Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Fortune $500
Think like a Startup. Act like an Investor.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fortune $500 launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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This book is packed with tips and tricks for growth hacking
2016 · its alternatives →
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30+ lessons on startup success & failure
2015 · its alternatives →
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Raising $1M for your startup outside of Silicon Valley
2015 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN. This is a weekend project of mine. It's an idea I had after seeing so many comments here about the lack of available .com names for startups. As PG once said: "Take a luxury and make it into a commodity"[1]. So, I decided I'd try turning name consulting from something only large corporations could afford to something anyone could. I hope you'll take me up on it :) If you'd like to see a few examples of my work, just check out the links in the footer. Thanks for your attention. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/ideas.html
2011 · startupgods.com · its alternatives →
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Startup finances 101 - videos, templates & tools for free
2022 · its alternatives →
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How much money can your startup investment make you?
2016 · its alternatives →
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Startup Seed Funding ▲204How to raise $1M for your startup, even outside of SV (book)
2015 · its alternatives →
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Personal lessons of an entrepreneur shared weekly
2020 · its alternatives →
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How startups are building large empires with minimum invest…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Find out how many people bought my future for $1,500
2016 · its alternatives →
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I built a tool (https://1mil.app/hn) to help me test my intuition about various weird business ideas that were on my mind. Initially, I wanted to create a database with 1 million business ideas (hence the name - "1 million opportunities"). But turned out to be a dumb idea already. So instead I built this tool that returns only 10 ideas. It's all based on your input, market + your background. The first release scored on demand only and it gave false confidence. So I rebuilt the the scoring around "winnability": can a solo founder with a specific background "win" against what…
13d ago · 1mil.app · its alternatives →
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2024 · supalaunch.com · its alternatives →
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Foundera▲30Most people are not validating their ideas before start building it! I am a 5th time tech founder, gaming included and I built & managed startup accelerator programs. I know lot of things about early stage founders and their pains as I have been there. That is why I am building Foundera. It’s an AI-Native Accelerator for tech builders. Today the problem is; most of the AI coding tools opens with a chat and asking “type your idea and start building”. This is wrong! I want to reduce the time and money spent on ideas that nobody asked for. Try it at https://foundera.app and give me…
Jul 2026 · foundera.app · its alternatives →
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Hey, just wanted to share with you guys and app that I built and deployed in a day with Lovable. So, as a founder I always wanted to have an advisor but my budget would always be less, then on the other hand hand I had Paul's essays on Startup Advice, which I never read because I was busy building stuff. Hence, I built this product which comes into a sweet spot of both at the same time being more reasonable and capable than the alternative. ps: it's running on a reasoning model and tbh I've been able to gather pretty good insights from it. Note to PG: If you're seeing this. I'm your big fan.…
2025 · paulgraham.resurrect.space · its alternatives →
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Generate custom ideas for profitable side-hustles
Nov 2025 · aibizgen.net · its alternatives →
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Your vision into a MVP for just $500. No BS, no excuses.
Sep 2025 · 500dollarsmvp.com · its alternatives →
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We built this database using the same software investors use to discover startups. My friends and I really wanted to know which startups to work for. Are we on the right track? PS - there's a paywall but if you want to explore more, just DM me your email and I'll send you a free access code! Thank you so much.
2023 · usemassive.com · its alternatives →
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