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Maciej Ceglowski - Barely succeed! It's easier!

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What it is

Maciej Ceglowski's talk at Web Directions argues that small teams and lone programmers can build sustainable businesses without chasing Silicon Valley's grow-or-die model. He offers alternative, more achievable definitions of success.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN regards it as an inspiring, funny case for modest, bootstrapped success over venture-funded risk.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Which I thought was amazing and inspiring.”

    Amazing and inspiring talk.

    jimbokun, 2020-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Small Tech”

  2. “Barely succeed! It's easier! [2] (which I saw within the last couple of days) are quite good”

    Good talk by Maciej Ceglowski on succeeding modestly.

    kbenson, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “What Happens Next Will Amaze You”

  3. “Reminds me a lot of this talk from the Pinboard guy”

    Related talk from the Pinboard founder.

    totemandtoken, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: startups, bootstrapping, pinboard, silicon valley, small business

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