Hacker News with Generative AI: Startup Advice

Ask HN: How would you build a dev/design agency in 2025 alongside AI? (ycombinator.com)
I’m a developer and have worked remotely for 3-4 years with various product based companies like rabbithole.gg, paragraph.xyz, pimlico.io etc and for the past few months I’ve been working on a side-project of my own, it’s an open-source form builder platform like Typeform. Through my journey, I've discovered I really enjoy the craft of building products & open source softwares. It got me thinking about starting a small dev/design agency, but with a different approach.

Startup Advice, AI, Web Development, Design, Open Source

11 points by SouravInsights 1 day ago | 6 comments

I have a itch to build HR tech product but I dont know how to get started (ycombinator.com)
I am entrepreneur based out of Toronto, Canada. It's 12:35 am right now, my two kids and wife are asleep and I am here typing this to get some answers and guidance. I started my first business back in 2016, it was HR tech product that aimed to digitize the staffing agencies, it didn't end up working due to legal disputes with founders and burn out.

Entrepreneurship, HR Tech, Startup Advice

10 points by syed01 2 days ago | 9 comments

How to navigate and exit the idea maze (michaelrbock.com)
In 2020 when we were at the beginning of our startup journey I had a conversation with Erik Goldman where he shared this process, which we used to start Column Tax. I'll be forever grateful for Erik's time, and I thought it worthwhile to capture Erik's wisdom permanently online so others could benefit as much as I have.

Startup Advice, Entrepreneurship, Process, Decision Making

38 points by vortex_ape 34 days ago | 5 comments

What did you do to save time as a startup founder? (ycombinator.com)
Curious for those startup founders out there, what did you do to save time so that you could focus on building your company?

Startup Advice, Time Management, Entrepreneurship

13 points by aga_ml 59 days ago | 10 comments

Ask HN: Which website SEO analysis tool would you recommend? (ycombinator.com)
As a startup aiming to improve website rankings, which website SEO analysis tool is more user-friendly and effective?

SEO, Web Development, Startup Advice, Tools

7 points by hikerell 77 days ago | 9 comments

Has anyone used Proton Business Suite rather than Google's for a startup? (ycombinator.com)
I'm considering doing so. It's much better priced, I would like to keep adwords separate as all the horror stories I've seen posted here, and the end-to-end encrypted communications could be valuable to my startup. Has anyone used Proton's business suite in a startup environment?

Startup Advice, Email Security, Privacy, Google Workspace

79 points by joshSzep 88 days ago | 64 comments

Ask HN: How do you decide product direction as a small team? (ycombinator.com)
We are building a product, however, we don't know whether people will use it or not. We did initial user interviews (10+) and got signal that users will use something like that. We took YC advise to heart and did manual work that delivers results for our product. It is painful but we got around $500 in payments.<p>Now, we want to build full-scale product. However, we have been operating product on users' behalf.

Startup Advice, Product Development, User Research

7 points by logicalxor 100 days ago | 3 comments

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

Startup Advice, Entrepreneurship, Y Combinator

12 points by bear_with_me 125 days ago | 0 comments

Stop Designing Your Web App for Millions of Users When You Don't Even Have 100 (darrenhorrocks.co.uk)
It’s easy to get carried away when you’re building a new web app. You’ve got big ideas, you picture millions of users flocking to your platform, and you start imagining the kind of infrastructure needed to handle all that traffic. So, you build for scale from day one—optimising databases, setting up powerful servers, and ensuring everything is robust enough for massive growth.

Web Development, Software Engineering, Startup Advice

10 points by thunderbong 155 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Must-Read Books for Startups? (ycombinator.com)
I recently read The Mom Test, and I learned something critical: before investing in your idea, talk to potential customers to see if anyone wants it or not.

Startup Advice, Books, Customer Research

126 points by dmazin 159 days ago | 74 comments

Ask HN: As a founder, How do you overcome Analysis Paralysis? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: As a founder, How do you overcome Analysis Paralysis?

Founders, Startup Advice, Decision Making, Analysis Paralysis

9 points by jerawaj749 162 days ago | 7 comments

An Obligatory "Founder Mode" Post (indiependent.land)
Most advise is unhelpful and business is not the rocket science that others make you to believe.

Startup Advice, Business, Entrepreneurship

6 points by maguay 165 days ago | 1 comments