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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. 201
    The Rise and Fall of Adam Osborne
    every.to20241 submissionHN thread
    121 pts
    46 cmts
  2. 202
    How we grew ThemeIsle into a $50k per month business
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    121 pts
    37 cmts
  3. 203
    Postmortem of the failure of one hosting storage unit on Jan. 8, 2020
    news.gandi.net20201 submissionHN thread
    120 pts
    77 cmts
  4. 204
    The Rise and Fall of BowieNet
    openculture.com20201 submissionHN thread
    120 pts
    28 cmts
  5. 205
    SiteChat: a postmortem. Or, the rise and fall of a society.
    burakkanber.com20121 submissionHN thread
    120 pts
    21 cmts
  6. 206
    Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media
    variety.com20131 submissionHN thread
    116 pts
    62 cmts
  7. 207
    GeekStack Postmortem
    geekstack.com20111 submissionHN thread
    116 pts
    36 cmts
  8. 208
    Young adults in L.A. to get $1k a month under new guaranteed income program
    latimes.com20221 submissionHN thread
    115 pts
    173 cmts
  9. 209
    Why our startup failed
    oncletom.io20141 submissionHN thread
    115 pts
    93 cmts
  10. 210
    The Rise and Fall of BNN Breaking, an AI-Generated News Outlet
    nytimes.com20241 submissionHN thread
    115 pts
    78 cmts
  11. 211
    Google Earned Over $9 Billion In Revenue In Q2
    techcrunch.com20111 submissionHN thread
    115 pts
    50 cmts
  12. 212
    BR Shetty: The rise and fall of a billionaire
    m.economictimes.com20201 submissionHN thread
    115 pts
    34 cmts
  13. 213
    Maintainership transfer of uBlock: post mortem
    github.com20151 submissionHN thread
    115 pts
    16 cmts
  14. 214
    How We Failed at OpenStack
    packet.net20151 submissionHN thread
    113 pts
    57 cmts
  15. 215
    Risk of false positives in fMRI of post-mortem Atlantic salmon (2010)
    dropbox.com20171 submissionHN thread
    113 pts
    41 cmts
  16. 216
    BrowserStack Post Mortem (Shell shocked)
    browserstack.com20141 submissionHN thread
    113 pts
    33 cmts
  17. 217
    See how 100 startups are running – MRR and Stats
    openstartups.run20211 submissionHN thread
    113 pts
    32 cmts
  18. 218
    Android Developer Income Report #10
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    112 pts
    25 cmts
  19. 219
    Every single step I took to get my side project to $1k/month
    bookmarkos.com20201 submissionHN thread
    112 pts
    23 cmts
  20. 220
    Candy Japan April Income Report
    candyjapan.com20121 submissionHN thread
    110 pts
    78 cmts
  21. 221
    Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our undergrad internship earnings
    blog.fiplab.com20111 submissionHN thread
    110 pts
    34 cmts
  22. 222
    I built an email marketing tool made for indie hackers and solopreneurs
    useplunk.com20221 submissionHN thread
    109 pts
    60 cmts
  23. 223
    August 2016 Lisp Game Jam Postmortem
    stevelosh.com20161 submissionHN thread
    109 pts
    17 cmts
  24. 224
    Julia: A Post-Mortem
    chrisvoncsefalvay.com20211 submissionHN thread
    107 pts
    252 cmts
  25. 225
    Hosteurope.de shut down our servers due to “political incorrectness”
    voat.co20151 submissionHN thread
    107 pts
    153 cmts
  26. 226
    Let the adventurous journey begin: Passive Income
    patrick-wied.at20121 submissionHN thread
    107 pts
    42 cmts
  27. 227
    Mistakes on Our Way to $88k in Revenue
    beamjobs.com20191 submissionHN thread
    107 pts
    27 cmts
  28. 228
    The Rise and Fall of Ashton-Tate (2023)
    abortretry.fail20241 submissionHN thread
    105 pts
    76 cmts
  29. 229
    Cinemark announces $8.99/mo. subscription to fill more seats, take on MoviePass
    beta.latimes.com20171 submissionHN thread
    104 pts
    143 cmts
  30. 230
    The Rise and Fall of Internet Art Communities
    artsy.net20191 submissionHN thread
    104 pts
    52 cmts
  31. 231
    Lessons learned from a failed poker software business
    mattmazur.com20081 submissionHN thread
    103 pts
    66 cmts
  32. 232
    Lessons from a failed startup
    venturebeat.com20091 submissionHN thread
    103 pts
    37 cmts
  33. 233
    Simple monthly passive income calculator
    1000monthly.club20181 submissionHN thread
    102 pts
    38 cmts
  34. 234
    Postmates postmortem: eight hours as delivery drivers
    stanforddaily.com20181 submissionHN thread
    102 pts
    33 cmts
  35. 235
    Growing a Golf Simulator Business to $50k/month
    starterstory.com20181 submissionHN thread
    102 pts
    22 cmts
  36. 236
    How we failed our YC interview
    mr-mariusz.blogspot.com20131 submissionHN thread
    101 pts
    68 cmts
  37. 237
    The rise and fall of the skills gap
    vox.com20191 submissionHN thread
    101 pts
    46 cmts
  38. 238
    When My Business Failed
    blogs.hbr.org20121 submissionHN thread
    101 pts
    36 cmts
  39. 239
    Startup Failure Post-Mortems
    cbinsights.com20161 submissionHN thread
    101 pts
    15 cmts
  40. 240
    The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger
    wired.co.uk20201 submissionHN thread
    100 pts
    184 cmts
  41. 241
    The Rise and Fall of Yik Yak
    nytimes.com20171 submissionHN thread
    100 pts
    134 cmts
  42. 242
    The rise and fall of the English sentence (2017)
    nautil.us20251 submissionHN thread
    100 pts
    51 cmts
  43. 243
    The Rise and Fall of Minitel
    openculture.com20201 submissionHN thread
    100 pts
    23 cmts
  44. 244
    Post-mortem of Shai-Hulud attack on November 24th, 2025
    posthog.com20251 submissionHN thread
    99 pts
    70 cmts
  45. 245
    Lessons from a Failed Tech Startup
    thinkfaster.co20161 submissionHN thread
    99 pts
    37 cmts
  46. 246
    Villarejo: The rise and fall of the Spanish state’s secret fixer
    bbc.com20211 submissionHN thread
    98 pts
    91 cmts
  47. 247
    TumbleSeed Postmortem: what went wrong
    aeiowu.com20171 submissionHN thread
    97 pts
    30 cmts
  48. 248
    Discord Postmortem from Friday
    status.discordapp.com20171 submissionHN thread
    96 pts
    42 cmts
  49. 249
    BMW Makes Heated Seats an $18/Month Subscription Service – Again
    thedrive.com20221 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    123 cmts
  50. 250
    “What Went Right and What Went Wrong”: Analysis of 155 Postmortems from Gamedev
    research.microsoft.com20161 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    49 cmts