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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. 251
    Postmates added $70M in revenue and saved $3M in network fees with Stripe
    stripe.com20211 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    47 cmts
  2. 252
    Releasing a Commercial ASCII Roguelike, a Post-Mortem
    gridsagegames.com20151 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    47 cmts
  3. 253
    The 2 Biggest Mistakes I Made (Before Reaching $500 MRR)
    wisecashhq.com20141 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    38 cmts
  4. 254
    The Rise and Fall of Planet Hollywood
    esquire.com20211 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    30 cmts
  5. 255
    Growth Ranker – Top-growing products on Indie Hackers
    growthranker.com20181 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    20 cmts
  6. 256
    Blameless post-mortems and a just culture (2012)
    codeascraft.com20201 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    89 cmts
  7. 257
    The world’s top industries would be unprofitable with externalities priced in
    grist.org20131 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    80 cmts
  8. 258
    The Rise and Fall of World’s Fairs
    smithsonianmag.com20221 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    75 cmts
  9. 259
    Lessons from a Failed YC Pitch with Paul Graham
    keen.io20151 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    41 cmts
  10. 260
    Formspring - A Postmortem
    blog.capwatkins.com20131 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    26 cmts
  11. 261
    (Android) Developer Income Report #8
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    19 cmts
  12. 262
    Unity Asset Store: $3000 revenue in 5 days from a spline drawing tool
    juhakiili.com20111 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    7 cmts
  13. 263
    Neural Net Side Project Makes $3500/mo Trading Stocks
    indiehackers.com20171 submissionHN thread
    93 pts
    114 cmts
  14. 264
    $53,000 profit in 3 months--from books? Insights gained from xkcd: volume 0
    breadpig.com20101 submissionHN thread
    93 pts
    26 cmts
  15. 265
    I Built a $7K/Month WordPress Plugin Because I Needed the Product
    starterstory.com20191 submissionHN thread
    93 pts
    5 cmts
  16. 266
    The Rise and Fall of Professional Bowling
    priceonomics.com20141 submissionHN thread
    92 pts
    57 cmts
  17. 267
    The rise and fall of Oxygen OS
    androidauthority.com20211 submissionHN thread
    92 pts
    52 cmts
  18. 268
    Gave up a day job Now what? - Income report #3
    kreci.net20101 submissionHN thread
    92 pts
    33 cmts
  19. 269
    This 28-year-old's Iowa startup moves $350 million a year.
    businessinsider.com20111 submissionHN thread
    92 pts
    33 cmts
  20. 270
    The Rise and Fall of Micron Computers (2020)
    dfarq.homeip.net20221 submissionHN thread
    92 pts
    29 cmts
  21. 271
    An Analysis of 155 Postmortems from Game Development
    research.microsoft.com20161 submissionHN thread
    91 pts
    57 cmts
  22. 272
    Getting to €20k in MRR in 90 days
    blog.rubyandduke.com20151 submissionHN thread
    91 pts
    37 cmts
  23. 273
    Post mortem: Thanks and lessons learned
    elnorr.com20141 submissionHN thread
    91 pts
    34 cmts
  24. 274
    Kaggle Post-Mortem: The dangers of overfitting
    gregorypark.org20121 submissionHN thread
    89 pts
    29 cmts
  25. 275
    The number one reason my startup failed
    teabuzzed.com20091 submissionHN thread
    89 pts
    28 cmts
  26. 276
    How I Built a $5k/mo Side Project in 5 Months
    getsimpledata.com20151 submissionHN thread
    89 pts
    24 cmts
  27. 277
    Symbian, a post-mortem
    docs.google.com20121 submissionHN thread
    89 pts
    23 cmts
  28. 278
    Why We Shut Down Charm on the Eve of Public Launch, at $48k/Year and Growing
    unicornfree.com20131 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    35 cmts
  29. 279
    Classic Game Postmortem: Loom
    gdcvault.com20151 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    18 cmts
  30. 280
    (Android) Developer Income Report #12, #13
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    18 cmts
  31. 281
    The Rise and Fall of a Multimillion-Dollar Airbnb Scheme
    nytimes.com20191 submissionHN thread
    87 pts
    95 cmts
  32. 282
    Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird
    wired.com20241 submissionHN thread
    87 pts
    63 cmts
  33. 283
    (Android) Developer Income Report #6
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    87 pts
    38 cmts
  34. 284
    Pigeon towers: The rise and fall of a 17th-century status symbol (2015)
    atlasobscura.com20241 submissionHN thread
    86 pts
    51 cmts
  35. 285
    The Rise and Fall of Silk Road
    wired.com20151 submissionHN thread
    86 pts
    38 cmts
  36. 286
    The Rise and Fall of RedBook
    wired.com20151 submissionHN thread
    85 pts
    146 cmts
  37. 287
    Please, keep paying $80 a month for cable so I can enjoy cheap TV
    xconomy.com20131 submissionHN thread
    85 pts
    105 cmts
  38. 288
    The epic rise and fall of the name Heather
    qz.com20181 submissionHN thread
    85 pts
    78 cmts
  39. 289
    Football shirts chart the rise and fall of tech giants
    restofworld.org20221 submissionHN thread
    85 pts
    71 cmts
  40. 290
    The Rise and Fall of 'Social Bot' Research (2021)
    papers.ssrn.com20221 submissionHN thread
    85 pts
    58 cmts
  41. 291
    $100,000 Revenues in last 12 months - wow
    startupdesi.com20101 submissionHN thread
    85 pts
    35 cmts
  42. 292
    I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at Indie Hackers
    reallysimplesupport.com20221 submissionHN thread
    84 pts
    69 cmts
  43. 293
    Why Real Businesses Don’t Charge $5/Month
    justinmares.com2013–20212 submissionsHN thread
    84 pts
    56 cmts
  44. 294
    Weapons in Space Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of SDI
    direct.mit.edu20241 submissionHN thread
    84 pts
    49 cmts
  45. 295
    Postmortem: Server compromised due to publicly accessible Redis
    kevinchen.co20151 submissionHN thread
    84 pts
    48 cmts
  46. 296
    The Rise and Fall of the English Sentence
    nautil.us20171 submissionHN thread
    84 pts
    39 cmts
  47. 297
    Using an API to build a $1,500/month side business in 4 months
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    83 pts
    59 cmts
  48. 298
    Gave up a day job. Now what? - Income report #2
    kreci.net20101 submissionHN thread
    83 pts
    58 cmts
  49. 299
    Alone in Pico: Postmortem of a 3D demake
    lexaloffle.com20161 submissionHN thread
    83 pts
    15 cmts
  50. 300
    Ineffective Entrepreneurship: Post-Mortem of Hippo
    effective-altruism.com20181 submissionHN thread
    82 pts
    50 cmts