money to Make Money
Often in the startup world, you need to spend money to make money. My business partner, Roz Lemieux, and I raised our second round of funding, Series A, on the strength of our belief that we could expand the appeal of our product, Attentive.ly, to the private sector.
282. Meet The Entrepreneur: David Smooke, Founder & CEO of HackerNoon
Hello! I’m an introverted knowledge worker running a profitable company at the intersection of software, media, and web3.
283. Marlene Ronstedt on Creating a Successful DAO
Marlene Ronstedt is the co-founder of the Data Union DAO.
284. The MIT Professor's Guide to Speaking That Actually Works
MIT Professor Winston's research-backed speaking techniques: eliminate distractions, use the 5S framework, and make your ideas unforgettable with practical tips
285. Four Years From ‘Zero to IPO’ : A Chat About Pivots And Productivity
286. Why Dumb People Outsmart You and Steal Your Success
Smart people overthink. Dumb people act. The world rewards motion, not IQ. Learn why ignorance often beats intelligence, and how to flip it.
287. 3 Ways To Make Sure Your Startup Isn’t Successful
Startups that focus on the wrong priorities are likely to fail.
288. WEB3 Startups: The Wild West of Entrepreneurship But With Less Dust and More Decentralization
WEB3 Startups: The Wild West of Entrepreneurship But With Less Dust and More Decentralization.
Cracking the Code to WEB3 Startup Success
289. Cannabis 2.0: “Honey is Sweet, But the Bee Stings”
Cannabis is gradually coming out of the closet. In Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Argentina, Australia, and some other countries in Europe and the Americas can already use it for medical purposes. In the Netherlands, Georgia, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, and other countries, there is no criminal punishment for the recreational use of marijuana in non-public places. And in Canada and Uruguay, the use of marijuana in all forms is completely legal.
290. "In the US, Customer is King. In Japan, Customer is God": An Interview with Joel Edgerton
It is fun to speculate on the price of Bitcoin or whatever your favorite asset is, but the real question for our industry is what value are we delivering to our customers. How are we making their lives better, saving them time or money? If a crypto exchange needs a major bull run in Bitcoin to survive, then they have the wrong business model.
291. How to Make Money Using ChatGPT: Inspired by Gangnam Style
When you look closely, Psy lays out the exact blueprint on how to make money with ChatGPT.
292. Top 5 Entrepreneurs & CEOs That I Don't Admire and Top 5 That I Do
Worshiping mainstream idols just ain’t my thing. That's why I’m going to start by cutting through everybody’s top five choices like a knife through butter.
293. Stop Treating Your Team Like Children
Patrick Campbell goes over why you shouldn't treat your team like children.
294. Entrepreneurship Trends Happening in the Robotics Industry
Here are some of the trends we’re seeing from entrepreneurs in the robotics space.
295. ‘Kill Your Darlings’ - Know When You Need to Pull the Proverbial Plug
Basing our decision on what’s going to happen in the future and not what investments have been made in the past by treating every decision as a new one is indeed very difficult. It’s not a clear, straightforward choice.
296. "Assume You Don’t Know and Test Everything"
As entrepreneurs, much of our decision making is grounded in empirical data, and that makes sense. There’s too much at stake to risk it all purely on guesswork.
297. 10+ Reasons Why Outsourcing Software Development Fails
As an entrepreneur, you are spoiled for choice when it comes to outsourcing software development.
298. Maggie: The Saga of a Baby Translator AI Startup
Follow the journey of two classmates as they build a baby translator app, facing technical challenges and the harsh realities of startup life.
299. Growing a Fintech Unicorn: Alex Tonelli's Anthology of Lessons Learned
Whether you’re thinking of launching a startup or in the trenches of your first entrepreneurial venture, any morsel of advice from someone who’s been in your shoes can be like gold.
300. No, No-Code Will NOT Kill Code, Ever. Period.
In this article, I'm going to share my experience in creating healthy online businesses using no-code tools. If you consider using no-code as a part of your company tech stack, this article is for you.
301. Marketing with a Handicap: How to Promote Your Product on a Budget
Marketing Advice for entrepreneurs in the FaceBook haters club.
302. Past–Present–Future Series: Q&A with Wisdomise CEO & Co–Founder Fardad Zand
Exclusive CEO interviews on a personal journey and outlook on Artificial Intelligence, Web3 and entrepreneurship
303. How to Communicate a Big Pivot to Your Investors and Team
A bit of background on our startup, Dataline. Until June 2020, our product was giving you access to your ad-blocked customer data on your analytics and marketing tools. What happened? We closed our seed round in mid-May 2020. Two weeks later, we were starting to have concerns about our product and vision. We understood that we were a vitamin rather than a painkiller. We spent the month of June exploring some new potential visions. How could we announce this to our new investors who had put money on our previous vision? What would they think of us? Would our team lose motivation, and would we lose any key employees? Of course, all these questions were in our head, but we knew it was best for everyone for us to pivot, investors included. This article is about how we handled the pivot with all the stakeholders - investors and team.
304. The Paradox of Scaling Through Inaction: Smart People Choose to Build Systems - Here's Why
News flash. You're not actually being productive. You're just busy. And busy is the enemy of truly scaling your impact.
305. Don’t Fall Into A Startup Trap: An Almost Perfect Survival Guide
Most startups fail because founders don’t pay attention to users. They always start with a brilliant idea that might be brilliant only to them.
306. Reality Is Flexible: You Just Have to Believe
Most people live as if the world is fixed. They accept circumstances as "just the way things are"
307. Have You Ever Been Told Your Business Idea Sucks?
How to know which feedback to listen to for your startup.
308. Mistakes I Made While Building an EdTech Startup With 400K Active Users
Back in 2017, I became a CEO of an EdTech startup. With no prior experience, I made mistakes almost from the very beginning.
309. Is Your Idea Worth Pursuing? Use This Framework to Find Out!
Validate startup ideas quickly using these 5 steps
310. Dark Entrepreneurs
Silicon Valley has always looked for contrarians — those who by definition don’t respect the way others do things. It is very much part of the job description.
311. The Three Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask Themself
Naveen Jain | Asking All The Right Questions
312. Meet The Entrepreneur: Gal Ringel, CEO, Mine PrivacyOps
How Gal Ringel, co-founder and CEO of Mine Privacy Ops, deals with stress and tips that he has for other entrepreneurs trying to get their own startups going.
313. Justin Welsh: How My Little One-Person Business Crossed $4M in Revenue
Justin Welsh discusses how his one-person business crossed $4 million in revenue.
314. Read This If You Want to Be an Inventor, Not an Imitator
Stop chasing last season's gold rush. Discover why prerequisites are a myth, why your network is a side effect of your work, and where new worlds are built
315. 5 Steps To Build A Cool Legal Marketplace Startup In 24 Hrs
316. How To Actually Benefit From An Accelerator As A Digital Tech Startup
How to choose which accelerator to join, how to get the most out of it once you do, and what separates an accelerator success story from other startups.
317. Stuck at Work? Ditch the Office Mindset and Start Acting Like You Only Have One Day to Win
If I can only work for an employer for one day, how should I perform my work? Should I treat the job differently from a long-term job position?
318. How To Say "No" At Work Without Sounding Like A Jerk
“No” is often equated with being mean but “no” isn’t about shutting projects and people down. Here's how to say no in a corporate setting without sounding rude.
319. Why You Should Chase Interesting Problems, Not Money
Feeling dissatisfied with your career? We grow up with the lie that money makes everything right. And it doesn't. Here's why.
320. What is Alternative Mobility? And Why Digital Identity Is Crucial For Its Future
A fundamental analysis of the status-quo of urban transportationA new mobility ecosystem is upon us. Cities are changing at a pace like never before, largely made possible through technological advancements.It has disrupted existing industries and paved the way for a shared mobility market - one that redefines the way people move and interact. Being able to effortlessly move across cities enabled billions across the globe to access opportunities, tap into great products and services, while connecting with people that are important to them.
321. 5 Quick Productivity Tips for Busy Solopreneurs
Not only do these productivity tips work, they also rhyme for easy recall.
322. A Timeless Business Lesson About Nepotism and Meritocracy
I’ve been an entrepreneur all my life, and I teach my children by personal example. Here's how?
323. Building a Mental Health Startup: Insights from a Founder
People have a wide range of different "tools" that can give them cheap and fast relief of anxiety or other psychological conditions.
324. Optimizing for Positivity: Niches and the Future of Social Media
Spencer & Sophia Rascoff | Optimize for Positivity: The Next Evolution of Social Media
325. Don’t Wait For A Good Idea: The Netflix Origin Story
Don’t Wait For A Good Idea
326. The Era of Opinionated Productivity Software: Superhuman, Roam, What’s Next?
Productivity software is indispensable for all of us. Dedicated tools for creating spreadsheets, writing down notes, managing our to-dos etc. ensure that we are productive in our professions. Incumbent vendors (e.g. Microsoft, Google) have dominated this space for many years — yet, there is a chance for new players to enter the stage. New challengers such as the E-Mail client Superhuman or the note-taking tool Roam Research can compete by developing highly opinionated products which deliberately omit flexibility. Instead, the software is stringently crafted around a very particular way of approaching a process, which is inherently seen as superior by the firm.
327. How I Force Myself to Work
328. Understanding Term Sheets - Part 1: Liquidation Preferences
Liquidation preferences determine how the proceeds are shared in a liquidity event such as the sale of the company or its assets.
329. 20 Quotes to Inspire Entrepreneurs on the More Difficult Days
No matter how positive a person you are, you are not a robot. It is easy to get the wind Knocked out of you when the obstacles of modern life get in your way. So if you’re in need of a confidence boost, some inspiring advice.
Here are my top 20 inspirational quotes of all time, for entrepreneurs especially.
330. From Playing Music in the Street, to Creating Two Companies: Spanish Academy and a Marketing Company
My story begins when I was 16. I've always considered myself an ambitious person, always wanting to do things differently and be financially self-sufficient. At that time, I lived with my parents. I was still studying and the weekly money that my parents gave me was not enough to cover my weekend expenses.
331. Fintech Is Dead: All Hail Insurtech
Wall Street. Tokyo. London. Shanghai. Hong Kong.
332. Are You Really Happy?: This Article May Make You Rethink Your Life
A scene from Disney's movie "Soul" left me pondering deeply about life and happiness.
333. Interview with Geoff Smart: How To Hire Top Talent
“The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world.”
334. How To Turn Your Skills Into Money
All of us have specific skills that separate us from the rest, even if we don't know it yet. We always try to go out and learn new things to become successful, and in the past that was needed. But with social media, blogging, YouTube and more, we no longer need to learn a new thing. We just need to advertise what we already know. Taking a skill that you already have and putting your own flair onto it is how you can create money. Interested? Let's take a deep dive how you can do this in 5 easy steps.
335. Inside HackerNoon: What Do Our Interns Do?
Contrary to expectation, interns @ HackerNoon don't have to make coffee for their "superiors" and pretend to like their jobs.
336. 5 Lessons from a Failed Startup Birthed Outside the Bay Area
337. Learning About Crypto with Nicholas Gregory from Mercury Wallet
In this AMA, Nicholas Gregory, creator of Mercury Wallet, tells us about bitcoin, wallets, privacy, open-source, technology and entrepreneurship.
338. Meet the Entrepreneur: Guy Melamed, CEO, Exberry
Guy Melamed is the co-founder and CEO of Exberry, the exchange technology pioneer revolutionizing marketplaces.
339. How Licious Turned a Simple Idea Into a Billion-Dollar Startup
How did Licious created a trustworthy meat brand in the fresh meat industry and a billion-dollary startup in just 6 years?
340. Lessons Straight From the Amazon Playbook
Amazon: From an online bookstore to a trillion-dollar e-commerce giant.
341. Why Leaders Fail to Get the Actionable Feedback They Need to Grow
Many leaders either do not explicitly seek feedback, or the way they ask for it only boosts their ego by getting feel-good praise.
342. 5 European Healthcare Startups Thriving Amidst the Pandemic
While a global quarantine became fatal for many businesses, industry sectors like mHealth, self-care, and wellness experience increased attention because of COVID-19. Today we are taking a closer look at MedTech startups that managed to use the pandemic as a growth booster, bringing a new level of value in the digital market.
343. Automate, But Don't Eliminate: We Still Need A Human Touch
Let's face it: for the business world, automation is like the flashy new $5,000 Weber barbecue you saw in your neighbor's yard last summer. You bought it because it seemed like the 'thing to do', but when it arrived at your doorstep, you realized – I've got no freaking idea how to use this thing.
344. How Slack Turned Failure Into Fortune
Slack is one of the most successful tech businesses of all time. But how did they do it?
345. Monetizing the Curation Economy, Social Communities and Online Learning
3 big startup opportunities for your next venture.
346. 327 Stories To Learn About Leadership
Learn everything you need to know about Leadership via these 327 free HackerNoon stories.
347. Never Stick To The Same Angle
Why always looking for a twist or a difference makes all the difference when marketing your products and trying to grow your brand especially at the start.
348. The Novice's Guide To Side-Hustles
I don’t know about you but in my view, work culture seems to have taken a 360- degree turn since the time I got into the workforce in 2012. For years before that, I saw people stay in the same job for years.
349. Clapper Launches “the Newsroom” to Promote Unbiased News and Combat Censorship
Clapper, a platform designed for adults seeking a censorship-free space, is making waves with its latest offering: The Clapper Newsroom.
350. Who is Anndy Lian? How Does he Turn You Into an NFT Hero?
Anndy Lian is a serial entrepreneur based in Singapore. He is always trying to work hard in the crypto and blockchain industry. He shares his story with me.
351. Learnings From My Open Source Startups' First 100k+ Visitors
What is it though?
352. How to Evaluate New Ideas For Value?
It is easy to know the value of a product or service which is used often and is accepted as something worthy to pay for. Everyone agrees gold coins are valuable even if they don’t know the current gold rate in their currency.
353. The Unusual Strategy This Entrepreneur Used To Raise Most of His Round Before It Even Started
A few years ago, Matthew Klein and his brother Andrew saw that the retail landscape was changing and that companies needed more agility than ever.
354. Venture Report: How to Monetize This Year's Big 3 Market Opportunities
In this 2021 venture report, I break down 3 startup ideas or monetization opportunities, starting with private wealth management and family offices.
355. Prototyping: Expeditious Way to Make Money From Startup Idea
Learn how you can expeditiously and economically test startup ideas through prototyping. Explore different tools for prototyping your product.
356. Creativity is the Heart of Cybersecurity
Insights from a Q&A with Deflect’s Founder, Kevin Voellmer
357. 7 ‘Dud Tips’ for Companies Entering the US Market
Andrew Grechkin, founder of KIDDIO, explains universal headaches as well as US-specific startup mistakes.
358. How to Use the Creative Heuristic Algorithm to Generate Business Ideas
Convert any task that requires creative problem solving into a simple, step-by-step procedure.
359. Working in a Company Just Isn't for Me
I respect the various reasons people pursuing a career, but I'm clearly wired for something else and will exhaust all options before I go there.
360. I Left Banking For Tech And It Was The Best Career Decision I've Ever Made
I quit my Hong Kong finance job and changed the course of my life through technology. Two years after making the switch into tech and I still love the industry.
361. Freelance Developers and Startups: A Love-Hate Relationship in the Silicon Valley
There is no such thing as perfect relationships. Especially in business. Especially between startups and freelancers. They meet, they fall in love, they argue, they make up, they fall in love again, and at the end the day they depend on each other badly. But who is the ‘bad guy’ in this story: contractors or entrepreneurs? Who is using whom? Is there a right answer at all? As always, there are two sides to every story.
362. Tesla's Snowball Effect
There is a threshold before which growth seems painfully slow, yet, as you pass through that threshold, things start to grow exponentially.
363. The Risky Business of Breaking New Ground in Your Industry
Risky Business: Breaking New Ground in Your Industry
364. Releaf: Evolution of African Agritech
Releaf is Y-combinator African startup who are an agritech and supply chain startup. They do B2B work, digital banking, aid and geo-spatial tech for farmers.
365. 5 Reasons to Switch to a Digital Business Card
Digital Business Cards offer a range of benefits that traditional business cards do not provide. Here is a list of 5 reasons to make the switch today.
366. What Will AI Make of Us Entrepreneurs?
Software engineers and entrepreneurs are on the cusp of a tech tsunami. This might be the last, and largest, 'clean up season' in software.
367. Complexity is An Opportunity, Not A Threat
For every facet of an organization, the increasing and infinite demands that need to be met are inevitable, especially if your company is growing.
368. The Systematic Guide to Finding a Co-Founder
You’re going to spend more time with your co-founder than with your spouse. This is why finding the right one is the one activity you CANNOT afford to rush. If you’re truly passionate about founding a company, you have only two options: compromise or keep on looking.
369. How To Create The Career You Want
One of the most important career lessons I’ve learned is to pursue a career and not a job. At first glance, you might think, “What’s the difference?” I also didn’t get it for years.
370. Monetizing Intellectual Property: A Startup's Path to Revenue Generation
The options for monetizing an IP can be daunting. Here are a few ways that startups can go about choosing the IP monetization that's right for them.
371. Women in Web3: Defeating The Stigma and Pointing Out The Benefits
Women are already prominent in Web3 and have been instrumental in its rise. But there are many stigmas and stereotype that need to be addressed.
372. Damn Near Every Digital Service is Ripping You Off to Float Free-riders
Let us cogitate here on the economic absurdity that almost every digital service or good offered in the current year has a free version and a $100/year option.
373. How a Bunch of Little Pitching Tweaks Helped This Founder Raise $4M For His Purchasing Software…
Serial entrepreneur Andrew Hoag had a huge frustration.
374. When I give, I have control: Meet the Writer Baptiste Monnet
375. Anonymity Could be the Key to Fixing Social Media
The Social Dilemma has been a trending film and a large topic of discussion these past few months, and for good reason. Social media in its current form is deeply flawed.
376. Entrepreneurship Class Secrets: Safety Nets, Shortcuts, and The Five
Finding success in entrepreneurship is hard. I would know. I have spent many years talking about, or being involved in, entrepreneurship. I started a UK-based fashion business six years ago, and that all-encompassing dumpster fire makes up most of what I know today about marketing, e-commerce, branding, and how no one will buy your stuff if you just do things the way they’ve always been done.
377. 5 Types of Business Owners: Which One are You?
The Founder Institute explored the characteristics of more than 30,000 business owners and categorized them into several groups.
378. Refocusing Your Business: From Profit to People
Rethinking The Bottom Line: From Profit to People
379. What I Learned After Building 30 Startups in 20 Years
- Doing Consumer Apps. 2. Raising VC Money. 3. Hiring Too Early. 4. Ignoring SEO. 5. Ignoring Content Marketing. 6. Social Media Marketing.
380. The Real Reason Most Web3 Startups Fail (It’s Not the Market)
Most Web3 startups don’t fail because of the market. Discover the real reasons behind Web3 startup failures and how founders can avoid them.
381. Busy Isn’t Progress: The Trap of Reactive Leadership
You’re a reactive leader if you spend most of your time reacting to the things in your environment.
382. Leadership Lessons from a Dog in Uncertain Times
“Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?” — Jonathan Safran Foer
383. How Kaizntree Is Becoming the Operations Management Platform for Business Owners Around the World
Kaizntree is an online platform that centralizes the inventory management process by consolidating all data into one interface.
384. How I Earned $1 Million and Spent it on Creating an AI Translator
How I earned $1 000 000 and spent it to create AI translator
385. 'UTU Changes the Economics of Trust', says Jason Eisen, CEO UTU
UTU CEO Jason shares the origin story of UTU in Nairobi and how its helping companies build digital trust with AI and blockchain.
386. How to Actually Use That Business Model Canvas You've Been Procrastinating About
Learn how entrepreneurs, product leaders, and PMs should use the business model canvas to think sharper, avoid traps, and build something real.
387. Han Solo — my journey from Google to founding Kalo
Why I left Google to found an AI startup funded by Techstars and Peter Thiel.
388. How to Fix Dysfunctional Leadership Teams and Why It's Important to Do So
Here are the five critical dysfunctions every leadership team must guard against to unlock unwavering trust
389. My way of dealing with Burnout as a Creative Freelancer
Why the hell, suddenly I don’t enjoy illustrating and designing? What is wrong with me? Is burnout happening to me?
390. A Good Product/Market-Fit Needs a Good Roadmap
Tech products, whether digital features, products, or services, need to achieve product-market fit if they have any hope of succeeding.
391. Everything is Impossible Before Someone Does It
During the 1930s, there was a frenzy for mountain climbing in Europe, driven by some advances in technology, and a modernist zeal. Pre-eminent among these grand challenges, was the lust to climb the North Face of the Eiger, a mile-high sheer face of rock, the largest in the Alps, perpetually in shadow, and shrouded near the top by the dreaded “White Spider” ice field.
392. Dickie Bush: My Experience Joining a $68,000 Mastermind
Dickie Bush describes his experience joining a $68,000 Mastermind.
393. How I learned Elixir and Launched a Product in 60 days
The concepts behind Erlang/OTP/Elixir make it a great fit for a tool like the one I was building
394. Untangling Two of Today's Most Unnecessary Startup Fundraising Myths
If you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. Unfortunately, much of this advice is wrong.
395. How Many Is "Too Many" Investors?
Brex Founder Henrique Duburas Believes You Should Pack Your Cap Table With As Many Investors As Possible
396. The New Model For Venture Creation: Inside Roger Dickey's "Untitled Labs" Startup Factory
How do you pitch a business that doesn’t yet have a product, or even a prototype? For serial entrepreneur Roger Dickey, it’s about selling possibility, with an emphasis on his track record of innovation.
397. Startup Planning 101: How to Write Your Business Plan
Want to know how to write a Startup Business Plan? We will take you through all the steps of creating a business plan and show you what to be aware of.
398. Five Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for the Return to the Office
The crisis has turned the corporate world upside down. Most office workers — including me — have been working from home for more than two months.
399. The Parable of the Farmer and the Horse: A Short Story That Will Make You Rethink Everything
Sahil Bloom tells the story of the Farmer and the Horse.
400. No One Cares About Your NFTs — Here's Why
Discover how NFTs can be used to solve real-world problems like election integrity and scam prevention.
401. The Founder Playlist: Reflections on Really Good Advice from 45 CEOs
On the Importance of Building Healthy Co-Founder Relationships, Navigating Investor Meetings, and Investing in Your Mental Health as a Founder.
402. How to Best Take Your Chinese DTC Brand to American Buyers
You might have heard that the San Francisco-Based Rothy’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) shoe company launched sales in Shanghai earlier this year. Rothy’s expansion to China is a brilliant business move, as they’re one US brand that has a huge potential for success with Chinese buyers.
403. 21 Traits in which Great Leadership is Defined
Leadership qualities like integrity, humility, focus, confidence, transparency, inspiration, passion, accountability, vision, innovation, patience, authenticity, open-mindedness, decisiveness, affectionate, generosity, persistence and insightfulness are beautiful words that look good on pictures and posters that adorn the wall of offices.
404. What Is Fear-Based Leadership
Fear of not being included, fear of not knowing, fear of status, fear of failure, fear of unknowns, fear of criticism, fear of change, fear of being an imposter can cause a leader to act in undesirable ways. Leading from fear can create a toxic culture in which people play safe, avoid mistakes and lay low in effect creating an organisation that does not grow due to mediocre performance and unrealised potential.
405. How Brand Intimacy Takes Your Business to the Next Level
Brand Intimacy: The Hidden Strategy To Take Your Business To The Next Level
406. 10 Things To Do Right Away Before Starting Your Product Journey
We all have different roles to fulfill during a product’s journey. Some of us are heavily invested on the sales and marketing side while others consider the technical decisions as their day to day job. While segregation of work is important as well as useful for founders, there are a lot of things that all founders need to learn to make sure they are ahead on the curve as they take continuous decisions for the product and its growth. Here are 10 things to do right away as you start your product journey.
407. Is Software Testing Really Worth It?
Over-testing and too strict dev and QA processes will slow you down and might damage your company in the long run. My opinion on common testing practices.
408. 10 Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases Blocking Your Creativity
Transformation is no easy task. Though we like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, we are far from it (economics be damned).
409. 3 Key Benefits of Using a Task Management Software in Your Business
From saving a lot of time in performing repetitive tasks to improving planning to increasing productivity, task management software is the future.
410. Are You Settling, Or Doing Your Best?
Are You Settling, Or Doing Your Best? It's important to recognise when you are making decisions to be stable or if you're pushing yourself to reach your dreams.
411. How to Win Pitch Competitions Against People Using ChatGPT
It’s not surprising that people in the industry are advocating the use of ChatGPT for writing or editing a pitch script.
[412. My Boring and Simple Job Boards Website
Passed $40k 💵 in Revenue 🥳](https://hackernoon.com/my-boring-and-simple-job-boards-website-passed-$40k-in-revenue)
My boring, simple, clunkily-design directory of job boards, [JobBoardSearch], passed $40k in revenue. I didn't have the intention to monetize. But after 2 month
413. Launching a Minimum Viable Product as a Non-Technical Founder
How to Launch a Minimum Viable Product as a Non-Technical Founder
414. Will Zoom Become The Next Skype?
A lot has been written about Zoom in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The share price has risen 800% since its IPO, valuing it at $144 Billion, it is well funded, profitable and has attracted some of the smartest people in tech and business into its ranks. Zoom is riding a high that is well deserved. It has an amazing product that cut through a crowded field to do things better than the well-established competition, including the likes of Oracle’s Webex, Google Hangouts and Microsoft’s Skype.
415. Surviving Coronavirus Pandemic: A Guide for Startups
Yes, we’re witnessing a crisis unfolding. Not only people get gripped by the coronavirus fear. It’s like a stroke for most businesses — some will recover, some won’t.
416. What App Features to Include in a No-Code MVP (5 Steps to Figure Out!)
417. Entrepreneurs Don't Have it All Figured Out. They Learn on the Job.
What Entrepreneurs Learn On the Job
418. Ryta Zasiekina’s Angel Investment Provide Critical Capital for Manerai
Ryta Zasiekina invests $300K in VR startup Manerai, supporting their vision to redefine immersive gaming with innovative VR experiences and community building.
419. How This CEO Has Successfully Scaled Her Business With One Simple Rule
What was her key to success? Her answer was as profound as it is simple with the potential for success encapsulated in this concept applicable to every industry
420. 9 Digital Marketing Services Your Business Needs
There are several digital marketing strategies to grow your business - learn what they are to grow your brand.
421. How to Create a Billion-Dollar Business on a Budget
The lessons learned in business can make you happier, wealthier and give you more free time.
422. '9/10 Startups Fail' Depends on Your Definition of Failure
There is one of those "universal truths" in the world of startups that, like almost all of them, is neither as universal nor as TRUE as we usually think, and that investors often repeat: 9 out of 10 companies fail.
423. xCollective: The Future Of Diversity
xCollective is an all women and non-binary group that assists people with finding jobs in the crypto industry.
424. Five Lessons for Transitioning From Corporate to Start-up with Gaby Haffner
Five Lessons for Transitioning From Corporate to Start-up with Gaby Haffner
425. How to Build Tech with Less
Co-founder and engineering lead of a fast-growth tech company explains how he's built innovative tech with just a team of four.
426. Meet The Entrepreneur: Ido Wiesenberg, CEO, Voyantis
Ido Wiesenberg is the CEO and Co-Founder of Voyantis, a predictive growth OS. He shares his favourite productivity tips and offers advice for entrepreneurs.
427. Learning How To Work Anywhere
Why one should be flexible in working from anywhere in the world that has a functional internet connection to become more successful in their life and wrok.
428. The Remote Work Era: New Trends To Follow
Could the forced remote work of COVID19 bring about new growth and a more fair work-life balance?
429. 2 Years of Running a Niche Job Board: What I’d Do Differently in 2026
After 2 years running a niche job board, I share what worked, what failed, and why charging jobseekers ended up working better than employers.
430. Why Trust Is the Real Growth Engine for Early-Stage Startups
Growth hacks don't scale without trust. Why early-stage startups need to stop obsessing over funnels and start designing for credibility.
431. Post-Pandemic SaaS Business Trends That Are Here To Stay
Technology business owners are benefitting from an increase in consumer confidence. Here are the latest SaaS trends that are shaping the business world in 2021.
432. Starting A Blog for Some Extra Side Income
?Follow my own personal journey and a hands on approach to passive income online. Let me share my every step with you along the way.
433. 237 Stories To Learn About Innovation
Learn everything you need to know about Innovation via these 237 free HackerNoon stories.
434. Validate Your Startup Idea Using the Right MVP Techniques
In this post, I'll explain the various types of MVPs, when to use them, and how to choose the right MVP type for your new idea...
435. Why Blockchain Technology Is the Most Feared Enemy of a Corrupt Government
Why does the government hate bitcoin and blockchain technology? This is due to their inexplicable involvement in corruption and their blatant support for it.
436. Building Trust And Security In A Collaborative P2P Marketplace - Why ID Verification Is Critical
Of late, a growing number of users have been participating in the sharing economy. Whether you're renting an AirBnB, requesting a ride on Uber, or using peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders for a loan, the peer-to-peer marketplace is growing rapidly.
437. How to Identify and Stick it to Decision Fatigue
A series of these small decisions scattered throughout our day may seem harmless in the moment, but are they really harmless?
438. How To Apply A Structured Process For Developing an MVP: 2021 Guide
The hard truth is, building a successful MVP is not as simple as coming up with an idea and taking it to a team of developers or a software development company.
439. How to Increase Marketplace Commission: A Real Story
A real story and step-by-step guide on how to increase commission on your marketplace without disrupting business model.
440. A Designer's Dream Job: How to Get What You Want by Doing What You Love
I have gone through self-discovery so many times that I could publish a bestseller. Instead, I will share this experience to help you grow your skill 2.0.
441. Top 5 Podcasts for Startup Founders
Top 5 Podcasts for Startup Founders in December packed with first-hand industry experience.
442. 970 Stories To Learn About Startups
Learn everything you need to know about Startups via these 970 free HackerNoon stories.
443. How DoorDash Has Been Winning the Food Delivery War
DoorDash has overtaken their competitors and achieved admirable success in only seven years of existing. The business lessons we can learn from them are spot on
444. Understand Term Sheets - Part 2: Protection for Future Down-Rounds
Understanding pay-to-play and antidilution provisions in a term sheet
445. How the 10,000 Hours Rule Applies to Entrepreneurship
Explore the transformative power of the 10,000-hour rule in entrepreneurship.
446. How Netflix Thought Ahead, Future-Proofed, and Raised Its Share Price to $500+
Netflix started to future-proof their business by entering the video streaming market. By making this shift, they could better serve their subscribers.
447. 7 Entrepreneurship Tips That Will Change Your Business Life
Want to open a business? Check out the entrepreneurship tips we created especially for you! Are you about to set up a venture? This is undoubtedly one of the most important steps for anyone's professional career.
448. Meet The Entrepreneur: Dvir Ben Aroya, Co-Founder & CEO, Spike
Dvir has over 20 years of executive experience leading technology and internet companies.
449. Interview with Digilus Technologies LLC Founder and CEO, Saahil Kumar Chathrath
Founder and CEO of tech company Digilus Technologies LLC, Saahil Kumar Chathrath shared few important tips for starting a successful startup. The Indian entrep
450. 624 Stories To Learn About Startup Advice
Learn everything you need to know about Startup Advice via these 624 free HackerNoon stories.
451. [Insights for CEOs] Starting and Managing A Remote-first and Multicultural-first Company
I"m Guillaume, co-founder of Bearer.sh, a Startup we launched 18 months ago as a remote-first company.
452. 63 Stories To Learn About Side Project
Learn everything you need to know about Side Project via these 63 free HackerNoon stories.
453. Ignore the Internet (and 3 More Lessons Learned Between $10 and $1,100)
In July, my brother and I launched our first software product after nearly 2 years of working full-time on our business. We hit a big milestone that month and generated our first $10 in software revenue.
454. The One Piece Of Advice All Founders Need To Hear
Lose the to-do list, there is only one thing you need to focus on
455. Why Communities Are the New Business Currency
Community: The New Business Currency?
456. "I’m a big advocate of Web3 and an anarchist at heart," says FinTech Entrepreneur, Julie Plavnik
Julie is a content strategist and writer who helps Web3 projects rank higher on search engines by creating engaging, optimized content.
457. First Principles Thinking: Identify Assumptions, Breakdown Problems and Create New Solutions
First principles thinking drives complex problem solving and workplace innovation through reverse engineering. Companies that employ first principles thinking are one step ahead as they plan and build for the future.
458. Growing From $0 to $10 in Revenue in 24 Months
I know what you’re thinking. “That title has to be a typo. No one could grow that fast!”. I’m here to tell you that if you work hard and pursue your dreams you too can make $10 in 2 years.
459. A Credible Framework to Validate Startup Ideas
Entrepreneurs are known to run into dozens of ideas on a daily basis, if not more. While most of them seem to border on absurdity in the beginning, it is often difficult to determine whether or not they would work out in the long run. That’s why the best way of ensuring your idea is worth developing is to learn at the fastest possible pace and have the willingness to try out different experiments.
460. Onboarding AI: “Something Went Wrong” Stories
Onboarding AI to products does not always go that smoothly. Some might say it could be either a success, or a failure. But more likely - first results will be useless, and only after several iterations there’d be actual value. So here are stories of what went wrong with AI projects, while evolving. And how eventually businesses managed to set things right. Despite how many books are read, at the end of the day we all learn from our own experience. But, perhaps, those stories, and takeaways, will put at least some pillows for us to land on!
461. Here’s Why I’m Gambling It All Away On My Open Source Startup
By Han Xiao, Founder and CEO of Jina AI. Edited by Bing He and Alex C-G
462. How to Take Your MVP From Idea to Launch
As a business person without the tech skills to build an MVP, it can be tempting to look for a software development partner as soon as possible.
463. 62 Stories To Learn About Tech Startups
Learn everything you need to know about Tech Startups via these 62 free HackerNoon stories.
464. Notion: Superior Productivity For All
Notion is an All-In-One workspace. Notion’s platform allows you to create task-oriented lists and projects, wikis, databases, lightweight CRM’s, tables & more!
465. Speaking Up in Meetings Shouldn't Be This Hard
Are you bold enough to say what you need to say in a meeting or do you feel knots in your stomach and refuse to speak up?
466. CARPA: How To Identify Fortune Cookie Advice, As An Entrepreneur
467. 435 Stories To Learn About Startup Lessons
Learn everything you need to know about Startup Lessons via these 435 free HackerNoon stories.
468. Is Becoming an Amazon Seller a Good Source of Side Income?
Amazon dropshipping is often considered as a reliable source of side income. This article covers the pros and cons of Amazon dropshipping.
469. Your Sales Team Isn’t a Growth Hack
Here's what nobody tells you about scaling sales teams: Your reps can't manufacture demand that doesn't exist.
470. RE: "New Normal" — Today's Thriving Startups Will Be Camels, Not Unicorns
Unicorn is the term given to startups that are able to achieve a billion-dollar valuation, although not as rare as they were a decade ago, these startups are still often time the center of Silicon Valley’s obsession with building, finding and funding the next big thing. The majority of Unicorn startups are known for growing tremendously fast and burning cash without any sign of profit or a single dime in revenue.
471. The Quick and Dirty Entrepreneur's Manual To Business Model Innovation
In the last years, I've been dissecting business models of any type, and companies of any size. At the same time, I've been talking, interviewing, and discussing business model and business model innovation with dozens of entrepreneurs and practitioners.
472. To Continue or Not To Continue? Here's How to Tell Whether You Need to Pivot or Kill Your Idea
To pivot a product means changing its direction to better cater to the market's needs while killing an idea means stopping its development.
473. 9 Underrated Startup Podcasts You Should Start Listening to in 2023
Tired of listening to the same 5 podcasts every day? Here's a list of my top 9 most underrated startup podcasts that will freshen up your playlist.
474. A Solution To Your Mental Health Worries: "Think Big" Towards Your Future and The Rest Will Follow
The ability to think big is the first step to break out of our bubble of self-imposed limits and to channel our energies to explore a bigger and better future.
475. Building a Company in High School and Why We're Selling it on Flippa
Lessons from creating a digital agenda app for students...and why it's time to auction.
476. The Complete Guide to Nailing Customer Feedback
By far, the top reason startups fail is the lack of market need (42% of the cases). Many startups are founded based on unique technologies, or on problems that are interesting to solve, but don’t necessarily answer a real market need. Understanding what market you are serving, and the problem you are addressing is key. The basis for that is early, continuous feedback from the right people who fit the early adopter profile.
477. A Comprehensive Guide to Starting a Business in the USA
As per the Small Business Administration reports 2019, 30.7 million small businesses have been set up in the United States. When you research the reasons for this many numbers, you will realize that there are no limits on who can become the entrepreneur. Setting up the business won't require any college degree, godfather, and a bunch of money.
478. 10 Proven Strategies to Grow Your iOS App
Discover 10 essential strategies to skyrocket your iOS app's growth. Learn proven tips for ASO, pricing, user acquisition, and engagement.
479. From Stress to Success: My Journey of Overcoming Burnout
Learn how finding a new hobby, such as music, helped one person recover from burnout and discover the power of creativity in business.
480. Why it's Not a Good Idea to Quit Your Day Job Just Yet
Don't Quit Your Day Job (Yet) ft. Fiona Smith aka. The Millennial Money Woman
481. Want to Start an AR/VR Company? Here's how we did it.
In 2013 times were simpler, back when “AR” meant “accounts receivable,” back before Magic Leap raised $2.6 billion, even back before Mark Zuckerberg spent $2 billion for Facebook to acquire VR headset Oculus. I was a fresh Babson MBA grad looking to make a dent in the world through startups and venture capital. I networked my way into my dream job working for a Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm and one of my first investments was in an Augmented Reality headset startup META. I was fascinated by how these immersive technologies could totally change the way people live their lives and conduct business. I could see the writing on the wall, the AR/VR industry was going to be MASSIVE. Comparable in magnitude to the PC, internet, mobile phone platforms, the XR market was predicted to be a multi-billion dollar market in the next decade and disrupt scores of industries. Taking the Angel Philosopher Naval Ravikant's advice to play long term games with long term people, I told myself if I ever had a chance to work in the AR/VR industry I should take it.
482. How We Released a Product And Got To #1 On Product Hunt
With a combination of careful planning and – to be honest – a smidge of luck on the day, we made it a reality. Check out exactly how (and why) we did it below!
483. Getting Off the Beaten Path Is NOT EASY, BUT it Is Rewarding
If you want freedom, security, and privacy, it's possible and worth the investment.
484. 5 Reasons Why You Should Use DaaS For Your Business
Desktop-as-a-Service is a service from a third-party provider using the cloud. All back-end resources like computing power, networking, storage, and VDs.
485. Building a Job Board in 2024: What I Learned and What I’d Do Differently
A review of what it's like building a job board in 2024. Learn common problems, solutions and approaches to job board building.
486. ‘Being Naive Is a Feature, Not a Bug’: Abhinov Balagoni, CEO Pax Credit
A Chat with Abhinov Balagoni, Founder and CEO of Pax Credit on how he got started and what the future holds for Pax Credit
487. It’s Not About You: Finding Success Through Managing Ego and Focusing on End Users
Alfonso spoke with me on an episode of the SaaS Origin Stories podcast about his victories and missteps over the years, and generously shares critical lessons
488. 10 Predictions for a Post-COVID World: Contactless retail, New unicorns and Other
The world as we knew it before will never be the same. The pandemic is reshaping everything from how we work and shop to how we exercise and socialize. There was a great post by Emma Rose Bienvenu that got a lot of traffic where Emma shared her 7 predictions for a Post-Coronavirus World and named remote work, automation, and telemedicine as the key trends shaping our new normal.
489. The Pyramid Framework Can Help You Escape an Ordinary Life
There’s a formula that unlocks the secret sauce for creating value.
490. Passion Doesn't Pay Your Rent
What if I told you that becoming insanely good at something the market NEEDS will light a fire under your ass far more potent than any feeling of "passion?"
491. Make Sure You're Not Wasting Valuable Sales Time
Are You Wasting Valuable Sales Time?
492. Finally Going Full Remote? Here's Everything You Need to Know First
Remote work is booming largely because of the lockdown. But this way of working has been around for a long time - especially among knowledge workers. During the pandemic, a lot of companies tested remote working for the first time, and most of them do not plan to go back to the office even after the lockdown. However, some holes need to be patched and things taken care of before any founder jumps into remote working permanently.
493. Culture and Leadership in Startups: Lessons from the Founder
Lessons from a founder on shaping startup culture that scales — from hiring and leadership to trust, transparency, and building a team you’re proud of.
494. The Only Metric That Matters in Business
Most people pay too much attention to their profits and not enough to their cash flow. Read on to learn why cash flow is the key metric in business.
495. How Leaders at O'Reilly Media, Ebay, and Talespin See the New Way of Working
Ever since the pandemic began, and workforces went home to begin a long period of remote work (which has yet to fully end), we’ve been inundated with think-pieces discussing the “New Ways of Working”. Supposedly, the Old World is never coming back, and we all have to adapt to the reality forced upon use by COVID, or be left behind. I tend to agree.
496. What's The One Thing You Can’t Miss When Building an MVP?
At Altar.io we’ve built dozens of products over the years, working with entrepreneurs from all over the world.
497. 10 Myths Stopping You From Becoming an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs tend to believe that all the stars in the sky need to be aligned perfectly for their start-ups to succeed. Because of this belief, they postpone their jump to entrepreneurship, often indefinitely.
498. How to Turn Your Side Gig Into Your Full Time Job
Turn your part-time side gig into a full-time business by creating a brand palette, building a funnel, creating a landing page, and more.
499. Pre-PMF Startup: How To Do It Right
In the beginning of June 2020, we had enough cash to sustain ourselves for 2 years, and had decided to pivot. At the time, we weren’t sure if we needed to move away from our product, on which revenues were growing very slowly, or not. We spent 6 weeks in full exploration mode to identify what our next step was.
500. How to Balance Innovation with Compliance: Lessons from the OceanGate Tragedy
For businesses to maximize the benefits of innovation, they must consider safety and compliance to avoid a tragedy similar to that of OceanGate.
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