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This is misleading. It sounds like when they say ‘From Show HN to Series A’, the implication is that the Show HN was the beginning of the company. Turns out, it
by rolleiflex 5y ago
This is misleading. It sounds like when they say ‘From Show HN to Series A’, the implication is that the Show HN was the beginning of the company. Turns out, it’s the moment where they had 30+ integrations already, a mature company.
I guess HN is well known enough now that even marketers know about it.
- soumyadeb 5y agoFounder here. We open-sourced our GitHub repo on Oct 2019 and someone posted on HN. The product wasn't ready/stable then (though you are right - we had a few integrations) We did a formal Show HN in March 2020 when the product was ready to be used. Orig HN Post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21081756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21081756 Show HN : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22637302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22637302
- libertine 5y agoI'm a marketer and I know about HN, and actively participate, for many years. With that said, even before when I was just lurking that I've seen HN being used for marketing purposes, daily. Some more obvious, others less, and certainly some that weren't aware they were doing marketing. I don't get why marketing gets such bad rep here.
- randomsearch 5y agoBecause it decreases the SNR
- onion2k 5y agoOnly for people who don't understand startups. Anyone who's done the whole startup thing knows that marketing is hugely important for getting traction, and thus revenue, and thus profit. If you think that marketing and sales are just noise then your startup is pretty much guaranteed to fail. Show HN posts can be a great place to start if HN readers are a likely source of customers.
- whatshisface 5y agoThe OP is talking about the SNR received by the readers of HN, not the potential value of the HN customer base and their importance to businesses.