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24 alternatives to Brandballers #42 - Mike's hacker experience

How Mike built his brand in an unexpected way...

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Brandballers #42 - Mike's hacker experience launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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2016 · its alternatives →
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Hack To Start: Chris Messina [Ep #118]▲97
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2016 · its alternatives →
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I spent a few weeks building a private label brand for Amazon – AMA▲27
Hey there HN! So for the last few weeks I decided I wanted to learn more about selling on Amazon and FBA - so I did what any normal hacker would do. I bought a website - https://www.chargeduck.com - Wrote some funny copy (Well I think its funny, but I suppose thats subjective) and then I went a step further. I called up suppliers, had samples made, designed packaging and even through some of that cheeky copy on the box. As I've been talking to people over the last week or two - especially other entrepreneurs its become apparent that this is a world a lot of people don't understand…
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BrandBallers Podcast - #36▲60
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2016 · its alternatives →
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The Hacking UI Podcast #16 - Jason Zook (BuyMyFuture)▲64
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Business Systems Explored #004: Jon Nastor, Hack The Entrepreneur▲62
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Hacking Growth▲64
Startup marketing using the hacker mindset.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Inbound.org▲115
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2016 · its alternatives →
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and building an international SaaS company
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Learn Educate Discover: How To Build Your Brand Using Quora, Zach Pinnell, Founder @BlogToJob.com▲60
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Secrets for Scaling: Ghost founder John O'Nolan▲68
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