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Let's learn about Startup Advice via these 624 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

Because there just aren't enough people on the internet telling you how to run your business

1. How We Built a Social Media Publishing Tool Using Airtable + Make (formerly Integromat)

For our startup social media publishing needs, we have created our own sweet little social media management tool using no-code tools like Make & Airtable

2. How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Business from Scratch Without Investing in Marketing

Anton Tkachev, the founder of Browsec VPN, explained how he built a successful business without relying on marketing investments.

3. What's your growth rate?

Guys! During the YC Startup School I gradually started to implement different ideas to track primary metrics and I have involved my team to set OKR (Objectives and Key Results) and track their important metrics too. Eventually it has been structured on a dashboard using just google spreadsheets and formulas and charts.

4. Painkillers, Vitamins and Misunderstood Startup Lessons

If you’re a startup founder, you may be short of many things : funding, sleep, the will to live.

5. GraphQL Can't REST

While conventional wisdom states we should move to GraphQL entirely, for customer-facing APIs, we need REST. For our own frontends, GraphQL is the answer.

6. Hiring Offshore Engineers for Startup Founders

We’ve prepared a handy checklist that you can use as the basis of your selection process to land a quality vendor who will take your project and needs.

7. Startup Interview with Andrew Lau, Co-founder and CEO of Jellyfish

Andrew Lau speaks to Hackernoon about starting Jellyfish, the excitement of solving real problems for software engineering leaders, and how he measures success.

8. Venture Capital: What is the Price of Freedom?

Entrepreneurs love being their own bosses. They want to build a company that fits the mission and vision that got them started in the first place. Following one’s passion is very satisfying and, if done right, can make a founder rich. But building a dream is demanding, with endless hours of work and no vacations.

9. Which Challenges Are Breeding in the Startup Ecosystem?

But for many new entrepreneurs, especially in developing nations, the dream is short-lived.

10. 5 Storytelling Tips That Improve Pitching for Startups

A very concise article with 5 tips for storytelling when fundraising for a startup or pitching at a competition.

11. "Success Comes To Those Who Work Hard" Gaurav Jain, Co-Founder of MageComp

MageComp's co-founder talks about his company, a startup of the year nominee, that provides Magento extensions, services, and customization for eCommerce stores

12. Renato Preti, Innvo Digital CEO, On How Fulfilled Teams Drive Business Growth

Our main success metric is the satisfaction of our team. If our team is doing well and happy, the customers will be too and the company will continue to grow.

13. A Technical Founders' Guide to Elegantly Escaping the Rabbit Hole

A high-performing technical founder can enter a rabbit role at the expense of other important activities. To get out, they can use reflective writing.

14. Startup Interview with Josh Herst, Joon Care Co-Founder and CEO

Joon Care is a teletherapy practice for teens and young adults, providing quality mental health care from the convenience of home.

15. How I Built a Successful Digital Mortgage Startup in Canada

A fintech startup playbook by the CEO of Perch.

16. How to Succeed in Central America by a 22-Year-Old Business Dev Manager and Angel Investor

Do you ever look at the most successful business people and wonder how they managed to climb their way to the top? Was it luck, hard work, connections, or simply a knack for selling?

17. 5 Productivity Hacks to Get More Done as the Founder of a Startup

As a founder of a startup, chances are that you have one thing constantly going on in your mind: getting more work done.

18. Launching a Minimum Viable Product as a Non-Technical Founder

How to Launch a Minimum Viable Product as a Non-Technical Founder

19. 'RecycleSmart is Uber for Waste Management,' says Marco, CTO and Founder

Our Startup is called RecycleSmart and we are ‘Uber for Waste.‘ You book a pickup, prepare your (hard to recycle) waste, and we collect it and recycle.

20. 'The Atypical Background has Helped Me Think Out of Box': Rosa Sala, CEO of Nubart

Interview with Rosa Sala, CEO of Nubart, a card with unique codes that is changing the way museums and attractions approach digital audio-guides

21. "You Can Build a Strong Team That’s Remote From the Beginning" Carolyn Mooney, CEO, Nextmv

Nextmv is a Philadelphia startup of the year nominee, and their CEO and cofounder, Carolyn Mooney shares with us their origin story and remote culture secrets.

22. 'Nothing beats in-person interactions for building relationships,' says Ian Yip, CEO Avertro

Hackernoon interview with Ian Yip. Ian is the founder and CEO of Avertro, the Cyber-Why Company.

23. 4 Ways to Celebrate Company Successes and Milestones — Virtually

If you’re looking for ideas for being more creative or intentional about celebrating successes and milestones with remote teams, here are four tips.

24. 5 Reasons to Invest in Analytics For Your Startup Now

Data analytics are a startup's best friend, and here are five reasons why.

25. Data-Driven Validation for Business Ideas: A Step-by-Step Guide

Unlock the potential of data-driven validation for your side project. Discover how utilizing data insights drives informed decision-making and save some grief!

26. Why Data Governance is Vital for Data Management

Both data governance and data management workflows are critical to ensuring the security and control of an organization’s most valuable asset-data.

27. A Brief SEO Checklist for 1-Person Teams

Don't have hours to do SEO? Try to at least do everything on this checklist.

28. Bani Singh’s Journey From Building Side-Projects To Starting Her First Company

This story is a look into the transformation of a promising entrepreneur as well as the technological and social changes she is trying to make.

29. "Companies With Content Employees Thrive, And Clients Can Feel That", Brais Méndez, Docuten CEO

B​rais Méndez, CEO of Docuten, discusses the company's beginnings, what the future holds, and exciting innovations in digital signature and e-invoicing.

30. "Make Other Developers’ Lives Easier" Valerio Barbera, CTO at Inspector

The Inspector founder's story: a journey from developer to SaaS founder. How their software development tool is making developers' lives easier.

31. The Most Effective Way to Onboard a New Developer on Your Team

A new employee’s career at your company can be determined, to a reasonable extent, by how well their onboarding goes.

32. Growing Trend: Anti-Procrastination Device Market

Each of us happened to postpone important things for later, dragging out their implementation as much as possible, doing anything instead of them. Unable to explain to ourselves why we are doing this, we are tormented by guilty feelings because of the deadlines and the fact that again we let someone down.

33. Soluno Co-Founders Alan Tuback And Doug Dagworthy Are Here To Set A New Standard For Legal Software

Alan Tuback & Doug Dagworthy, co-founders Devlos Software and makers of Soluno, legal accounting share how they built a start-up with 100 years of experience.

34. Why Tech Startup Leaders Should Still Spend Some of their Time Coding

In this blog post, you'll learn why it's important for a manager to stay technical and how it can help grow your business.

35. Figthing the Bad Actors with Machine Learning: Startup Interview with Harsh Pandya, CEO Giant Oak

While working in the financial and government spaces, we saw a need across industries for enhanced entity screening processes that use AI and machine learning.

36. How Do You Build Software That Makes Money?

Learn what systems really make the money.

37. Who Needs a Seat at The Table For Your Enterprise Blockchain Company?

Do you have the right stakeholders at the table to begin having important conversations and contributing to key decisions?

38. Launching an Online Business: “Dogged” Approach is the Way to Go

By the time you’ve finished reading this article, I promise that you’ll understand how you can develop and turn your online business into a howling success.

39. Going From Idea to Client in 6 Weeks [Here's What We Did]

In January 2020, we met with about 45 companies. This enabled us to refine our vision (3 pivots in that month), understand our go-to-market, and start to build a list of potential clients. Once we felt confident about the product, we entered into full implementation mode.

40. Would your engineers recommend your company to others?

How likely are our customers to recommend our products to others? - a simple yet powerful tool customer service teams use to gauge and sense.

41. Six Types of Video Content Startups Can Leverage to Boost Growth

82% of users love to watch video content on Twitter, more than 500 million hours of video content is viewed on YouTube daily, and people spend their one-third of online time on watching videos, according to video marketing statistics.

42. Things to Keep in Mind When Creating a Health Mobile App

Health has always been the primary concern of humanity. This article will tell you how to create a mobile health app and make it available to everyone.

43. Building a Successful Product: Why User Experience Matters

What your customer will remember is how they felt while using the product, not how unique/different it was.

44. The Craze of On-Demand Apps: What Startups Need to Know

Learn about the types, market size, and latest trends in the world of on-demand apps.

45. How Craft Health is Driving Healthcare Innvovation Using 3D Printing

Craft Health is a healthcare company building the platform for personalized 3D printed healthcare.

46. How to Conduct a Job Interview

Stories of job interviews at large companies, ranging from unpleasant to weird or horrid, are very popular on dedicated forums.

47. Don't Have Time for the Things You Love? Here's How to Solve That

The surefire way to ensure you always have time for the things you love doin.

48. How To Set Up A Metaverse For Long-Term Success

Actionable tips to set up a metaverse company or project in the web3 blockchain space from Jonathan Cohen, Founder and CEO of MetaNept

49. How to Tell a Product Story (and Get an Enthusiastic Response)

Product storytelling is the buzzword most marketers are chasing, as a good product story has the potential to bring more sales and users and never fade away.

50. Top PR Tricks and Free Tools for Early Stage Startups

It can be hard for an early stage startup to get featured in tech news. But if hiring a PR manager will make a hole in the budget, what options do they have?

51. "Walk Down the Road of Life Without Fearing Anything" Max Azarov, CEO and Co-Founder, Novakid

Max Azarov, the CEO and Co-Founder of Novakid, a language learning platform, shares the origin story of the company and the value of their community.

52. "Learn How To Ride The Highs And Lows" Says Luis Perez, Remoov CEO

Luis Perez, talks about the importance of circular economy and sustainability, and how Remoov, Startup of the year nominee, came to be thanks to its role in it.

53. Motivation from Mathematics: Hire for Slope, not Y-Intercept

Forget about the y-intercept; slope is the only thing that matters in the long run.

54. The Qnum Analytics Team On Turning A Side Gig Into A Full Time Business

The team behind Qnum Analytics, tool leveraging AI to help businesses fix leaky inventory buckets, shares their origin story and what makes their team special.

55. On Fintech Trends and Contactless Technology: Startup Interview with Daumantas Barauskas

Daumantas Barauskas, COO of Genome, shares with us Genome's origin story, technology to be excited about and the future of fintech in the Startups interview.

56. 2 Ways to Effectively Manage Extra Work in a New Startup

Below we will discuss how to become more efficient daily. There are always mistakes in a new business, but hopefully, this can alleviate some of them.

57. 4 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset and Become a Better Leader

A growth mindset is an approach to life that welcomes mistakes, while learning new skills. Great leaders prioritize developing a growth mindset every day.

58. How to go From Idea to MVP

Simple steps to get an idea off the ground and start building momentum.

59. 7 Tips for Choosing a Web Design Agency

The corporate image of a company is everything in today's world. That is why when choosing a Web Design Agency it is important to take into account some basic r

60. 6 Main Reasons Why TechCrunch Won't Feature Your Startup - Part 1

Getting published on TechCrunch is like getting a golden ticket. But you have to learn from your mistakes before you get there.

61. 4 APIs Every Startup Should Know About

Your Startup is looking for ways to work more efficiently and improve your customer experience? This article shows you 4 APIs that can help you.

62. How Data-Driven Coaching Helps Employees Reach Their Potential

Data is everywhere. In the business world alone, we use it to track search engine traffic, monitor website activity, land sales, improve customer service.

63. Building a Strong Portfolio in the Early Stages of a Startup: Tips and Strategies

A startup team may fail to deliver a product but should not fail to deliver a portfolio of value.

64. "Listen to Your Parents More,"says myCashback CEO Sarun Vichayabhai

myCashback is the most innovative e-commerce startup in Asia. Learn more about it in this interview with the CEO.

65. Startup Interview with Raghul Ethiraj, CEO of deetz

Deetz allows small businesses to stand up against giants like Amazon.

66. 10 Promising Mobile Apps by Startups to Watch Out for in 2022

In 2021, the number of mobile app downloads reached 230 billion and is growing. Here are the 10 most promising start-ups apps that are rolling out in 2022.

67. Expanding Education: Interview with Ethan Adshade, founder of TEPHE

TEPHE empowers Los Angeles schools to partner with professionals & experts in their community and provide transformational experiences to their students.

68. If all startups were lean, would we ever get to Mars? 

Lean methodology is simple: identify value, and deliver it with as few steps as possible.

69. "Don’t fall into the trap of accepting average", advises Scott Wilson, Joticle CEO

Challenge yourself every day to be a more improved version of yourself each day and don’t fall into the trap of accepting average.

70. Top 3 Ways You Can Use Data Privacy Trends to Boost Your Growth

A robust data privacy and protection program can boost your sales by improving customer service and trust.

71. Exploring the CAP Theorem: The Ultimate Battle of Trade-Offs in Distributed Systems

Consistency, availability, and partition tolerance are the three musketeers of distributed systems. They ensure that your system operates correctly.

72. Startups Legal Advice discussion with Josh Ephraim, AMA on September 3rd, 9 am PST

Josh Ephraim is startup attorney and associate at Gunderson Dettmer, where he specializes in the representation of emerging growth companies throughout the corporate lifecycle.

Ask Josh anything now on Twitter and tune in for LIVE discussion on September 3rd, 9 am PST.

73. #FoundersConnect with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela & Former MD of Flutterwave

Peace interviews Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela on his career journey across various successful projects; mistakes, insights and much more.

74. 'Contemporaries Are Always Good for the Industry': Vijay Pravin, CEO of BitsCrunch

Vijay, Founder & CEO of bitsCrunch talks about the importance of securing the NFT ecosystem.

75. Exploring Pros and Cons of DAOs vs. Traditional Vertical Structures

In this article we compare the main pros and cons of the classical control system and DAO. Who will win?

76. How I Managed a Fund that Gave No Money, Took No Equity and Had an Exit

I managed a fund that gave no money, took no equity, and had an exit. Here's that story.

77. Healthy Conflict is Necessary in the Workplace

I have always been wowed by people’s irrational desire to avoid healthy conflicts at work. It seemed that their primary goal is not to achieve results but to treat each other politely. Everyone was super polite and courteous. We were not making pots and pans; we were celebrating the Day of Politeness.

78. 3 Tips for Conquering Your Fear of Delegation

In this article we will briefly discuss why that is so important and a few ways you can conquer your fear of delegating and help your business and you thrive!

79. Startup Advice: 3 Digital PR KPIs You Should Know

If you want to hire a good PR or just get a better understanding of what’s going on in your PR department, here are three digital PR KPIs you should know.

80. An Entrepreneur's Guide to Finding Growth Opportunities Through Customer-Discovery Research

Customer-discovery research is the only way to identify which strategy will work for your product or service.

81. Get Better at Using React Library And Continuous Deployment

How To Master React Library And Continuous Deployment

82. On Making The Internet A Safer Space: Inti De Ceukelaire, Head Of Hackers At Intigriti

Intigriti co-founder, Inti De Ceukelaire, shares their origin story, what makes him excited about his job, and the technology he is currently excited about.

83. 9 Best Practices for Email List Management

Wondering how to increase ROI from your email list? Here, we are sharing some tried-and-tested tips on and practices on managing email list like a pro.

84. Wannie Park, Zen Ecosystems CEO, On Current Energy Infrastracture And Circular Economy

Zen Ecosystems, Startups of the year nominee, provides sustainable energy solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. Here's an interview with their CEO.

85. The Noonification: The Case for Rho-Calculus in AI (2/3/2023)

2/3/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

86. 3 reasons growth-focused tech companies need PR during a down economy

Using PR during a down economy is essential for growth-minded tech companies

87. Launch Your Startup Idea in a Day

Time is money, especially with startups. Check out how easy it can be to launch your startup idea using Render Unified Cloud

88. Thomas Biodun, Manager at TDPel Media, advises to "start immediately without delay"

TDPel Media offers original news content and covers general news, politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, lifestyle, culture, comedy, etc.

89. Lessons from Greek Mythology: How Hephaestus' Story Can Help You Build a Successful Tech Company

Discover the inspiring story of Hephaestus, the Greek god of technology and blacksmiths, and how his journey provides valuable insights for creators.

90. Understanding Startups Growth for Better Management

Once you begin your startup business, then comes the toughest part! To sustain and grow to a leading organization by managing the same with some brilliant ideas. Many of the leading management gurus have written a lot about how to achieve the same.

91. Why Should You Startup?

myPluto helps small teams, young entrepreneurs and ,aspiring product managers to navigate the development of their first product in a structured manner.

92. 'Time is the Most Valuable Resource': Michael Skoblov, CEO of BITLEVEX

Startup interview with Micheal Skoblov, founder and CEO of BITLEVEX.

[93. Go-Daddy Gone Wrong: What Happens to Your Domain if

Your Co-Owner Dies?](https://hackernoon.com/thats-a-no-go-daddy-what-happens-to-your-domain-if-your-co-owner-dies-or-flies-off-the-handle) One day you receive a call from a mutual friend and hear unbelievable stories, when your friend is out of his mind, and harms himself, and others.

94. The Most Valuable Business Advice I Ever Received

Mason Pelt describes the best business advice he has gotten.

95. How to Create an Employee Engagement Plan: The Key to a Happy Staff

Make your employee incentive plan focused on each team member because your staff can only succeed when the incentives resonate with them.

96. Startup Interview with Itamar, CEO, Anzu.io

Operating across mobile, PC, and console platforms, Anzu blends real-world brand ads directly into video games, esports tournaments, and live streams.

97. These 5 B2B Sales Strategies Will Help You Close More Deals

Over the years, the dynamics of sales have changed completely. Salespersons are not in charge of the buying process anymore — customers are!

98. "Software Management Is A Challenge For Every Company Of Every Size," David Campbell, Tropic CEO

Tropic wants you to fall in love with procurement. See how this startup is transforming an underserved industry in an interview with their CEO, David Campbell.

99. 7 Tips for Co-founder Dating Success

As someone who went through the co-founder dating process (and emerged with a fantastic partner), I thought I’d share a few “real dating world" tips.

100. How to Find the Best Growth Marketer for Your Startup

Looking to grow your startup? Hire the right growth marketer with our helpful tips and tricks. Learn what to look for in a growth marketer.

101. Back on the Market: Could It Be Time to Sell Your Small Business?

Read on as we evaluate the challenges of small business management post-pandemic and decide whether it could be time for you to say goodbye to your venture.

102. How to Use Airtable as a CMS for a Startup

Lear how you can speed up the process of product creation and how you can create an admin panel in the shortest possible time with Airtable

103. How to Name Your Startup

I’ve always found naming things to be particularly challenging.  That is because a bad name is way worse than a good name is good - naming your car the “No-Go” (as the Chevy Nova was in Spanish) is far worse than a decent name like the Passat is good.  Naming is, unfortunately, a negative sum game.

104. How Kuda Bank Grew From Zero to Millions of Users

Peace interviews Bradley Want, the VP of Growth at Kuda Bank.

105. Why SMEs Should Opt for Managed Kubernetes

106. 5 Easy Steps to Name Your Startup Business

When you’re starting out as an entrepreneur you may not think twice about your startup name, but a brand name has the power to make or break your business.

107. Building Strategic Partnerships: A 5-Step Guide for Early Stage Startups

Entering into strategic partnerships in the early stages of your startup can often do more for your brand than an outright acquisition.

108. Startup Interview with Oona Rokyta, CEO and Co-Founder, Lance

Lance is the first financial guidance account for creators and flexible workers.

109. Startups Don't Need NDAs: 5 reasons Why Nobody Will Steal Your Idea

Startups often ask to sign an NDA before sharing any metrics with VCs. Here are top five reasons why this is generally a bad idea.

110. Startups: Why You Shouldn't Be Afraid to Launch a Project in a Bear Market

Despite the bear market startups should not turn off their projects in the crypto industry and Web 3.0. A few tips for projects on how to start in a bear market

111. Meet the Entrepreneur: Guy Melamed, CEO, Exberry

Guy Melamed is the co-founder and CEO of Exberry, the exchange technology pioneer revolutionizing marketplaces.

112. "Blockchain has the Ability to Raise Billions out of Poverty" Rahkeem Morris, Syrg Co-Founder & CEO.

Syrg is empowering both employers and employees using automation tools. Their CEO shares the fascinating origin story and explains their covid pivot.

113. Why You Should Be Building in This Crypto Winter

The bull market favors investors that take good advantage of the bear market to accumulate assets at cheaper prices.

114. The Only Metric That Matters in Business

Most people pay too much attention to their profits and not enough to their cash flow. Read on to learn why cash flow is the key metric in business.

115. David Horesh on Marketing Optimization, Importance of MultiLayer Touchpoints, & Tik Tok For Startups

B2B marketing is all about constantly navigating multiple touchpoints and discovering platforms to achieve maximum efficiency.

116. What the Data Science Hierarchy of Needs Says About Your AI Maturity Level

Understanding your organization’s current level of AI adoption and readiness - your AI maturity level - is critical for putting together a plan to gradually pro

117. How to Get Press Coverage for Your Startup in 2023

A brief guide for startup founders looking to get some media exposure.

118. 7 Ways to Optimize User Experience on Your Website

Improve your traffic by focusing on the quality of your user's experiences. The following instructions are the initial stage of that journey.

119. Crisis Layoffs are Leadership Opportunities: Equity Examples at Carta, Airbnb, and Moovit

For CEOs, letting go of employees is always one of the most difficult parts of the job. It is all the harder when layoffs are the result of external circumstances over which companies have no control, like the current global health crisis. As a result of the shrinking economy, many companies have had to make very difficult staffing reduction decisions.

120. Believing in the Power of Ideas: Startup Interview With Paul Wilcox

Co-founder of The Hatchit Marketplace talks about their buy and sell platform for online businesses and why they are excited about the benefits of AI.

121. How To Write a Manifesto

Marzee Labs has launched its Manifesto on its website two years ago. The decision of writing it and the whole process we went through to get there was pretty cool and we wanted to tell you all about it. It made sense to be a team effort, so we brainstormed our way through it on a sunny and hot summer Saturday in Setúbal, Portugal, home of our designers.

122. The Best Way to Measure Real KPIs? - DON'T Add a Link to your Product

How many people will click to check out the website shouldn't matter when you are trying to validate a product.

123. Hidden Costs of Starting a Small Business

If you own a small business, limiting your costs is just as important as maximizing your revenue.

124. How to Avoid Burning $80K+ on Tech Events: 10 Tips for Exhibiting Your Startup Efficiently

Learn how to exhibit at startup events and tech conferences – and get the most out of your time and money!

125. The Basics Of Customer Acquisition For Startups

Turning your idea into a real product or business takes real people as users or customers. The goal of this article is to help you validate (or grow) your business by reliably sending relevant visitors to signup for your product or service.

126. Hacking the Way Business is Done With Diversity [Infographic]

Understanding how diversity should properly be represented through business and the supply chain.

127. Firing QA Testers Is the Biggest Mistake You’ll Make All Year

You wouldn’t edit your own work for a critical business presentation, so why should developers be expected to test their own code? A second set of eyes is key,

128. How Cutting Cloud Costs Can Help Startup Fundraising

One key way that startups can become more attractive to investors is by reducing their burn rate — the rate at which they are spending money.

129. The Importance Of Staying Humble And Strong Company Culture: Stephen Goldberg, HarperDB CEO

Harper DB is a startups of the year nominee from Denver, Colorado. Stephen Goldberg, CEO, shares the origin story and what makes their company culture relevant.

130. How to get Funding for Your Startup

If you are a startup looking for funding, it can be difficult to know where to begin with all the options available.

131. 3 Business Lessons We (Re)Learned (Re)Watching Moneyball at Waydev

To help soothe the shock of returning to work after the holidays, we've started a new tradition over at Waydev and kick off the year with a good movie or two. Since it had to be something both entertaining and inspiring, we chose to go with a classic: Moneyball, the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt.

132. How Do You Measure Success? Downloads, Traction, and Revenue

MyValet updates car parking and car services to the 21st century. No more paper, no more stamps, no more cash.

133. SOC 2 for Startups: Save Time and Money In The Long Run

There is no better time for startups to undergo a SOC 2 Examination. See the top reasons how a SOC 2 audit can boost your startup.

134. The Importance of Social Media Analytics

Nowadays, brands have discovered that social media is an indispensable cog in their golden wheel of success. As such, the activities that take place on every social media platform needs to be kept in check by these brands to maximize profit. Social media analytics helps you keep tabs on the progress of your marketing strategy as well as the welfare of your clients and competitors.

135. How Good UX Designers Can Rescue Your Startup

The biggest mistakes startup founders are making and real reasons why compromising on UX is detrimental to the success of your business.

136. What Does Good PR Support Look Like for Startups and Small Businesses?

No doubt everyone nowadays has an opinion whenever a startup needs PR or not. There are tons of advice. However, the questions still stand.

137. 4 Tips SaaS Founders can use to Optimize their Sales Funnel

This article will show you 4 tactics for optimizing your SaaS sales funnel

138. Why JavaScript Should Be Your Technology For Startups in 2022

Startups choose JavaScript as main technology in 2022 thanks to impressive number of frameworks, its libraries and third-party APIs integrations.

139. The Art and Science of Crafting a Job Position in the Startup Stage

When hiring, especially for start-ups, you can and should collaboratively design a position that honors your colleague's aspirations.

140. From Startup to F@*kup: How To Protect Your Online Reputation

Reputational problems hit startups more painfully than established companies. And the matter may not be limited to only a scandal - the business often fails.

141. How a Ukrainian Startup CodeGym Managed to Enter a New Market During the War

Our company faced enormous challenges when the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine started.

142. 4 Ways How Entrepreneurs Make A Mess of Their Public Relations

I recently spoke to a Malaysian CEO with over 20 years of experience in technology and running multinational brands. We spoke at length about public relations and he felt that it was not a smart decision at the moment, since his new startup was only 18 months old.

143. To Remote Work or Not to Remote Work? That is the Question 🤔

Every once in a while people approach me and ask what it takes to start working remotely, so I figured I could turn my talk into a short post.

144. Scarcity Mentality May Be Stopping You From Seeing the Size of the Pie

The market for ideas (the pie) is bigger than we can imagine. PIEces of the pie are bigger than we can imagine, so don't let people say it's small.

145. How Blogging is the Best Way to Build Audience and Grow Your Startup

Find out how blogging can help founders quickly solve many marketing challenges and acquisitions by effectively creating content that can solve common problems.

146. Integrating Your Sales and Marketing Teams Will Save Your Company Millions of Dollars

Sales and marketing departments are closely connected and it's impossible to increase revenue without building interaction between them. Learn 3 ways to do it.

147. Business Planning Software is Essential To Elevate Your Start-Up Journey

Business planning is key to a succesfull business and using a software will make it more effective. Learn 3 reasons to use a business planning software.

148. Understanding What VC Funds Are and How They Make Money

How do VC funds decide to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in startups, where they get the money from, and how does a VC firm make money?

149. Over 90% of Startups Fail, So it is Difficult for Banks to Commit Millions

BBVA launched BBVA Spark in July 2022, its comprehensive financial services proposal for innovative companies in their various stages of growth.

150. The Right Way to Build Things is to Build Things

A few nights ago, I used the wrong pan to make dinner.

151. The Business of Helping Build Businesses

This goes out to freelancers and those who run professional service companies. Are you building a business or helping others build theirs? It can be both. But that requires awareness, caution, and focus.

152. Is SEO One Giant Scam of a Job?

Those claiming to be an “SEO” probably provide little marketing value

153. How to Approach Strategic Planning When the Sky is Falling

Can you remember when you used to gather in person with your team to define your roadmap and reassess your company’s collective priorities? Every quarter, our team at Pillar VC convenes for a strategic planning session to decide how we’ll invest our time and energy in the months ahead; last week, we held this meeting for the first time over Zoom. While we’ve only been working remotely for a few weeks, it feels like the world around us has changed at lightning speed.

154. Pitching VCs? Use This Reverse Psychology Trick To Get Funded

You’re planning a big adventure — skydiving or swimming with the sharks, for example — you’ve probably got the details mapped out.

155. Monetizing Intellectual Property: A Startup's Path to Revenue Generation

The options for monetizing an IP can be daunting. Here are a few ways that startups can go about choosing the IP monetization that's right for them.

156. Should You Get Copyright, Patent, or Trademark to Protect Your Million-Dollar Business Idea?

People have the tendency to be lax when it comes to protecting their intellectual property. When you’re in the process of developing and brainstorming for different business ideas, it may be hard to see the value of what you’re making if it isn’t tangible yet.

157. Creating a Winning VC Fund Strategy: Tips and Best Practices

A breakdown of vital steps that startup founders can take to position their products a valuable investment objects.

158. Increase Your Onboarding Conversion by Over 20% with These Techniques

Everything you need to know to drastically improve your SaaS onboarding completion rates.

159. Working with Startups: Factors that are Important for an IT Specialist Today

IT specialists & startups: what is vital for tech candidates today?

160. How Your Startup Can Benefit From Lead Generation Landing Pages

Usually, when people write about landing pages, they tend to write about those pages that come at the very bottom of the purchasing funnel – the converting money pages, so to say. And this is perfectly understandable.

161. 7 Tips for Successful Startup Launch

If you've never started a business, you might be a little scared the first time around. Mainly because it requires a lot of work and planning. Furthermore, only about half of all activities last longer than five years.

162. 3 Questions That Can Help You To Generate Great Startup Ideas

Is there a repeatable process for coming up with new and good startup ideas? In this post, we distill insights from great founders and technologists, like Eric Yuan of Zoom, Marc Andreesen, Ben Horowitz, etc and share three simple questions you can ask yourself to generate startup ideas worth pursuing.

163. 6 Entrepreneurial Tips For First-Time Entrepreneurs

People aspiring to become successful entrepreneurs must try and follow certain tips that can give them their desired success.

164. Your Favorite Investor's Update: Flipside March 2020

VC1: “Didn’t get a chance to say so last week, but this is the best update I’ve read since the start of COVID.”

165. Experience vs. Expense? Hiring Strategy 101 — For New Entrepreneurs

Most of you would agree that building a successful business is contingent on hiring the right people. Product, price, and market matter, but without the right team in place, even companies with incredible potential can stall out. However, most startup founders focus heavily on “what” they’re building, without a similar amount of attention being paid to “who” they plan to build it with.

166. Getting Traction: Solid Guide To Quickly Build A Brand

Every startup in its early stages is going to think about building brand awareness, why? Well, brand awareness is an essential tool that is going to let the world know about your brand and the work you do. Sometimes this is all that you need when you are working on your startup because having a proper brand is going to mean that you get recognized easily and you get more revenue.

167. "Investors Expect a Company to Own Its IP," Josh Ephraim, Attorney (AMA)

Josh Ephraim is startup attorney and associate at Gunderson Dettmer, where he specializes in the representation of emerging growth companies throughout the corporate lifecycle. In Ask Me Anything session with Hacker Noon community, Josh shared his expertise on startups scene, startups legal issues and more!

168. How to Code an Escrow Smart Contract: The Secured Approach

In this tutorial, you will learn how to code an Escrow smart contract step by step, you will also get to understand why it is important for you to learn.

169. Find a Hard Metric From the Start

To succeed at sales, you need to know the value of your product.

170. Hiring IT-specialists For Tech Startups in a Financial Crisis

Let's see are the ways for tech startups to survive during the crisis and expand their IT teams.

171. Advice for Founders During Uncertain Times

Having been in the VC business for 22 years now, we have had the misfortune of living through at least two major downturns. While each has its own unique characteristics, there are a few lessons that may be relevant in responding to the latest crisis.

172. Startup Interview with Bryan Schuldt, Tability Co-founder

Tability is a focus and accoun'tability' tool for businesses, looking to align on business goals, stay focused, and measure impact in a more meaning way.

173. Should Business Owners be Investing in Facial Recognition?

As a business owner, security is, for sure, one of the most important things you need to have in place. And so you go searching for security companies to offer you the best service. Most security companies today will not only provide you a guard but reinforce that with some technological solutions. These are CCTVs, sensors, electric rails, smart heavy doors, and, most recently, facial recognition for personalized service devices.

174. RiseUp, NBA of Fintech, Measuring Goals, and Productivity Tips

An Interview with a Fintech founder on scaling a product, measuring goals and practical productivity tips.

175. Effective Time-Saving Advice for Small Businesses

An increase in productivity will almost always translate to an increase in revenue for the organization. These tips can help your business save time.

176. Conquer Work With The "One Channel" Method

Tom works in the estimating department of a mid-sized plumbing contractor. As he walks in the door Tuesday morning, he gets hit with the following:

177. 4 Business Lessons From the Failure of Wework - The 47 Billion Dollar ‘Tech’ Company

2019 was a rough year for the co-working space company WeWork. At the beginning of the year it was valued at a whopping 47 billion dollars, making it the fourth highest valued startup in the world and at the end it was valued at less than 8 billion dollars by its biggest investor.

178. 7 B2B Social Media Strategies for Marketing Boring, but Necessary, Products

Master the art of B2B social media marketing for boring industries in unexpected ways.

179. The First Major Challenge HR Managers Face is Retaining Top Talent

A major challenge for startup HR is attracting and retaining top talent. Many startups focus on output instead of employee performance, which results in a lack of engagement and motivation. When employees feel that their work is not valued, they often leave the company for better opportunities elsewhere. Developing and nurturing a talent pipeline can solve these challenges. Startups must also take care to ensure that their employees are aligned with the company's vision. This requirescareful planning and in-house training programs for all employees.

180. The Default State is Failure - Don't Give Up!

In 2018, I built a team of 21 product managers, designers, and researchers to build a digital gym. Find out what we learned about human nature.

181. Why Hiring Globally Diverse Talent Will Make You More Likely to Succeed

A 2018 study by BCG found that companies with diverse management teams generate 19% more revenue through innovation than management teams with below-average diversity scores.

182. A Practical PR Guide for New Startups

At a startup and not sure where to get started with PR? Want to understand how it works before doing it? Voila, a practical PR guide for new startups!

183. The Difference Between B2B and B2C Marketing Strategy

I believe there is no meaningful difference in marketing strategy between B2B and B2C. I'd go so far as saying those who think these are strategically delineate

184. From blueprint to construction : How to build a Startup

The road to success is always under construction. And nine 9 out of 10 roads trying to merge onto it wind up with “Road closed” sign on them.

185. Entrepreneurs: It Takes One to Know One

It takes an entrepreneur to know one.

186. 6 Books To Supercharge Your Startup Journey And Entrepreneurial Skills

This time of the year typically involves cocktails at rooftop bars, stunning city views, vacations in quaint European countries, or relaxing on the beach with a book. While the first three may be off limits this year, reading is one pleasure we can still enjoy. Most entrepreneurs we know are voracious readers, so we decided to round up a list of books that will make Summer 2020 more enjoyable and productive. Whether you’re headed to the beach, the mountains or the living room, these six books are bound to offer good ideas and a dose of inspiration.

187. Five Life Hacks That Help Your Crypto Startup Get Its First Users For Free.

Knowing where to publish info about your new crypto startup and successfully building an audience on that platform is key to sucessfully building up a userbase

188. Practical Tips for Better Tech Events

We've all been there: You signed up for a tech event, grabbed an Uber, spent 2 hours listening to talks, 1 hour networking, and went home with absolutely nothing tangible to prove it was worthwhile.

189. My College Startup Failed; This is What I Learned

College is a great place, you make new friends, try new things, and have no shortage of homework. During my freshman year at Iowa State, aside from doing normal college things, I spent my time learning as much as possible about how people have made technology solve problems for society and everything that goes into making these ideas a reality.

190. Startup Wrappers Can Be Insanely Valuable

SaaS businesses (particularly ones for technical users) sometimes have to deal with a vocal outcry that their product “is just a wrapper around” something. The implication is that ‘a wrapper’ is inherently not valuable, and it’s impossible to build a great business around such a product. This logic is a product of lazy thinking and myopia; ‘wrappers’ can be insanely valuable.

191. A Guide on Disaster Recovery for IT Systems

Modern organizations need complex IT infrastructures to provide goods and services at the expected levels. Any malfunctioning component can have damning effects

192. The Novice's Guide To Side-Hustles

I don’t know about you but in my view, work culture seems to have taken a 360- degree turn since the time I got into the workforce in 2012. For years before that, I saw people stay in the same job for years.

193. 3 Examples of Lead Generation Activities For B2B & SaaS Companies

Here are some examples of innovative lead generation activities that will skyrocket your sales in 2020.

  1. Triggered Messages From Chatbots 🤖

194. Crypto Telegram Detox: The Only 7 Telegram Channels You Need in 2023

Get rid of useless telegram channels that shill crypto scams and ads. Here you'll find the list of 7 best telegram channels for crypto and web3.

195. Startup Interview with Edris Bemanian, Engage3 CEO

Engage3 will transform the way that products are bought and sold by bringing human values into pricing decisions.

196. Busting the ‘Overnight Success’ Myth in Startups

Publications love to bombard us with stories of entrepreneurs who find instant success. The problem is “instant success” simply doesn’t happen.

197. What Startups Can Learn From 5 Security Trends that Didn’t Exist 5 Years Ago

Technology is evolving at an incredibly fast pace. An analog world wasn’t that long ago, when phones stayed on the wall, the internet was in its infancy, and seamless global connection seemed distant. Yet now we can summon cars from the mini computers in our pockets, jump on a real-time video call with someone across the world, and have our refrigerators order our groceries.

198. Startup Interview with Muhammad Bilal, BreatheIO - CEO/Founder

My startup is called BreatheIO which is a Smart Air Purifier, that utilizes the power of Artificial Intelligence to reduce and control the Air Pollution

199. 3 Ways To Make Sure Your Startup Isn’t Successful

Startups that focus on the wrong priorities are likely to fail.

200. Decentralized Crowdfunding: A New Way of Funding Seed Stage Startups

Many decentralized funding platforms are emerging that are helping new startups raise funding for their business by tokenizing the business ownership.

201. How to Create a “Killer Pitch Deck”

How to build a 'Killer Deck' investment presentation.

202. Top 5 Challenges For Indie Hackers

It's a tough lifestyle being a solo indie hacker. Here are some of the hardest parts.

203. Prioritization Techniques Created by President Eisenhower

A universally applicable yet straightforward to understand tool can help you make sense of task priority. When you are swamped with work, ask this tool.

204. Theo Priestley, Founder Metapunk, on Building the Cultural & Societal Revoultion for Metaverse

Metapunk is helping brands and organizations navigate this revolution, building out new monetization and marketing opportunities in the metaverse.

205. Startup Interview with Dmitry Bubnov, CEO Of ENBISYS

ENBISYS CEO shares his tips on running software development company and how his team manages to stay abreast of technology development.

206. Why Startups May Fail to Get Funding in 2022

If you want to start your business but don't know where to get capital, you need to find out who the investors are and why they are ready to sponsor startups.

207. Deploying Your First ML Model to Production? Here’s What You Need to Know

Building a production-ready ML solution requires more than just tinkering with algorithms, as data sourcing and handling can be a major challenge.

208. Perfecting The Art Of Investor Updates: How-to Guide And A Template

Our investor update guide includes a template and best practices, including why you should send updates before you even have investors.

209. How To Do Brand Journalism Right: Insights and Ideas

According to the Content Marketing Institute, 96% of the most successful B2B content marketers state that readers regard companies as a trusted resource before making decisions. Well, that’s a heavy number if you ask me.

210. Thriving Amidst Giants: A Guide for Small Players Entering the LLM Search Engine Market

This article briefly explains what language models are and how small players in this exciting space can build sustainable products.

211. 7 ‘Dud Tips’ for Companies Entering the US Market

Andrew Grechkin, founder of KIDDIO, explains universal headaches as well as US-specific startup mistakes.

212. How to Tell Your Product’s Story in Compelling Visuals: Advice for Startups on a Budget

A great video can be worth a thousand words – particularly for showcasing your product. Learn how to make engaging videos for your startup on a budget!

213. Top 5 Tips to Pitch Your Way Into Startup Accelerators

Wondering how to get your startup into top startup accelerators like Y-Combinator and Techstars? Here are some tips that will help your application stand out

214. "Stay Curious - Keep Asking Why" Caroline Vrauwdeunt, CEO & Founder, Of Map Your City

Interview with Caroline Vrauwdeunt, CEO & Founder of Map Your City, a startup of the year nominee, on building company, technology she's excited about and more.

215. How to Make Your First Developer Relations Hire in 2022

Hiring a developer relations/advocate is difficult. It's even harder to be the first DevRel in the company. My colleagues share their experience

216. Riddhiman Das, CEO TripleBlind, on Breaking Data Monopolies

TripleBlind has created a new data privacy solution that enables highly-regulated enterprises to share data without ever decrypting it.

217. Should You Ride the Hype-Train to Launch your Startup Faster?

Do you want to create a startup but are lacking an idea? Have you noticed a trend but don’t know how to capitalize on it? Maybe you wonder why are so many new billion-dollar tech companies popping up every year?

218. Startup Legal Due Diligence: A Brief Guide for Investors and Founders

The guide centers on the legal aspects of due diligence (DD) and outlines the 10 most common mistakes.

219. 'Climate Change is By Far the Biggest Change of Our Time': Lubomila Jordanova, CEO Plan A

Plan A’s science-based, one-stop SaaS platform helps companies to decarbonise their operations.

220. The Goals of Software Design

A misguided software design can hurt both the business and the technology. It is therefore vital to understand an organizations goals and optimize accordingly.

221. Rethinking the Hiring Process: How to to Stand Out and Delight Your Candidates

In this hiring climate, you need to differentiate to attract candidates.

222. A Path to a Successful IoT Startup

There are so many industries that are flourishing today, but we’d say the most promising area is anything connected with the IoT — the Internet of Things. Why? Because IoT is taking over more and more areas of our lives, starting from the simple act of connecting your phone to your TV set. For this reason, let’s take a look at:

223. Worried About Recent Layoffs? Bit.com is Looking For Talent and Plans to Double its Workforce

The second-largest crypto options exchange, Bit.com aims to double its workforce amidst layoffs.

224. Debunking the Top 5 PR Myths

Getting press coverage for your startup can be tricky. Avoid these 5 PR misconceptions.

225. Your Complete Guide To Venture Capital Funding For Startups

Venture Capital is an institutional investment made into early-stage startup companies. If you want the investment, you need to work on a growth plan.

226. Three Non-Obvious Fundraising Tips from the Startup Veterans Behind Lovevery

When friends Jessica Rolph and Rod Morris partnered to launch Lovevery in 2015, the two founders already had massive success stories under their belts.

Jessica previously had a successful exit from organic baby food company Happy Family, which she founded. Rod helped take SaaS utility platform Opower public as part of the company’s leadership team.

Despite their wealth of past experience, Jessica and Rod had plenty to learn when fundraising for Lovevery, a subscription business that puts sustainable, science-backed play kits into the hands of parents. As parents themselves, Jessica and Rod knew their idea had legs when they began working on it — but they still felt “very vulnerable” during the fundraising process, according to Jessica.

“With the success we had in the raises, on the outside they [seemingly] came easily,” Jessica says. “But on the inside, getting to that place where you have momentum is hard.”

As they grew Lovevery, they found fundraising successfully was all about the timing. On an episode of How I Raised It, Jessica and Rod shared the lessons that came from raising $32 million for Lovevery over three funding rounds.

227. The Hacker's Guide to Growth Marketing

Sean Ellis (Dropbox’s first marketer) first coined the term “growth Hacker” to mean “​​creative, collaborative idea generation and problem-solving".

228. Spain Has a Brain Drain and Talent Exodus Problem: How Can We Solve It?

Spain has a brain drain issue. Here's how startups can help.

229. Mistakes I Made While Building an EdTech Startup With 400K Active Users

Back in 2017, I became a CEO of an EdTech startup. With no prior experience, I made mistakes almost from the very beginning.

230. Coronavirus Resources for DevTools Startups

Large or small, over the past few months all organizations have been impacted by COVID-19 in one way or another. For startups with limited resources and small teams, adjusting to the downturn has been especially difficult. As we collectively adjust to the new normal, Heavybit has been collaborating with industry experts and experienced leaders to learn what teams can do to weather uncertain times more effectively and develop educational COVID resources for startups.

231. How Having Growth Mindset Can Help Growing Your Marketing

How companies can benefit from a growth mindset.

232. The Entrepreneurs' Guide to Better Sleep and Productivity

Sleep is vital for the human body to function. So why does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that more than one-third of professionals aren’

233. How Early Stage Startups Can Leverage Startup Incubators

A Startup Incubator is a collaborative organisation designed to support new startups that are looking to validate their formed product vision.

234. Startup Interview with Doug Brouse, Equispheres' VP Strategic Partners & Alliances

Equispheres produces high-performance metal powders for additive manufacturing that will shake up production in the automotive, aerospace, and defense sectors.

235. B2B Tech Startups That Ignore Multi-Cloud Restrict Their Customer Reach Opportunities

The pitfalls of building a B2B solution on only one cloud platform is that the application design becomes rigid and makes it difficult to later extend it to support other cloud providers.

236. Startup Interview with Sébastien Marion, Founder & CEO of Kasaz

The real estate portal of the future: Kasaz. The Proptech that'll change the way to sell or buy a property in Europe

237. Get a Job in Tech: Flo's Experience as CEO

Florian Narr is CEO of KLIXPERT.io a Growth Marketing Company.

238. Engaging with Customers in the Early Stages of a Startup

In the early stages of startup development, teams run the risk of advancing too quickly as they obtain limited data about their early customers.

239. This is Why Your Startup is Failing

Top 5 failure reasons for the majority of startups.

240. Upselling and Cross-selling: Boosting Tech Sales in a Changing Economy

241. AI and Chatbots in Content Marketing: 4 Applications to Try in 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots continue to grow in popularity.

242. VCs & Founders Note: ChatGPT/LLM Is a Huge Step Forward - Here's Why

Key learning points for founders and VCs on implementing LLM AI. And a framework on how to do the same for your startup (or portfolio)

243. Trusting Business Process Even In Its Darkest Hour To Come Out On Top

In your first or second years in business, you might not make money, but if you see the potential in the industry, and trust what you’re selling, have patience.

244. I Chose Emergency Healthcare After Losing My Friends in a Terrorist Attack: CEO Xena Vision

Next Generation Emergency Recognition Technology of Brave New World! There is nothing more precious than having a second chance to live!

245. Startup Interview with Shachar Tal, Loginno Co-Founder

Hackernoon's startup interview with Shachar Tal, Loginno's co-founder.

246. 4 Ways Startups Can Use Tech and Automation to Be More Efficient

Your startup has become too big for your staff to handle day-to-day business operations on their own. To scale your business and gain a competitive advantage, you will need to automate your business. With the evolution of the IT landscape, businesses can now choose from a wide array of automated tools. Apart from being cost-effective, they will help you minimize costs and help your team get more work done in less time.

247. On Prioritizing Quality In CBD Industry, Jim Higdon, co-founder of Cornbread Hemp

Cornbread Hemp is the only CBD brand in America to offer Flower-Only™, full spectrum, USDA organic CBD products. Founded in 2019, family-owned and crowdfunded.

248. How NFTs Fuel Innovative Businesses

NFT technology has created innovative businesses. We outline a few successful ones so that you can create your own business opportunities.

249. What Leaders Can do to Encourage Learning and Development

An organization's success depends not only on current capabilities but on the team's ability to grow and adapt. And this is facilitated by its leaders.

250. Developing Post-COVID Recognition Culture in Organizations

As Yash woke up from his alarm tone, he rushed to get his laptop and quickly wore a clean shirt and a tie before even freshening up. The daily sprint update meeting was about to start in a minute. He swiftly chose a quiet corner in the house and sat in front of the screen, ready to report to his manager. Followed by 6-8 hours of working on his project and simultaneously managing the household chores, he dozed off early to start the same cycle again tomorrow.

251. The Role of Change in a Pitch Deck Answering the "Why Now?" Question

A successful pitch starts with a well-thought-out pitch deck. And the "Why now" section is arguably one of the most important aspects of that deck.

252. How to Find X When Your Product + X = Success

Have product? Want to not fail at product management? Quick, here are some tips!

253. What is a 409a Valuation and How Do You Get One?

This article was prepared to help you in choosing the right and top 409A valuation providers.

254. Every Team is Made Up of These 4 Personality Types

The PDIG framework covers the way people work together.

255. 5 Things to Consider Before Joining a Startup

Thinking of changing your career by stepping into the startup scene? Here are a few things to consider before joining a risky early-stage venture.

256. 5 Key Tips for Raising Funds in a Niche Industry

5 Tips for fundraising in a niche industry from personal experience building a dating app for Africans

257. How We Applied Twice for the Same YCombinator Batch

Back in September, we were iterating on many ideas. We had come up with a 2-day invalidation process to make sure that we were not wasting too much time on bad ideas.

258. What Are Some Simple Ways to Find Out if Your Business Idea Is Any Good?

With the help of digital technologies, it will be easier for any startup to constantly research its audience, interests, and current needs.

259. On Empowering Community Financial Institutions: Interview with Har Rai Khalsa, MK Decision's CEO

An interview with the founder of MK Decision, a San Diego-based startup, where Har Rai Khalsa shares the origin story, the motivation, and company culture.

260. How to Preserve Your Remote Company Culture

Promoting socializing, resisting surveillance, and hosting idea sessions can help to preserve your remote company culture.

261. The Importance of Focusing on User Experience

10 years. For 10 years I have been working with data. I still remember those first days when we didn’t even have that much data to work with, then Google Analytics came in and changed the way we track users. I remember the rise of apps and the attribution tools that followed to help us understand how the user found us. Compared to 10 years ago, we have become even more clueless about our users, and the worst part is that we still make decisions based on emotions – despite having so much data to support us.

262. Product Designer's Playbook: 3 Ways to Create a Successful Design Team

My experience creating a successful design team at a early stage startup by Aysha Samrin

263. How to Write a Thorough Grant Funding Proposal for a Small Business

Regardless of the small business, numerous grants of all sizes are up for grabs if you can persuade gifters through a well-written proposal. Find out how here!

264. How to Hustle Your Way to 1.5 Million Newsletter Subscribers

This article takes you through the growth journey of The Hustle and the lessons that startups can learn from their growth over the years and how to apply them.

265. 8 Ways Startups Are Changing The Way Businesses Work

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company.

266. Understanding the Difference Between SaaS and Traditional B2B Software Models

Get a clear understanding of the differences between SaaS and traditional B2B software models. Discover which model is right for your business needs.

267. 10 Features For A Successful Community: An Open Letter

If you’re like us, you probably have some unread red-dot notifications in your Slack sidebar. Work-related, a few are from social groups or communities

268. Patent Search: The First Step in Your Patent Application Process

Is my invention patentable?

269. My 17 Years of Tech Experience In A Few Lines

I've been working in technology for the last 17 years, and I cannot help but admit that — as rewarding as this industry seems — it's a never-ending race with time, and the speed at which the disruptive becomes outdated is unparalleled.

270. Mentor Vs. Developer: The Best Option to Hire When You Want to Launch Your Dream Project

Mentor or Developer: The best option when you want to kickstart your dream project or your career in coding.

271. 5 Things I’ve Learnt From Working at Web3 Startups

Funded by VCs, the promise of remote work and lots and lots of networking parties- sounds like quite a dream right? Kinda. But also not really.

272. Protecting Your Company from Growing Risks of Software Supply Chain Attacks

Software supply chain attacks are an emerging threat in the cybersecurity world. How can you protect your company against these attacks? Find out here.

273. 7 Startup Safety Considerations for New Businesses

If you’re getting your startup up and running, then you know that it takes a lot of effort and time. It also takes a lot of resources. No matter the size of the business, you are investing resources in it, and we’re not just talking about financial resources. Startup owners are also prepared to invest their time, energy, and emotions in something they truly believe in.

274. How to Create a Billion-Dollar Business on a Budget

The lessons learned in business can make you happier, wealthier and give you more free time.

275. Customer Support and Chat Metrics You Should Start Tracking Today

User support is always a story about people.

276. Kempus is What Facebook was Intended to Be

An interview with a CEO you're about to hear a lot about.

277. Fundraising In A Falling Market Might Be A Good Opportunity For Startups And Investors

Raising capital is crucial for any startup, regardless of overarching market conditions.

[278. Bookkeeping for Startups: Tips

and Common Mistakes](https://hackernoon.com/bookkeeping-for-startups-tips-and-common-mistakes) Bookkeeping is one of the most complicated aspects of starting and growing a business. When young entrepreneurs launch their startups they have deep education and expertise in the matters they’ll be dealing with in their company, but - usually - none of them know anything about bookkeeping. And yet, this is the aspect that is most common to any business in the world.

279. Beyond Checklists: How to Add Outbound Sales to Your PLG Motion

Product-led growth is not enough for you to dominate the market. Viral growth loops and self-serve can only get you so far. You need an outbound sales team.

280. How Startups Can Maximize ROI Using Flowcharts

A flowchart is a tool that is used for analyzing, designing, or managing a problem by dividing it into various parts. Flowcharts are used today in almost every application of problem-solving and planning. The flowchart is such a versatile tool that every industry has been using flowcharts to elaborate their plans and problems for the past century.

281. Reducing Your Exploration Costs

Exploration versus exploitation is a topic that merits its own study in the field of AI and reinforcement learning. But it is far more than that. We consider this tradeoff every day in our lives, influencing every decision we make.

282. A Good Product/Market-Fit Needs a Good Roadmap

Tech products, whether digital features, products, or services, need to achieve product-market fit if they have any hope of succeeding.

283. Management Strategies that Boost Employee Performance

Employee productivity helps an organization achieve its goals. Happy employees are vital resources in leading a business in the right direction.

284. 'Step out of your comfort zone and don't be ashamed of your code': Vedran Cindric, CEO of Treblle

Treblle makes it super easy to understand what’s going on with your APIs and the apps that use them.

285. 6 Important Factors That Influence the Strike Price of Stock Options

In this article, we will study the concept and then outline some factors to consider when calculating the strike price.

286. 5 Benefits of Drag-and-Drop App Builders for Startups in 2021

Take a look at the app builders that will help you with developing an app with few clicks.

287. Top Actionable Tips to Grow a Community: More Tips to Monetize

Find this article where it was originally published, on dunncreativess.github.io!

Find a Niche!

Nobody can promote themselves or their projects if they're a jack of all trades. Nor will people find a universal proposition to be appealing. The first key to success is to ask yourself what your differentiating features are and who is your audience? You can then start to identify your niche.

In my case, I noticed that I got a lot more traffic from my money-making code like market making or arbtitrage crypto trading bots than I did from my other GitHub repos. What this means is that while some people are interested in interesting code, there are a lot more people out there interested in turning equity into realized pnl :)

288. Build a Startup from Scratch with No-Code Tools

How to build a startup without learning to code

289. AI + Creativity: Startup Interview with Olof Lindh, Kive.ai Founder

Kive is a smarter way for creatives to automatically organize their libraries and collaborate on the creative process.

290. 263 Meetings, 12 Months and $128,700 in Startup Funding Later

Is traction enough to raise funding for a Startup or do you need more than that? Here's how we raised $128,700 at Alpe.

291. Michael Barg, CEO of Passparto, On The Importance Of Leveraging AI For Good

AI and ML hold great potential, and we have to work hard to use them for the right purposes. CEO of Passparto, startup of the year nominee, shares his thoughts.

292. How to Launch a Tech Startup and Raise Financing in the U.S.

Starting a tech business in the U.S. can be a challenge and a privilege. While the market is large, the competition is intense and consumer standards are high.

293. Ivan Huerta, Parabeac CEO, made every mistake in the book until he pivoted the business

Our startup is called Parabeac, and we make it easy for both designers & developers to make accurate and responsive designs.

294. Is Your Organization Safe from Common Cybersecurity Threats?

Many companies simply aren't protected from threats online - here's the most common and a guide to what you need to do

295. How to Get Started with Government Contracting: Stable and Reliable Revenue

The federal government represents a massive market opportunity for commercial tech companies. But many aren’t sure how to get started and are left asking themselves how to become a government contractor.

296. Angel Investors Look At These 4 Things Before Investing In Your Startup

Angel investors undertake due diligence before they invest in startups. They look at the management team, financials, plans for the funds, and more.

297. Startup Planning 101: How to Write Your Business Plan

Want to know how to write a Startup Business Plan? We will take you through all the steps of creating a business plan and show you what to be aware of.

298. Remote Work Playbook: Best Practices To Follow

Although WFH is now the new normal because of COVID, managing a remote startup presents unique challenges. As first-time founders of a fully-distributed team, this is the advice and playbook we wish we read when we started out on this journey.

299. "Fail faster. Shorten the path to success": Borys Pikalov, Stobox Co-Founder

Stobox was nominated as one of the best startups in Los Altos, United States in Startups of The Year hosted by HackerNoon.

300. How To Be A Successful Millennial Entrepreneur

Five actionable steps Millennials can take to help them overcome obstacles and forge their path to business success.

301. Startup Interview with Andrey Ustyugov, CEO, Planner 5D

Planner 5D CEO talks about what is driving the team to build the best interior design and home improvement platform.

302. Why Tropicalization Often Fails in LatAm and What Needs to be Done for Success in Digital Products

Tropicalization is a process by which a company adds local flavor to its product, giving it a more regional feel. Here we will discuss costly mistakes

303. Bob Sabra, CEO Hovi Digital Lab on How Putting Employees First Helps in Success

Started from the bottom now we’re here. 2 years into our venture, we're 32 people with a plan to conquer the world of Digital Marketing!

304. Opening a Bank Account is Still A Hurdle for Crypto Startups

If you’re a crypto startup dealing with stubborn institutions, you’re not alone!

305. How We Scored $125 MRR and 497 Followers Pre-launch

Hey Hackernoon family! I havent contributed an article in a long time but I wanted to share how we grew our newsletter, Product Byte, to 497 subscribers and $150/mrr (6 paid members) before we even launched.

306. Get Referrals for your SaaS Product Easily by Following this Guide

Get referrals for your product without asking by leveraging word of mouth marketing. Focus on creating customer evangelists.

307. "Borders are Getting Thinner, but Division Among Societies is Growing"

An interview with the founder of Quixy, a no-code platform that helps automate processes for any industry and any function.

308. 4 Key Steps to Developing a Successful SaaS Product

We'll cover everything from product ideation to marketing and sales to customer success.

309. 3 Successful Examples of Using an MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

A concept first introduced on the Lean Startup book, MVP means minimum viable product and it is a way to get the most knowledge about the target of your project

310. Startup Interview with Patrick Stäuble, Teylor CEO & Founder

Teylor is a modular technology platform to build, automate, deliver and scale credit products. We are building the lenders of tomorrow.

311. 3 Business Lessons Learned from My Near-Failure Startup Experience

Reflections and lessons learned by Rihards Piks, a successful entrepreneur who was the co-founder of Grafomap, a profitable e-commerce business selling maps.

312. Startup Advice: Zebra, not Unicorn.

Focus on creating products that the market needs and chasing customers, not on creating the perfect pitch for investors that see you as a commodity.

313. 5 Major Mistakes Startup Owners Make After Getting Funded

Article focuses on five major mistakes Startup owners make after getting funded.

314. #MyStartInTech: An Interview With Elle Johnson, Co-Founder & CEO of TheDCMG.Tech

.Tech Domains has launched #MyStartInTech, a campaign dedicated to drawing attention to the lack of diversity in Computer Science education in the US.

315. How to Cozy Up to Startup Investors

Take a look at this post if you want to learn how to maintain a good relationship with investors.

316. 5 Financial Lessons Learned While Launching a Startup

Startups fail as they run out of cash or can't raise enough funding. Here are five critical financial lessons for founders.

317. 7 Steps to a Winning Cloud Migration Strategy

Cloud computing has revolutionized IT since the 2000’s, and this revolution is far from over. Formerly, organizations would host their data on-premise as that was the only option available, but with the advancement in technology, and fast-changing business demands, cloud-based solutions started turning out to be a more flexible and powerful option for organizations. There is a mass migration underway to adopt cloud infrastructure and avoid the hassles and operational costs of managing infrastructure in-house.

318. Why Startups Give The-Go-Ahead For Remote Employees

Remote work has become a common practice across the globe. Even 5 years ago, the scenario was entirely different. Organizations were worried that this trend could tarnish their employees’ performance. However, as technology evolved at a rapid pace, so did everything else revolving around it. Now people at the workplace communicate more over Slack or Zoom than they do in person. It’s not a trend anymore. It’s a necessity.

319. Good Managers Vs. Great Managers

One of the most important aspects of building great product organisations is to design a system where builders thrive. A group of well-organized, ambitious yet humble, smart folks is an unstoppable force.

320. What's Your Entrepreneur Persona?

Want to know which type of entrepreneur you are? Check out this list of 7 personas!

321. How to Remain Resilient As an Entrepreneur During COVID-19 Pandemic

These are weird and unsure times in which we live. And while the full effect on our health by the corona virus is not completely established or understood, it is now having significant stress on the economy,the businesses and our personal finances.

322. Startup Interview with Brady Harris, CEO, Dwolla, Inc.

Dwolla, Inc. is an Iowa-based fintech company helping innovative organizations digitally transform their payments.

323. Startup Interview with Kosuke Sogo, CEO of AnyMind Group

AnyMind Group is one of the fastest-growing startups in Asia. The company is building the next-generation business infrastructure for the digital economy.

324. What Questions Should I Ask My Startup Advisor?

Confused about how to ask bold questions to your soon-to-be advisor? This article will fire you up in 6 minutes. Promise!

325. 'UTU Changes the Economics of Trust', says Jason Eisen, CEO UTU

UTU CEO Jason shares the origin story of UTU in Nairobi and how its helping companies build digital trust with AI and blockchain.

326. The Pillars of a Successful Startup

The ability to launch and scale a project efficiently is a practice mastered with experience and, in most cases, a whole portfolio of failures.

327. How Will DAOs Impact the Future of Startups?

Do you believe DAOs will be the evolution of early-stage startups?

328. An Overview Of The Nocode Space

You might have heard the term “nocode” somewhere on the internet in the last few months. New nocode tools are constantly emerging and more and more people are starting to become nocode makers.  In a previous post, I outlined my story of how I became serial maker by going “nocode”. Today I want to give you an overview of the nocode space, with a list of some of the nocode tools I use myself.

329. To Get the Outputs You Want, You Need to Build Systems

There are two kinds of leaders: one that acts on a whim, and one that follows procedures to solve a problem.

330. How To Utilise Gig Economy As A Start-up For Flexible Success

Gig economy prospers post-pandemic. How can startups utilise flexible workers in their business strategy to get more affordable employees in their offices.

331. How to Run a Tech Business in 2023: 4 Tips From a Ukrainian Startup CEO

Running a tech business in 2023 can be difficult. Here are four tips you can follow to develop your business this year.

332. What Tech Companies Should Watch Out for When Scaling Operations

There are key performance indicators (KPIs) and quantitative metrics to measure a company´s success.

333. A Simple Framework to Assess Co-Founder Fit

According to Paul Graham, about 20% of YC startups have had a co-founder leave. How do you de-risk this? We share the simple framework we used to assess co-founder fit when we decided to start Shuffle. Notion template here.

334. Hiring Tips: How to Pitch to a Potential Startup Founding Team Member

Hiring for your startup's founding team, but struggling to recruit the best candidates? This guide will help you perfect your pitch and attract top talent!

335. From Gossip Girl Cast To Building A Blockchain Marketplace: Nan Zhang, MyMarkit Inc. CEO

Nan Zhang, CEO and Founder of MyMarkit Inc. shares the story behind building the first blockchain marketplace and the future of crypto and fintech industry.

336. The 10 Principles of Good Business Design

how to design a winning new business / venture / product / service, rather than merely ticking off tasks on a to-do list.

337. How to Choose the Best Apps for Your Business

Key strategies to pick the best apps for your business

338. Russia's War Forces Belarusian Startups to Relocate to Madrid

Why this Belarusian startup hub is now calling Madrid home.

339. How Startups Can Establish a Sustainable Growth Mindset

How to create companies that are positioned for success today, tomorrow, and into the future

340. Entrepreneurship in the Age of Pandemic

Entrepreneurs need a special mindset to thrive in a global pandemic. And what is this "special" mindset you may ask? Read further to find out.

341. 7 Reasons Why Graduates Should Work for A Startup Instead Of A Corporate Job

The most sought-after jobs for generations have generally been the more prestigious graduate positions with large corporate companies such as banks or law firms. This has seen countless talented graduates becoming stuck on that notorious conveyer belt of corporate life. But many graduates over recent years, especially millennials, are finding that these positions aren't that glamorous after all and are ditching corporate jobs to work for a startup instead.

342. How An "Underdog" Founder Raised $4.7 Million To Build A Plastic-Free Grocery Delivery Service

Zuleyka Strasner raised $4.7 million for her environmentally-friendly store Zero Grocery in two years. She shares her advice on fundraising seed rounds.

343. What Product Team Structure is Right for You?

Product team goals and structure transforms together with the entire business. Follow these transformations through every stage of the company’s growth.

344. What the New CHIP Standard Means for Smart Home Startups

When most people hear the word “chip” in the context of a smart home, they immediately imagine the microchips at the heart of their smart devices. But whereas chips power the brains of an individual smart device, CHIP will power the brains of an entire smart home. CHIP will offer huge conveniences to consumers, but its openness may make it harder for hardware startups to build ecosystems and defend against inexpensive knock-offs.

345. Developing a Cloud-Based App in 2023

Creating a cloud app for a business is easier than ever. Here is the complete guide to build cloud app in 2023.

346. Cybersecurity Considerations for Employee Onboarding

Is cybersecurity emphasized in your employee onboarding program? Here's what onboarding with a strong security foundation should look like.

347. Simple Strategies and Templates for Business Email Signatures

Discover extremely effective strategies for managing business email signatures - What you need to know to get started: basic elements, templates, and more.

348. Why Do Most Startups Die Before Taking Off?

Going by the current market scenario, most of the startups fail to achieve progression even before reaching their maximum potential. And those who achieve success are the ones who have full proof plans, financial backups and thorough strategies to fuel their ambitions regarding their businesses.

349. What is the Difference Between MVP and POC?

In this article, we will look at definitions for MVPs and POCs and the circumstances in which to use them.

350. Wannabe Entrepreneurs: Are You Ready to Chase Your Entrepreneurial Dream?

As a techie in your 30s, you may feel you're past the age for your entrepreneurial adventure. Perhaps sometimes you debate if  you should give it a shot after all - for if not now, then when? But are you ready to give up the stability offered by your high-paying tech job? How do you know if the time is right?

351. Voice of Customer: How to Use VOC Data to Drive Business Growth

We all know Customer feedback is always useful for increasing product quality or service. But do you know that by using Customer feedback, you can also increase your company's revenue?

352. One Map to Rule Them All Doesn't Work in 2021

The ‘One Map Fits All’ approach doesn’t fit all, as it lacks the ability to support the unique use cases of an organization.

[353. What Is a Reasonable Digital Advertising Budget for a Small

Business?](https://hackernoon.com/what-is-a-reasonable-digital-advertising-budget-for-a-small-business) Have you started a small business, or are you planning to do it? You’ve probably started wondering exactly how much you should be spending on advertising. Advertising is a critical component in selling. So how much is the right amount? The truth is there is a lot of debate about this.

354. Dear Entrepreneurs, Here's How to Love Fundraising