Hacker News with Generative AI: Entrepreneurship

Chinese immigrants run e-commerce hubs out of their homes (restofworld.org)
Chinese immigrants in America are offering their living rooms and garages as warehouses to cross-border sellers on Temu, TikTok, and Amazon.

E-commerce, Immigrants, Entrepreneurship, Cross-border Selling, China

7 points by donohoe 4 days ago | 0 comments

I shut down my startup. Here's the honest truth (medium.com)
Today, I’m announcing Zencape Health’s shutdown. After four years, two major pivots, countless experiments, tens of thousands in annual revenue, one launched app, thousands of patient interactions, and a multi-million-dollar marquee hospital partnership, we have come to the end of our journey.

Startup, Entrepreneurship, Business, Healthcare

35 points by HideInNews 4 days ago | 10 comments

The Hidden Tax Trap for SaaS Founders in Germany (vincentschmalbach.com)
Something that should worry every indie hacker considering Germany as their base: Our tax system effectively penalizes software founders who bootstrap to exit. Unlike the US, UK, or Australia where founders benefit from favorable capital gains treatment, German founders face a crushing 50% tax burden on asset sales.

SaaS, Germany, Entrepreneurship, Taxation, Startups

57 points by vincent_s 6 days ago | 111 comments

Lessons from my first exit (mtlynch.io)
In April of this year, I sold TinyPilot, the bootstrapped hardware company I founded and ran for four years.

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Acquisitions, Hardware

408 points by saeedesmaili 7 days ago | 113 comments

Lessons from My First Exit (mtlynch.io)
In April of this year, I sold TinyPilot, the bootstrapped hardware company I founded and ran for four years.

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Business, Technology, Hardware

13 points by mtlynch 8 days ago | 7 comments

Carving your space (heather-buchel.com)
Doing the work you love is hard when teams don't hire for it.

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Work-Life Balance

51 points by leotravis10 8 days ago | 20 comments

Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45 (2018) (hbr.org)

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Business, Age, Research

6 points by squircle 11 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: What is your one-person-SaaS project? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What is your one-person-SaaS project?

Software, Startups, Business, Entrepreneurship, SaaS

19 points by laksmanv 12 days ago | 26 comments

Ask HN: How would you launch a privacy-first, Instagram-like social network? (ycombinator.com)

Social Media, Privacy, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy

55 points by thunderstruck 14 days ago | 116 comments

Any Indiehackers.com Alternatives (ycombinator.com)
I loved Indie Hackers when it first came out.

Alternatives, Indie Hackers, Community, Startups, Entrepreneurship

40 points by wuliwong 17 days ago | 11 comments

Ask HN: ADHD and Entrepreneurship (ycombinator.com)
Working for others just hasn’t worked out for me. Over the past decade, I’ve tried to ignore my urge to market my side projects and build a business around them, choosing instead to focus on what seemed like the "right" path—a steady 9-to-5 job.

Entrepreneurship, ADHD, Career Choices, Work-Life Balance

15 points by romeros 17 days ago | 16 comments

There is mounting evidence that starting a business reduces stress (fortune.com)

Entrepreneurship, Stress Management, Business

26 points by aard 17 days ago | 20 comments

Ed Roberts created the personal computer industry (2023) (every.to)
In September 1974, Ed Roberts was sitting at the bank in a foreclosure meeting. His once-profitable calculator company, Micro Instrument and Telemetry Systems (MITS), had exhausted its $250,000 overdraft and was on the verge of bankruptcy. But Roberts wasn’t getting ready to shut down. Instead, he was soliciting a $65,000 loan. Not to spend on calculators, he explained to the bank, but for something completely different. Something nobody had done before. He planned to build an affordable personal computer.

History, Personal Computing, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Business

76 points by rbanffy 22 days ago | 45 comments

Guide to applying to YC – from a founder who was accepted on the third try (notion.site)

Startups, Y Combinator, Entrepreneurship, Advice

76 points by rebryk 23 days ago | 58 comments

The End of Golden Age of Tech? (ycombinator.com)
I’ve been a developer for 15 years, Millennial (28 years old), and I’ve done everything you can imagine. I've never been mediocre and have always been passionate about technology. I've never been unemployed because I'm good at what I do, and I've already founded and sold a startup with two years of growth and constant updates.

Tech Industry, Millennials, Entrepreneurship

14 points by apocalknight 24 days ago | 6 comments

I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of "just go independent" (citationneeded.news)
Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone.

Independent Publishing, Legal, Media, Business, Entrepreneurship

5 points by Tomte 25 days ago | 0 comments

The rollercoaster king: the man behind the UK's fastest thrill-ride (theguardian.com)
John Burton was just 27 when he was put in charge of creating Thorpe Park’s biggest-ever project. Once too scared to go on rides himself, how did he become the architect of so many daredevils’ dreams?

Theme Parks, Engineering, UK, Entrepreneurship, Amusement Parks

3 points by bookofjoe 26 days ago | 0 comments

Factorio has Silicon Valley tycoons like Elon Musk under its spell (pcgamer.com)

Factorio, Video Games, Business, Entrepreneurship

4 points by amichail 26 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Bookface for Non-YC Founders (socap.ai)
Many problems can be solved 10x better through other founders

Startups, Funding, Entrepreneurship

8 points by ednevsky 27 days ago | 1 comments

Matt Mullenweg describes building a business around WordPress.org as a "gamble" (bullenweg.com)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 21, 2024 /BSNewswire/ – Matthew Charles Mullenweg announces acquisition of Bullenweg.com to his employees at Automattic. Matthew had the following to say:

WordPress, Business, Entrepreneurship

6 points by theanonymousone 28 days ago | 2 comments

Everything We Teach at Y Combinator in 10 Minutes (youtube.com)

Startup Advice, Entrepreneurship, Y Combinator

12 points by bear_with_me 32 days ago | 0 comments

Another burnout post (gushogg-blake.com)
I quit my last contracting gig in August with £40k in debt, no other income, and only a business idea (it failed).

Burnout, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

87 points by gushogg-blake 34 days ago | 122 comments

Why Is Elon Musk So F'ing Successful? And how do we do more of it? (jacobrintamakiblog.substack.com)
“What have you gotten done this week?”

Success, Entrepreneurship, Elon Musk, Productivity

14 points by sebg 35 days ago | 30 comments

Show HN: I'm building a Product Hunt alternative, it's 4 days old (launching.today)
We're a community of entrepreneurs, builders, and dreamers. Discover new products, find inspiration and new ideas, and share your own.

Product Hunt, Community, Startups, Entrepreneurship, New Products

46 points by mrsegev 35 days ago | 34 comments

Ask HN: Founders, what was the major sourcing channel for your first 100 users? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Founders, what was the major sourcing channel for your first 100 users?

Startups, User Acquisition, Growth Hacking, Community, Entrepreneurship

282 points by jainvivek 36 days ago | 192 comments

Elon Dreams and Bitter Lessons (stratechery.com)
In the days after SpaceX’s awe-inspiring Starship launch-and-catch — watch the first eight minutes of this video if you haven’t yet — there was another older video floating around on X, this time of Richard Bowles, a former executive at Arianespace, the European rocket company.

SpaceX, Space Exploration, Business, Entrepreneurship

5 points by mfiguiere 37 days ago | 0 comments

I Hate VC's (ycombinator.com)
I have started a number of companies. All self-funded. Some were successful and others were "experiences". My last company was almost acquired for tens of millions of dollars when the economy imploded in 2008 and the world froze.

Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Personal Finance, Startups, Economy

16 points by robomartin 38 days ago | 11 comments

Kamala Harris proposes 1M forgivable loans to Black entrepreneurs (cnbc.com)

Entrepreneurship, Finance, Racial Equality, Politics

14 points by donsupreme 38 days ago | 11 comments

Ask HN: Solopreneurs, how did you come up with your idea? (ycombinator.com)
Ideas often come at the intersection of problems you’ve lived through and technologies you’re comfortable using. Instead of hunting for novel ideas, ask yourself: What’s frustrating you or the people around you right now?

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Problem Solving, Ideas

125 points by californium 38 days ago | 90 comments

Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder (repromptai.com)
I spent 9 months and almost 100 “cofounder dates” finding my cofounder. It took way more time and effort than I was expecting. Since then, I’ve helped friends run a tight process to find their cofounder. Here’s the tactical guide I wish I had when I started.

Entrepreneurship, Startup, Co-Founders, Business, Advice

155 points by rob313 39 days ago | 75 comments