mcarreiro

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The Smart Launch Behind Eight Sleep's $1.2M Crowdfunding Success(thelauncher.substack.com)
2 points by mcarreiro 2y ago|0 comments
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From $0 to Paying Customers: The Two-Page Strategy That Launched Buffer(thelauncher.substack.com)
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Bootstrapping Ahrefs: Reaching $10M in Revenue in 5 Years(thedisruptors.beehiiv.com)
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Bootstrapping Atlassian: $10k In Credit Card Debt To $20M In Revenue In 5 years(thedisruptors.beehiiv.com)
73 points by mcarreiro 3y ago|60 comments
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Bootstrapping ConvertKit from a Side-Project to a $30M Revenue Giant(thedisruptors.beehiiv.com)
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Span – Smart Panel that controls all your devices and appliances from your phone(futurepowered.beehiiv.com)
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The Business Paradox: When 1 is more than 10(disclosinggrowth.substack.com)
1 points by mcarreiro 5y ago|0 comments
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The Base Layer for Success(disclosinggrowth.substack.com)
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SoftBank is in talks with Revolut about injecting $1bn for a $21b valuation(news.sky.com)
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Ethereum: We Have yet to See the ETH Rally(nasdaq.com)
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
This is probably going to feel obvious but YouTube. You can learn most of the things on YouTube nowadays, there are videos and tutorials for basically all hobbies. That's my first go-to place when I'm learning something new, and
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
Satya is one of the best CEOs of this decade, truly amazing to see how Microsoft has evolved since he took over. I still wonder what Microsoft could have become if they had put more effort and a better strategy with Windows Phone... Perhaps
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
Very cool. Do you know what's the current status of this project? Wave energy is one of the most challenging forms of generating electricity, hats off to anyone working on it!
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
Working on building a newsletter about key learnings from the best and most innovative companies in the world. My goal is to understand what did they do to become better than everyone else, so that others can adapt and improve their own bus
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
There's no perfect answer. Could you make enough from the private classes if you did them full time? If not, and if your goal is to start your own business, I'd say that you need to have free time to work on it. It's generall
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The ladders of wealth creation: a step-by-step roadmap to building wealth(nathanbarry.com)
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
Didn’t think about Cloudfare, great choice!
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
AWS is amazing, I’ve heard that it represents more than 50% of Amazon’s operating income.
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
Aren’t some companies like Microsoft already experimenting in specific countries having 4-day workweeks with good results? The problem is that we spend more time on meetings and talking about things than actually doing them. If 4-Day workw
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Ask HN: What is your favorite innovative company?
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
Although it was inevitable, I’m not looking forward at all to a future where VR and AR will have ads.
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Webflow – From 4 Failures and Near-Bankruptcy to $2.1B Valuation(disclosinggrowth.substack.com)
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Those are valid points. I agree that initially it can feel overwhelming, but once that initial stage passes you understand the potential it has. But there is always unavoidable complexity when your product is a comb
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Notion – Reaching 1M users with 18 employees(disclosinggrowth.substack.com)
4 points by mcarreiro 5y ago|3 comments
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Farfetch – The road to 1.7B dollars in revenues(disclosinggrowth.substack.com)
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
Exactly, PayPal used the same approach. It works but it’s unsustainable in the long term.
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
I’m not aware of HSBC but my experience with Revolut (also in Portugal) is pretty good. Especially useful when traveling.
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by mcarreiro 5y ago
I think they suffered from a toxic culture that comes from the “growth at all cost” mindset. Hopefully this has changed by now, as the company gets more mature and starts thinking more on the long term.
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Revolut – From 0 To 50.000 Customers in 3 Months(disclosinggrowth.substack.com)
16 points by mcarreiro 5y ago|9 comments