We at have created a successful tech blog, providing free stories for readers, quality free distribution for writers, a community-driven editorial line and high performing campaigns for sponsors. Hacker Noon Photo Credit has achieved $676k+ raised from 566 investors. The campaign is still live, and if you’re reading this site right now, I implore you to consider owning a portion of this site. can help us grow into the #1 independent tech blog on the web and keep us free of platform dependence. All platform dependence and venture investment create bias and vested interest. We want to amplify voices based on merit of their work and their story. Our equity crowdfunding campaign Your investment We believe NOW is the best time for you to invest in Hacker Noon, because: 1. Top 5k sites in the world rarely have total valuations this low. There are 644 billion sites in the world & publishing platforms in the top 10k global Alexa ranking have a median Total Raise Amount of $28M ( ). We can and we will greatly improve our valuation when we successfully build our own content management designed around our workflow. see chart below Hacker Noon vs. other Media Sites: Amount Raised vs. Global Alexa Ranking Source: Alexa (for ranking) & CrunchBase (for amount raised). *We believe amount raised is a factor in having an idea of a company’s valuation.** For Hacker Noon: assuming that this crowdfund is fully subscribed 2. We have been & for the past 2.5 years. profitable cash-flow positive It is rare for an early-stage startup to be immediately profitable like us ( ). see our Profit & Loss chart below Hacker Noon Quarterly Revenue, Expense & Profit (Jan 2016 — September 2018) Source: Hacker Noon’s Quickbook Intuit 3. Our team is . extremely lean Most other tech sites with similar traffic are much larger than us ( ). Going forward we will continue to stay lean with a team of 5. see chart below Among 400+ publications/blogs that rank 1k-10k globally by Alexa, only 14.4% have fewer than 10 employees Source: CrunchBase 4. We have because we didn’t need to. never taken any investment We don’t even own a business credit card — 100% of our operating cost has been derived from our revenue. To build our own CMS, we are raising money for the first time. And what better way to showcase the power of our Hacker Noon community by doing an first? equity crowdfund 5. Our community of (and growing) is our biggest asset. 7,000 contributing writers The new site will offer more benefits to contributing writers. Our contributing writers will actually gain their followers email addresses, have the opportunity to earn coins, and the call to action to their related business will be baked into the design. We will give our contributors choice & distribution. 6. Over or committed to renewing with us. 52% of customers have renewed We’ve already pre-sold sponsorships for Hacker Noon 2.0 in 2019. This is possible because we believe sponsorship if done right is not evil. What’s evil is tracking users. 7. Over the past 3 years of publishing 20+ stories every single day, we’ve cultivated of how to rare industry knowledge publish wildly successful content. Our library of ≈ 25,000 blog posts is something people keep coming back to. We will curate that knowledge in a cleaner way with the new site. 8. We are one of the . internet leading publications in cryptocurrency & blockchain We saw the rise of blockchain through our own growth & we believe tokens are the future. We have the industry knowhow, the community & strong connections with blockchain companies. We are also introducing a points system for Hacker Noon 2.0 in preparation of a . potential coin offering 9. for a better internet! Support independent tech media As many media sites take readers’ time, information, and currency in exchange for content, we want to remind you that by , you support what the internet was created for — freedom of information. supporting Hacker Noon 10. How often do you get the chance to own a portion of the site you’re reading? _The Premier Independent Tech Publication_www.startengine.com Hacker Noon
