THE VIDEO SHELF · bootstrapped startups
Maciej Ceglowski - Barely succeed! It's easier!
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 HN readers recommended it
HN regards it as an inspiring, funny case for modest, bootstrapped success over venture-funded risk.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- webdirections
- Topic
- bootstrapped startups
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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That’s a shame, because the article led me to listen to this talk: [VIDEO] Which I thought was amazing and inspiring.
jimbokun on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Small TechI agree. In general, I found this presentation to ramble far more and make weird connections than some of his other ones, which I remember liking. Presentations and talks such as Web Design: The first 100 years [1] (even if it was a while back …
kbenson on Hacker News · 2015-09
In What Happens Next Will Amaze YouReminds me a lot of this talk from the Pinboard guy: [VIDEO] Or this talk from the Bandcamp guy about financial sustainability: [LINK]
totemandtoken on Hacker News · 2020-11
In How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People
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