## demos [Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups? | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40231790) ## financing and fundraising [Why you should not apply to YC | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40099585) [Daniel Vassallo on X: "The deadline for YC S24 is tomorrow. Here's why you SHOULD NOT APPLY TO YC: YC seems like a reasonable proposition. They give you some money to help start your business, and they promise you access to a community of people that can help you along the way. In exchange, they don't https://t.co/8FJOc8SxWq" / X](https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1781751108211511680) [Lago, Open-Source Stripe Alternative, banks $22M in funding | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39957607) [Lago, a Paris-based open source billing platform, banks $22M | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/14/lago-a-paris-based-open-source-billing-platform-banks-22m/) [Bolt founder on Stripe/YC | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30066969) [Ryan Breslow ♥️ on Twitter: "Stripe and YCombinator, the Mob Bosses of Silicon Valley, a thread:" / Twitter](https://web.archive.org/web/20221130184724/https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784823641755648) [Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment from A16Z | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32234509) [Liron Shapira on X: ".@Helium, often cited as one of the best examples of a Web3 use case, has received $365M of investment led by @a16z. Regular folks have also been convinced to spend $250M buying hotspot nodes, in hopes of earning passive income. The result? Helium's total revenue is $6.5k/month https://t.co/PyW6KPllvc" / X](https://twitter.com/liron/status/1551738599254773765) ## fundraising trends [Abundant Capital | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26226723) [Abundant Capital - Aaron's Essays](https://blog.aaronkharris.com/abundant-capital) [Y Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32326208) [Y Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding environment | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/02/y-combinator-narrows-current-cohort-size-by-40-citing-downturn-and-funding-environment/) [Tech bubbles are bursting all over the place | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31369091) [Tech bubbles are bursting all over the place](https://www.economist.com/business/2022/05/14/tech-bubbles-are-bursting-all-over-the-place) [The Uber Bubble | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31064626) [Hubert Horan - The Uber Bubble: Why Is a Company That Lost $20 Billion Claimed to Be Successful? - Brave New Europe](https://braveneweurope.com/hubert-horan-the-uber-bubble-why-is-a-company-that-lost-20-billion-claimed-to-be-successful) [The next Google | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30921628) [The Next Google - by Dmitri Brereton - DKB Blog](https://dkb.blog/p/the-next-google) ## IPO [Backblaze IPO | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29087416) [Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1462056/000119312521316078/d62601ds1a.htm) [Gitlab from YC to IPO | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28863993) [GitLab from YC to IPO | Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/gitlab-from-yc-to-ipo/) [The Airbnbs | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25375979) [The Airbnbs | Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/the-airbnbs/) [Airbnb](http://airbnb.com/) [HashiCorp - S1 | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29110444) [Registration Statement on Form S-1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720671/000119312521319849/d205906ds1.htm) [HashiCorp IPO today | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29500645) [A New Chapter for HashiCorp](https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/a-new-chapter-for-hashicorp) [Mitchell reflects as he departs HashiCorp | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38647484) [Mitchell reflects as he departs HashiCorp](https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/mitchell-reflects-as-he-departs-hashicorp) [Reddit files to go public | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29574359) [Reddit jumps on IPO bandwagon with confidential filing | Reuters](https://web.archive.org/web/20231129034748/https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/reddit-files-us-ipo-2021-12-16/) ## licensing changes [An update to the Timescale license | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24579905) [TimescaleDB License Agreement | Timescale](https://www.timescale.com/legal/licenses/) [Should I open source my company? (2022) | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39087837) [Should I Open Source my Company?](https://supabase.com/blog/should-i-open-source-my-company) ## moving [Why to Move to a Startup Hub](https://paulgraham.com/startuphubs.html) ## new responsibilities [You either die an MVP or live long enough to build content moderation | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28684250) [You either die an MVP or live long enough to build content moderation | Mux](https://www.mux.com/blog/you-either-die-an-mvp-or-live-long-enough-to-build-content-moderation) ## ponzi scheme [How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25248563) [Nishant Agrawal - How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People](https://callmenish.com/how-to-run-a-tech-ponzi-scheme/) [The Ponzi Career | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26770562) [The Ponzi Career](https://www.drorpoleg.com/the-ponzi-career/) ## scaling stories [Pigeon.ly, A Startup Focused On Serving The U.S. Prison Population, Joins Y Combinator | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/24/pigeon-ly) [Three Months to Scale NewsBlur | The NewsBlur Blog](https://blog.newsblur.com/2013/03/17/three-months-to-scale-newsblur) [Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39970915) [She Built a Microcomputer Empire From Her Suburban Home](https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-woman-that-tech-history-forgot) [Matt Cutts](http://highscalability.com/blog/2015/2/4/matt-cutts-10-lessons-learned-from-the-early-days-of-google.html) (2015) Matt Cutts: 10 Lessons Learned From The Early Days Of Google ## ycombinator [Changes at YC | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35142245) [Changes at YC | Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/changes-at-yc/) [Is Y Combinator worth the money? Brutally honest review of W22 batch experience | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35373019) [Is Y Combinator worth the money (equity)? Brutally honest review of W22 batch experience](https://acecreamu.substack.com/p/is-y-combinator-worth-the-money) [Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37869760) [Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator - by Daniel Vassallo](https://newsletter.smallbets.co/p/why-you-shouldnt-join-y-combinator) ## web dev business [Upscaling your web development business](https://riptutorial.com/html/topic/10000004/upscaling-your-web-development-business) # mgmt shifts & delegation_tt ## co-founder [Tell HN: YC will help you find a co-founder | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27750298) ## giving off work before you have to [Doing too much work on one's own before looping in others | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30074949) [The Biggest Mistake I See Engineers Make](https://thezbook.com/the-biggest-mistake-i-see-engineers-make?x-host=thezbook.com)