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Startup

521 objects in the archive · 520 ranked picks

Postmortems, revenue reports and build-in-public notes from founders

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  1. 101
    I Reached $4k/Mo. But How Many Great Startup Ideas Have Died?
    microfounder.com20221 submissionHN thread
    205 pts
    95 cmts
  2. 102
    CockroachDB Stability Post-Mortem: From 1 Node to 100 Nodes
    cockroachlabs.com20161 submissionHN thread
    202 pts
    62 cmts
  3. 103
    Failed Startup Post-Mortems
    3things.gitbooks.io20141 submissionHN thread
    202 pts
    59 cmts
  4. 104
    Lessons From a Failed Startup — From and For First Time Founders
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    202 pts
    47 cmts
  5. 105
    Developer Income Report #16
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    200 pts
    32 cmts
  6. 106
    How I make $400 a month in Passive Income by Self-Publishing
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    198 pts
    61 cmts
  7. 107
    The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bring it back
    nature.com20191 submissionHN thread
    197 pts
    392 cmts
  8. 108
    $100k Revenues in One Month
    startupdesi.com20111 submissionHN thread
    196 pts
    34 cmts
  9. 109
    A Post Mortem on the Gino Case
    statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu20251 submissionHN thread
    194 pts
    119 cmts
  10. 110
    Things we did not do while reaching $2M ARR
    missiveapp.com20221 submissionHN thread
    194 pts
    102 cmts
  11. 111
    The rise and fall of the Hanseatic League
    worksinprogress.co20251 submissionHN thread
    192 pts
    52 cmts
  12. 112
    Annual Developer Income Report
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    190 pts
    58 cmts
  13. 113
    Digital Ocean said it would shut down my blog if I didn’t edit a blog post.
    vpsexperience.wordpress.com20141 submissionHN thread
    189 pts
    155 cmts
  14. 114
    FastMail: Shutting down our XMPP chat service
    blog.fastmail.com20151 submissionHN thread
    186 pts
    122 cmts
  15. 115
    Teacher builds $50M a year business with learning materials
    ocregister.com20171 submissionHN thread
    186 pts
    14 cmts
  16. 116
    The rise and fall of Cathie Wood, controversial Wall Street investor
    nymag.com20221 submissionHN thread
    184 pts
    193 cmts
  17. 117
    Top Mistakes and Learnings from My Startup: Postmortem Samsamia
    miguelgfierro.com20181 submissionHN thread
    184 pts
    71 cmts
  18. 118
    The Rise and Fall of Matchbox's Toy-Car Empire
    hagerty.com20241 submissionHN thread
    182 pts
    134 cmts
  19. 119
    Shutting down my side project of two years
    joshsharp.com.au20131 submissionHN thread
    180 pts
    57 cmts
  20. 120
    Postmortem: The singular design of Namco's Katamari Damacy (2004)
    gamedeveloper.com20251 submissionHN thread
    180 pts
    53 cmts
  21. 121
    Postmortem of Venture-Backed Startup, Sonar
    medium.com20151 submissionHN thread
    180 pts
    48 cmts
  22. 122
    The rise and fall of Lisp at the Jet Propulsion Lab (2002)
    flownet.com2008–20112 submissionsHN thread
    179 pts
    108 cmts
  23. 123
    Growing From $5,000 to $25,000 in MRR
    blog.statuspage.io20141 submissionHN thread
    179 pts
    16 cmts
  24. 124
    Lessons learned from 13 failed software products
    successfulsoftware.net20101 submissionHN thread
    175 pts
    36 cmts
  25. 125
    The improbable rise and fall of Couchsurfing
    kernelmag.dailydot.com20151 submissionHN thread
    174 pts
    65 cmts
  26. 126
    Analyzing Indie Hacker Products with Verified Revenue
    scrapingfish.com20221 submissionHN thread
    173 pts
    118 cmts
  27. 127
    Postmortem assessment of olfactory tissue degeneration in patients with Covid-19
    jamanetwork.com20221 submissionHN thread
    172 pts
    177 cmts
  28. 128
    My Android development income report
    kreci.net20101 submissionHN thread
    172 pts
    83 cmts
  29. 129
    The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk (2023)
    spectrum.ieee.org20241 submissionHN thread
    171 pts
    220 cmts
  30. 130
    The Rise and Fall of Visual Basic
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    171 pts
    149 cmts
  31. 131
    A Postmortem of a Startup
    buildwithtract.com20251 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    129 cmts
  32. 132
    How MTA shut down my app for Penn Station commuters
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    118 cmts
  33. 133
    Startups that have hit more than $1K MRR in about 12-24 months
    openstartups.listt.xyz20201 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    111 cmts
  34. 134
    Almost perfect: the rise and fall of WordPerfect Corporation (1993)
    wordplace.com20141 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    87 cmts
  35. 135
    Tinycolor supply chain attack post-mortem
    sigh.dev20251 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    80 cmts
  36. 136
    Balsamiq hits $100,000 in revenue
    balsamiq.com20081 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    72 cmts
  37. 137
    Going from $0 to $2M ARR in 2 years
    laskie.co20201 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    44 cmts
  38. 138
    (Android) Developer Income Report #14
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    42 cmts
  39. 139
    Stripe Data vs. Open‐Source Alternatives: A MRR Example
    github.com20241 submissionHN thread
    167 pts
    69 cmts
  40. 140
    I am shutting down my bookstore in New Delhi
    dailyo.in20151 submissionHN thread
    166 pts
    123 cmts
  41. 141
    Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our internship earnings (Part 2)
    blog.fiplab.com20111 submissionHN thread
    166 pts
    17 cmts
  42. 142
    My Ubuntu for mobile devices post-mortem analysis
    lieberbiber.de20171 submissionHN thread
    164 pts
    113 cmts
  43. 143
    The rise and fall of Sugru
    wired.co.uk20181 submissionHN thread
    163 pts
    133 cmts
  44. 144
    Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our internship earnings (Part 4)
    blog.fiplab.com20111 submissionHN thread
    163 pts
    20 cmts
  45. 145
    (Android) Developer Income Report #9
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    162 pts
    65 cmts
  46. 146
    Classic Game Postmortem: 'Q*bert'
    youtube.com2018–20222 submissionsHN thread
    161 pts
    91 cmts
  47. 147
    $8600 MRR business on Airtable
    founderbeats.com20221 submissionHN thread
    160 pts
    85 cmts
  48. 148
    B2B SaaS marketplaces with opportunities for indie hackers
    rocketgems.com20211 submissionHN thread
    160 pts
    81 cmts
  49. 149
    The rise and fall of AMD: How an underdog stuck it to Intel
    arstechnica.com20131 submissionHN thread
    160 pts
    72 cmts
  50. 150
    The Rise and Fall of the Manufactured Home – Part I
    constructionphysics.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    158 pts
    174 cmts