Hacker News with Generative AI: Growth

The Elephant in the room: The myth of exponential hypergrowth (2022) (asmartbear.com)
Even Facebook and Slack did not grow “exponentially,” as frequently described. Here is the correct model that you can use to understand and affect growth.

Business, Growth, Myths, Data Analysis

7 points by mooreds 7 days ago | 2 comments

Reflections (samaltman.com)
The launch of ChatGPT kicked off a growth curve like nothing we have ever seen—in our company, our industry, and the world broadly.

Generative AI, ChatGPT, Growth, Technology, Business

134 points by davidbarker 12 days ago | 112 comments

Core Principles for Productivity (daniel.pub)
Productivity is built on five fundamental pillars: clear strategy, effective planning, focused execution, continuous growth, and strong support systems. This guide explores each of these areas, breaking down the key principles that enable sustainable, high-quality work.

Productivity, Strategy, Planning, Execution, Growth

17 points by publicdaniel 18 days ago | 0 comments

Who says bootstrapped means small? (indiehackers.com)
Starting small doesn’t mean staying small.

Startup, Business, Growth, Entrepreneurship

6 points by sebg 36 days ago | 0 comments

The next big arenas of competition (mckinsey.com)
Certain industries create more value and have a greater impact than others. We call these outperformers arenas of competition. They are defined by two characteristics: high growth and high dynamism. Due to their growth, they capture an outsize share of the economy’s overall expansion; in terms of dynamism, market share within them changes hands to an outsize degree.

Business, Economics, Industry Analysis, Growth, Competition

6 points by andrewstetsenko 53 days ago | 0 comments

Managing High Performers (substack.com)
A guide to scaling product & engineering teams from $0 to past $100M ARR

Management, Product Development, Engineering, Startups, Growth

55 points by thisismytest 61 days ago | 103 comments

How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth (nytimes.com)
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.

Social Media, Growth, Twitter, Facebook, Alternative Platforms

31 points by Traces 62 days ago | 1 comments

1M people have joined Bluesky in the last day (bsky.app)

Social Media, Growth

125 points by davidbarker 64 days ago | 132 comments

Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week (theverge.com)
Bluesky gained more than 700,000 new users in the last week and now has more than 14.5 million users total, Bluesky COO Rose Wang confirmed to The Verge.

Social Media, Technology, Growth, Bluesky

162 points by doughnutstracks 67 days ago | 168 comments

The Product-Market Fit Scale (iwantproductmarketfit.substack.com)
Everyone aims for product-market fit.

Startups, Product Development, Business, Growth

23 points by walterbell 73 days ago | 4 comments

Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users (bsky.social)
Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped highly requested features like direct messages and video. We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised a $15 million Series A financing led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Alumni Ventures, True Ventures, SevenX, Amir Shevat of Darkmode, co-creator of Kubernetes Joe Beda, and others.

Social Media, Funding, Growth, Decentralization

35 points by mkeeter 86 days ago | 30 comments

Bluesky grew by 10% in just two days this week, passing 12M accounts in total (bsky.app)

Social Media, Growth, Bluesky

27 points by bbor 89 days ago | 14 comments

Unlocking the 'aha' moment: Developer relations for startups (signalfire.com)
Developer relations (DevRel) can be a cornerstone of product adoption and growth for early-stage companies, but too often early-stage companies end up focusing on the wrong things.

Startups, Developer Relations, Product Adoption, Growth

70 points by jonmarkgo 103 days ago | 10 comments

Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth (unfashionable.blog)
Y Combinator is arguably the most successful early-stage VC fund or accelerator ever. The issue, however, is that they never truly grasped the factors behind their success, which is why YC's peak is already behind them—it’s likely all downhill from here.

Venture Capital, Startups, Y Combinator, Growth, Business

546 points by SvenSchnieders 110 days ago | 248 comments

Bluesky Reaches 10M Accounts (bsky.app)

Social Media, Twitter Alternatives, Growth

199 points by Kye 124 days ago | 115 comments

2M users but no money in the bank (exercism.org)
Last week we hit the huge milestone of two million users. Within a few hours, we also hit 45 million exercise submissions. A day later, I paid the final payroll for me, Erik and Aron, and our bank account reduced down to the point we can't afford to pay another.

Startups, Software, Growth, Funding

699 points by leandot 134 days ago | 352 comments

Economist explains why India can never grow like China [video] (youtube.com)

India, China, Economics, Growth

5 points by xbmcuser 137 days ago | 0 comments

One Million new Bluesky users in 3 days (bsky.app)

Social Media, Growth, Bluesky

49 points by alphabettsy 139 days ago | 1 comments

OpenAI says ChatGPT's weekly users have grown to 200M (reuters.com)

OpenAI, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Users, Growth

6 points by yitaowang 141 days ago | 1 comments

The Flywheel Effect (jimcollins.com)