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24 alternatives to Hack to Start - Joel Flory: Co-Founder & CEO, VSCO
Joel talks about building a community 45M+ & raisising $70M
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hack to Start - Joel Flory: Co-Founder & CEO, VSCO launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A few days ago, I responded to a comment by bloggergirl offering to read anyone's web copy and help. I shot off an email hoping for a paragraph or two of feedback on my startup's copy. Instead I received a professional, detailed deck of tons of invaluable well thought out feedback. It must have taken her an entire afternoon. Here's a link to it: http://www.slideshare.net/shereefb/recommendations-for-bettermeans To top it off, this isn't someone with a lot of free time on her hands, she's only days away from launching her own startup (page99test) This community blows my mind!
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From a dorm room to an acquisition & now backed by Expa
2017 · its alternatives →
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We speak w/ Product Hunt's very own Niv Dror about community
2016 · its alternatives →
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Tracy talks building product & championing diversity in tech
2016 · its alternatives →
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Shane dives into chat, messaging, funding and more!
2016 · its alternatives →
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Candid conversations w/ personalities in Venture Capital.
2016 · its alternatives →
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His process on building and launching side projects
2016 · its alternatives →
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Interview with Jacobo Lumbreras, co-founder of Yoi Corp
2017 · its alternatives →
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Michael talks moving to LA for music & launching startups
2017 · its alternatives →
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Why investor relations are overrated
2016 · its alternatives →
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Interview with BuzzStream Founder Paul May
2017 · its alternatives →
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Owning an eSports team can be a billion dollar outcome
2016 · its alternatives →
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Interview with Mark Newman, CEO and Founder of HireVue
2016 · its alternatives →
- 16FC
Hi HN community! A huge number of startup founders are reading Hacker News, but it's still very hard to make new personal connections here and help each other with product building, growth, or fundraising. As an experiment to make HN founder community more connected, I've created a system of chat groups, organized by location, industry sector, and priority tasks. We were testing it out for the last couple of weeks, starting with 200+ YCombinator alum companies. Now already have 1000+ startups there, and 80+ venture investors have joined to connect with founders early. Many pitch practices…
2019 · its alternatives →
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Candid conversations w/ personalities in Venture Capital.
2016 · its alternatives →
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2017 · its alternatives →
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Interview with one of the cofounders of Growsumo (YCS15)
2016 · its alternatives →
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Interview with Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO
2016 · its alternatives →
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Relationship building, habits and the future for PH
2015 · its alternatives →
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Why conversational will be the next big thing?
2017 · its alternatives →
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Asian startup growth stories and insights
2016 · its alternatives →
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Michael Knouse, Genevieve LeMarchal talk start-ups and sales
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