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Startup

521 objects in the archive · 520 ranked picks

Postmortems, revenue reports and build-in-public notes from founders

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  1. 301
    The Rise and Fall of Polywater
    sciencehistory.org20201 submissionHN thread
    82 pts
    32 cmts
  2. 302
    FinalTouch Income Report #1
    000fff.org20111 submissionHN thread
    82 pts
    20 cmts
  3. 303
    Writing a postmortem: an interview exercise I like (2017)
    danielputtick.com20251 submissionHN thread
    82 pts
    11 cmts
  4. 304
    The Big List of Game Postmortems - from indie to AAA
    pixelprospector.com20121 submissionHN thread
    82 pts
    8 cmts
  5. 305
    Leaked Uber Numbers Point to Over $1B Gross, $213M Revenue
    techcrunch.com20131 submissionHN thread
    81 pts
    63 cmts
  6. 306
    Shutting Down My Site
    patdryburgh.com20121 submissionHN thread
    81 pts
    50 cmts
  7. 307
    Indie Hackers: Now Invite-Only
    indiehackers.com20211 submissionHN thread
    81 pts
    20 cmts
  8. 308
    A post-mortem on my first AngularJS project
    johnmunsch.com20131 submissionHN thread
    81 pts
    20 cmts
  9. 309
    HYTRADBOI 2025 Conference Postmortem
    scattered-thoughts.net20251 submissionHN thread
    81 pts
    20 cmts
  10. 310
    Nanomsg postmortem and other stories
    sealedabstract.com20161 submissionHN thread
    80 pts
    31 cmts
  11. 311
    The Rise and Fall of Toys 'R' Us (2018)
    history.com20251 submissionHN thread
    79 pts
    113 cmts
  12. 312
    Post Mortem: Incorrect Cache Configuration Exposes Personal Information
    klarna.com20211 submissionHN thread
    79 pts
    69 cmts
  13. 313
    My startup failed, and this is what it feels like (2014)
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    79 pts
    21 cmts
  14. 314
    Lead pollution in ancient ice cores may track rise and fall of medieval kings
    sciencemag.org20201 submissionHN thread
    79 pts
    6 cmts
  15. 315
    Reflecting on Steve Pavlina's 2011 post, "Why I Shut Down the Forums"
    chrishateswriting.com20131 submissionHN thread
    78 pts
    39 cmts
  16. 316
    31 days, 120,000 hits, and $462 in revenue. The Startup Foundry’s story.
    thestartupfoundry.com20111 submissionHN thread
    78 pts
    18 cmts
  17. 317
    Spotify loses $59.1 million on $244.5 million in revenue
    hypedsound.com20121 submissionHN thread
    77 pts
    91 cmts
  18. 318
    Daring Adventures with Passive Income
    patrick-wied.at20121 submissionHN thread
    77 pts
    43 cmts
  19. 319
    Skype brief post-mortem
    skype.com20101 submissionHN thread
    76 pts
    65 cmts
  20. 320
    Monthly Chromebook subscriptions for businesses ($28/mo) and schools ($20/mo)
    google.com20111 submissionHN thread
    76 pts
    30 cmts
  21. 321
    Red Hat Nearing $1 billion in revenue
    zdnet.com20111 submissionHN thread
    76 pts
    18 cmts
  22. 322
    The EU Just Killed ARR
    paid.ai20251 submissionHN thread
    75 pts
    94 cmts
  23. 323
    The Rise and Fall of Pixel QI
    goodereader.com20181 submissionHN thread
    75 pts
    45 cmts
  24. 324
    The rise and fall of the standard user interface
    theregister.com20241 submissionHN thread
    75 pts
    36 cmts
  25. 325
    Don't Charge $9 a Month for Your SaaS
    mojosaas.com20191 submissionHN thread
    75 pts
    9 cmts
  26. 326
    The Rise and Fall of For-Profit Schools
    newyorker.com20151 submissionHN thread
    74 pts
    111 cmts
  27. 327
    Adobe introduces subscription pricing model (Photoshop for $35/month)
    adobe.com20111 submissionHN thread
    74 pts
    37 cmts
  28. 328
    GitHub now has a $1B ARR, 90M active users
    techcrunch.com20221 submissionHN thread
    73 pts
    14 cmts
  29. 329
    A company making $100 million a year disintegrated when Google took away their business model.
    canadait.com20081 submissionHN thread
    72 pts
    52 cmts
  30. 330
    From 0 to Startup: How We Made $70,000 in Revenue in Our First 6 Months – Part 1
    blog.kevinyun.co20131 submissionHN thread
    72 pts
    33 cmts
  31. 331
    Lessons from the failure of Livejournal: when not to listen to your users
    arvindn.livejournal.com20081 submissionHN thread
    72 pts
    24 cmts
  32. 332
    $19/month cell carrier Republic Wireless overwhelmed on release day
    republicwireless.com20111 submissionHN thread
    71 pts
    61 cmts
  33. 333
    How we’re spending $55,930.08 a year on SaaS products
    blog.sawhorsemedia.com20141 submissionHN thread
    71 pts
    61 cmts
  34. 334
    The Rise and Fall of Industrial Research Labs
    cacm.acm.org20141 submissionHN thread
    71 pts
    24 cmts
  35. 335
    (Android) Developer Income Report #7
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    71 pts
    22 cmts
  36. 336
    $26.7 Billion Revenue; 7 Million iPads, 16 Million iPhones Sold
    techcrunch.com20111 submissionHN thread
    70 pts
    38 cmts
  37. 337
    (Android) Developer Income Report #11
    kreci.net20111 submissionHN thread
    70 pts
    17 cmts
  38. 338
    Turnspit Dogs: The Rise And Fall Of The Vernepator Cur
    npr.org20141 submissionHN thread
    70 pts
    9 cmts
  39. 339
    Lawmakers Ask California DMV How It Makes $50M a Year Selling Drivers' Data
    vice.com20201 submissionHN thread
    70 pts
    0 cmts
  40. 340
    The Rise and Fall of Music Ringtones: A Statistical Analysis
    statsignificant.com20251 submissionHN thread
    69 pts
    99 cmts
  41. 341
    How we failed, then succeeded, at migrating to TypeScript
    heap.io20191 submissionHN thread
    69 pts
    57 cmts
  42. 342
    Bullion and Bandits: The Improbable Rise and Fall of E-Gold
    wired.com20091 submissionHN thread
    69 pts
    33 cmts
  43. 343
    Postmortem Analysis of Dead Sonoff TH16 Wireless Switch
    cnx-software.com20181 submissionHN thread
    69 pts
    31 cmts
  44. 344
    Minitel: The rise and fall of the France-wide web
    bbc.co.uk20121 submissionHN thread
    69 pts
    21 cmts
  45. 345
    How I made a SaaS webservice earning $1000/month
    hackernoon.com20171 submissionHN thread
    69 pts
    11 cmts
  46. 346
    RedLaser iPhone App reaches 750K downloads, $1M in revenue
    mobilecrunch.com20091 submissionHN thread
    68 pts
    35 cmts
  47. 347
    Almost Perfect - The Rise and Fall of WordPerfect
    wordplace.com20091 submissionHN thread
    68 pts
    24 cmts
  48. 348
    EA relaunches Tetris on iOS with a $30/year subscription (really)
    joystiq.com20111 submissionHN thread
    68 pts
    17 cmts
  49. 349
    I Started a $80K/Month Business Connecting Freelancers with Companies
    starterstory.com20201 submissionHN thread
    68 pts
    9 cmts
  50. 350
    Why I shut down wizards.town and left Mastodon
    cherubini.casa20171 submissionHN thread
    67 pts
    79 cmts