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24 alternatives to Mixergy: How a developer became a profitable founder

How a developer knew 0 about business but became a success

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mixergy: How a developer became a profitable founder launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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FoundersGyan▲50
Inspiring Entrepreneurs
2015 · foundersgyan.com · its alternatives →
2
The Startup Chat - 67: Co-Founder Relationships▲59
The ups & downs of cofounder relationships
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
3
Mixergy Startup Stories▲328
Learn from 1000+ interviews including the Product Hunt story
2015 · mixergy.com · its alternatives →
4
FounderBeats▲325
See hundreds of founders building profitable businesses
2023 · founderbeats.com · its alternatives →
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FoundersGyan - "How the struggles of startup inspired creation of Startify"▲54
A chat with Himanshu, founder of Startify
2016 · mixcloud.com · its alternatives →
6
Founder Society▲149
An invitation-only organization of entrepreneurs
2015 · foundersociety.co · its alternatives →
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Seeking Wisdom With David Cancel - The Secret To Becoming A Learning Machine▲67
The only shortcut David's learned after 5 startups? Learning
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Zen Founder - 34: The Secret Strategies of Successful Co-Founders▲53
Sherry interviews Ian Schoen of the Tropical MBA Podcast
2015 · zenfounder.com · its alternatives →
9
Founders at Work▲208
Stories of successful founders
2015 · foundersatwork.com · its alternatives →
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Smart Passive Income - 46: Dane Maxwell▲61
Building a lucrative business with no ideas or expertise
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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EconTalk - Sam Altman▲66
StartUps, venture capital, and Y Combinator
2015 · its alternatives →
12
Mixergy - Keith Teare▲66
Learn from Proven Entrepreneurs
2015 · mixergy.com · its alternatives →
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Founder's Journey: Calculate what feature to build next▲59
Know what to build next without all the guesswork
2016 · baremetrics.com · its alternatives →
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Mixergy: Anand Sanwal on building CB Insights without VC funding▲67
Hacks for PR, email marketing, and bootstrapping a startup
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
15
Doing Your Business with Matt Hartman - Banshee Wines: Part 1▲65
A tech VC learns about profitable non-tech businesses
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Founders and Friends: Patrick Sullivan of 2600hz▲58
Bootstrapping to Startup Success
2016 · kruzeconsulting.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 151: How to create a winning startup culture▲61
How to bring the right people together & make them get along
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
18
Finding Success in Failure▲58
A startup tell-all from a 10-year serial entrepreneur
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Work Smart #13 - Serial entrepreneur + efficiency hacker, Thomas Knoll▲60
Lessons learned from starting several tech companies
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
20
Chasing Product - Startup Decision-Making and ROI with Hiten Shah▲88
Lessons learned from consulting to creating products
2016 · chasingproduct.com · its alternatives →
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Founders and Friends - Mike Barash of Codeword▲55
The startup PR playbook
2016 · kruzeconsulting.com · its alternatives →
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Analyse Asia 98: The India Startup Ecosystem with Ashish Sinha▲52
Discussion on the India Startup Ecosystem & unicorn founders
2016 · blcw.me · its alternatives →
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Breaking Into Startups: Episode 1 - Albrey Brown▲76
Proof that you can break into tech from any background
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - From Havard to the Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg▲88
From Harvard to the Facebook—How it all started
2015 · web.stanford.edu · its alternatives →

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