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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. 151
    My company signed up for a $1000/year subscription-based water cooler
    reddit.com20181 submissionHN thread
    157 pts
    71 cmts
  2. 152
    The rise and fall of 18F
    fedscoop.com20181 submissionHN thread
    156 pts
    118 cmts
  3. 153
    Lessons Learned from Reading Post Mortems
    danluu.com20151 submissionHN thread
    156 pts
    25 cmts
  4. 154
    Lessons from Failed DocuSign Integration
    profsmallpine.com20191 submissionHN thread
    155 pts
    79 cmts
  5. 155
    Why Slight Failed: A Slight Post-Mortem
    colmanhumphrey.com20241 submissionHN thread
    155 pts
    73 cmts
  6. 156
    Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our internship earnings (Part 3)
    blog.fiplab.com20111 submissionHN thread
    153 pts
    36 cmts
  7. 157
    MailChimp: A side project that turned into a $700m/year revenue business
    entrepreneurshandbook.co20211 submissionHN thread
    153 pts
    26 cmts
  8. 158
    I used LAMP to make a SaaS app with $3700/month profit
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    152 pts
    75 cmts
  9. 159
    AT&T raises most customers' fees by $1.23, adding $800M revenue
    cnbc.com20181 submissionHN thread
    151 pts
    88 cmts
  10. 160
    Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch
    gigpeppers.com20121 submissionHN thread
    150 pts
    101 cmts
  11. 161
    Developer Income Report #5 (Gave up a day job)
    kreci.net20101 submissionHN thread
    149 pts
    33 cmts
  12. 162
    Vice Media Had YouTube Shut Down My Gaming Channel Without Contacting Me
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    148 pts
    76 cmts
  13. 163
    Mobile Carrier To Sell Service for $19/mo; Android Handsets For $99 Until Nov 27
    techcrunch.com20111 submissionHN thread
    148 pts
    58 cmts
  14. 164
    The rise and fall of the industrial R&D lab
    worksinprogress.co20201 submissionHN thread
    147 pts
    84 cmts
  15. 165
    My Voice Controlled Smart Mirror: A Postmortem
    chrisuehlinger.com20161 submissionHN thread
    147 pts
    64 cmts
  16. 166
    The rise and fall of Limux
    lwn.net20171 submissionHN thread
    146 pts
    156 cmts
  17. 167
    Why my startup failed
    jamesmaskell.co.uk20131 submissionHN thread
    146 pts
    93 cmts
  18. 168
    HumanPredictions – Bootstrapping a SaaS app to $18k/mo in under a year
    indiehackers.com20161 submissionHN thread
    146 pts
    40 cmts
  19. 169
    My Startup Failed, But It's OK
    coderholic.com20121 submissionHN thread
    146 pts
    30 cmts
  20. 170
    AWS Post-Mortem
    aws.amazon.com20111 submissionHN thread
    145 pts
    65 cmts
  21. 171
    Marriott CEO shares post-mortem on last year's hack
    zdnet.com20191 submissionHN thread
    145 pts
    47 cmts
  22. 172
    The Rise and Fall of Ambrosia Software (2019)
    lifeandtimes.games20201 submissionHN thread
    144 pts
    138 cmts
  23. 173
    The Rise and Fall of the Independent Developer
    furbo.org20111 submissionHN thread
    143 pts
    114 cmts
  24. 174
    “We're Shutting Down Our 3G Network”
    benergize.com20211 submissionHN thread
    142 pts
    141 cmts
  25. 175
    Sourced Adventures – Adventure Travel Startup generating $125K/month
    indiehackers.com20171 submissionHN thread
    142 pts
    56 cmts
  26. 176
    Rise and fall of JVM languages
    blog.frankel.ch20171 submissionHN thread
    141 pts
    229 cmts
  27. 177
    Post-mortem of a Dead-on-Arrival SaaS Product
    petekeen.net20131 submissionHN thread
    141 pts
    84 cmts
  28. 178
    Zaplib post-mortem
    zaplib.com20221 submissionHN thread
    141 pts
    27 cmts
  29. 179
    How my startup failed (1999)
    alumni.stanford.edu20161 submissionHN thread
    141 pts
    21 cmts
  30. 180
    We shut down our startup
    entrepreneurs.maqtoob.com20161 submissionHN thread
    138 pts
    111 cmts
  31. 181
    The Rise and Fall of Couchsurfing
    nithincoca.com20131 submissionHN thread
    136 pts
    74 cmts
  32. 182
    The rise and fall of the company behind ‘Reader Rabbit’ and other games (2018)
    theoutline.com20191 submissionHN thread
    134 pts
    41 cmts
  33. 183
    What Happened to NewsBlur: A Hacker News Effect Post-Mortem
    ofbrooklyn.com20101 submissionHN thread
    132 pts
    43 cmts
  34. 184
    Post-Mortems For Ten Products I've Built
    blog.thirdyearmba.com20121 submissionHN thread
    131 pts
    29 cmts
  35. 185
    Ze Frank's Kickstarter post-mortem
    zefrank.tumblr.com20121 submissionHN thread
    131 pts
    13 cmts
  36. 186
    Lessons from the failure of General Magic
    fastcompany.com20181 submissionHN thread
    130 pts
    50 cmts
  37. 187
    The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes
    vanityfair.com20211 submissionHN thread
    129 pts
    87 cmts
  38. 188
    From an Airtable to $9.2k in Side Income
    swipe.page20201 submissionHN thread
    129 pts
    56 cmts
  39. 189
    Some Brutally Honest iPhone App Sales Numbers: $32k Spent vs $535 Revenue
    streamingcolour.com20091 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    53 cmts
  40. 190
    The Software Paradox: The Rise and Fall of the Commercial Software Market
    oreilly.com20151 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    53 cmts
  41. 191
    ‘Why am I talking to 10 guys?’ The rise and fall of dating apps
    theguardian.com20221 submissionHN thread
    127 pts
    222 cmts
  42. 192
    Interview: Heroku Founder Talks About $250M Salesforce Acquisition
    thenextweb.com20111 submissionHN thread
    127 pts
    7 cmts
  43. 193
    We'll pay you $3000/mo to build your startup on Dark
    darklang.com20181 submissionHN thread
    124 pts
    127 cmts
  44. 194
    The rise and fall of rationality in language
    pnas.org20211 submissionHN thread
    124 pts
    58 cmts
  45. 195
    Failed SaaS post-mortem: validate your pricing model like I didn't
    elliotbonneville.com20201 submissionHN thread
    123 pts
    70 cmts
  46. 196
    One month from concept to $1000 in revenue
    indiehackers.com20181 submissionHN thread
    122 pts
    63 cmts
  47. 197
    Redis PSYNC2 bug post mortem
    antirez.com20171 submissionHN thread
    122 pts
    30 cmts
  48. 198
    Rise and Fall of a Hacker Who Found the Secrets of the Next Xbox and PlayStation
    kotaku.com20131 submissionHN thread
    122 pts
    22 cmts
  49. 199
    Startup failure post-mortems
    cbinsights.com20141 submissionHN thread
    122 pts
    22 cmts
  50. 200
    High-resolution postmortem human brain MRI at 7 tesla
    pulkit-khandelwal.github.io20241 submissionHN thread
    122 pts
    17 cmts